COMING SOON
ART WITH TEA for Seniors Week 2018
This event is sponsored by COTA Queensland and the Queensland GovernmentSeniors Week is an opportunity for Queenslanders of all ages to join together and celebrate the valuable contributions of older people. In 2018, Queensland Seniors Week will be celebrated from 18–26 August.
Seniors Week aims to:
- improve community attitudes towards older people and ageing
- facilitate community participation and activity by older people, including those from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- enhance community connections and inter-generational relationships.
Queensland Seniors Week is coordinated by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Queensland, which receives Queensland Government funding to collaboratively plan, run and provide subsidies to organisations across Queensland for Seniors Week events and activities.
This event is sponsored by COTA Queensland and the Queensland GovernmentSeniors Week is an opportunity for Queenslanders of all ages to join together and celebrate the valuable contributions of older people. In 2018, Queensland Seniors Week will be celebrated from 18–26 August.
Seniors Week aims to:
- improve community attitudes towards older people and ageing
- facilitate community participation and activity by older people, including those from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- enhance community connections and inter-generational relationships.
Queensland Seniors Week is coordinated by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Queensland, which receives Queensland Government funding to collaboratively plan, run and provide subsidies to organisations across Queensland for Seniors Week events and activities.
Mixed Media Landscape Workshop (With Catherine Hamilton)
Plain Air and Studio Painting at ARTmatters - 3 Pitt St Gladstone
Workshop funded by the Gladstone Region Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). RADF is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Gladstone Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Aug 25 & 26, 9.30am - 4pm
Cost: $150 payable at Gladstone Picture Framing to secure place or call 4972 2493. Please register ASAP as places are limited and this workshops will be booked out - Materials list available at time of booking
Catherine's workshops offer a distinct way of teaching, introducing ideas and exercises to allow students to think more about the fundamental elements of form, light, design, tone and the basic principals of painting rather than simply painting by numbers or copying technique. She is a renowned artist hailing from Melbourne.
Plain Air and Studio Painting at ARTmatters - 3 Pitt St Gladstone
Workshop funded by the Gladstone Region Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). RADF is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Gladstone Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Aug 25 & 26, 9.30am - 4pm
Cost: $150 payable at Gladstone Picture Framing to secure place or call 4972 2493. Please register ASAP as places are limited and this workshops will be booked out - Materials list available at time of booking
Catherine's workshops offer a distinct way of teaching, introducing ideas and exercises to allow students to think more about the fundamental elements of form, light, design, tone and the basic principals of painting rather than simply painting by numbers or copying technique. She is a renowned artist hailing from Melbourne.
ABSTRACT INK PAINTING WORKSHOP with Sofie Dieu
DURATION: 2 days
COST (including ink, gold leaf and glue, reserve technique tools but no paper, no brush): $150/student.
Ideal for intermediate and advanced artists interested in developing their gestural, textural and visual art skills
More info: Bookings followed by a deposit are essential.
Call Irene Sparks 0428244931
ARTIST DETAILS:
Born in France, Sofie Dieu is a culturally and linguistically diverse artist. Sensitive to cultural cliches, she has developed from it a penchant for the non-obvious and what makes us unique. Multi-art prizes and award finalist, Sofie Dieu's work was recently included in Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney North Art Prize, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, among others. In 2016, she was one of the four artists who worked on the Camperdown Cemetery installation for the Sydney Biennale. She also co-curated « Keeping the body in mind » as part of The Big Anxiety Festival, in Sydney. In 2017, her work was shown during Vivid Sydney. She was recently invited to take part to the Great Alpine Artist in Residence program in Victoria. As a result, she is showcasing her project Calling for Rain in a solo show at the East Gippsland Art Gallery from March to April 2018. More info: https://www.sofie-dieu.com/
DURATION: 2 days
COST (including ink, gold leaf and glue, reserve technique tools but no paper, no brush): $150/student.
Ideal for intermediate and advanced artists interested in developing their gestural, textural and visual art skills
More info: Bookings followed by a deposit are essential.
Call Irene Sparks 0428244931
ARTIST DETAILS:
Born in France, Sofie Dieu is a culturally and linguistically diverse artist. Sensitive to cultural cliches, she has developed from it a penchant for the non-obvious and what makes us unique. Multi-art prizes and award finalist, Sofie Dieu's work was recently included in Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney North Art Prize, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, among others. In 2016, she was one of the four artists who worked on the Camperdown Cemetery installation for the Sydney Biennale. She also co-curated « Keeping the body in mind » as part of The Big Anxiety Festival, in Sydney. In 2017, her work was shown during Vivid Sydney. She was recently invited to take part to the Great Alpine Artist in Residence program in Victoria. As a result, she is showcasing her project Calling for Rain in a solo show at the East Gippsland Art Gallery from March to April 2018. More info: https://www.sofie-dieu.com/