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July 2019
Acrylic Pouring for Tweens and Teens
Got creative kids? Then this Acrylic Pouring for Tweens and Teens workshop is for you! During this two hour workshop we will create two paintings using the acrylic pouring technique. We will learn two techniques : a “dirty flip cup” and a “string pull”. The dirty pour will result in an abstract acrylic painting, and the string pull will result in a multi-colour field of flowers as pictured in the event pic. While creating our paintings we will also discuss…
Find out more »Mums & Bubs Drop in Days (Dads welcome too)
Drop in Sessions for mums & bubs, toddlers & pre-schoolers - Dads Welcome Too! Every Tuesday between 11-3pm drop in anytime with your bub, toddler or pre-schooler and have a clay play. This is a great way to spend creative time with your child and also to meet other parents, and no bookings are required. The fee is $15 per child. This includes 500gm clay (additional clay is available at $2.00 per kilo), access to studio tools and equipment and…
Find out more »Early Start: Art to Grow Up With
Early StART is an exciting new program which introduces very young children to the Gallery environment for experiences that are both fun and creative. Join a fun session in the Gallery itself, looking at images and themes in the art around you, creating artworks in response to what you see, and discovering some great tips on engaging with your child through art. After the session, head to Kittelty’s for a coffee and a babyccino, with a 10% discount for Early StARTers.…
Find out more »Out of the Store: Federation University’s Collection
Clare Gervasoni is the Curator of Federation University’s Art and Historical Collections. Join her for this Becoming Modern public program, as she talks through a selection of interesting items from the university collection which help tell the story of women enrolled at the Ballarat Technical Art School.
Find out more »Contemporary Pom-Pom Wall Hanging – Adult workshop
Come along and hang out in the relaxed creative environment of our MAKE studio for a (cr)afternoon of MAKE-ing, chatting and escaping the real world for a couple of sweet hours, and walk away with an Insta worthy contemporary wall hanging made with your own two hands. Two hours of MAKE-ing facilitated by qualified art teachers in which participants will learn how to MAKE pom-poms and transform them into a contemporary wall hanging. All materials provided. BYO - Drinks and…
Find out more »Mums & Bubs Drop in Days (Dads welcome too)
Drop in Sessions for mums & bubs, toddlers & pre-schoolers - Dads Welcome Too! Every Tuesday between 11-3pm drop in anytime with your bub, toddler or pre-schooler and have a clay play. This is a great way to spend creative time with your child and also to meet other parents, and no bookings are required. The fee is $15 per child. This includes 500gm clay (additional clay is available at $2.00 per kilo), access to studio tools and equipment and…
Find out more »Early Start: Art to Grow Up With
Early StART is an exciting new program which introduces very young children to the Gallery environment for experiences that are both fun and creative. Join a fun session in the Gallery itself, looking at images and themes in the art around you, creating artworks in response to what you see, and discovering some great tips on engaging with your child through art. After the session, head to Kittelty’s for a coffee and a babyccino, with a 10% discount for Early StARTers.…
Find out more »Ballarat Arts Alive Members’ Social Evening
Get your USB sticks loaded with your latest project and come along to the Lost Ones Basement Bar on last Wednesday of the month. If you’re not a Ballarat Arts Alive member yet, you can join on the night and use the card at the bar to get 10% off drinks! OR you can join and pay online right here!
Find out more »Mosaic Class – Wednesday Evening – Make your own Mosaic Bowl
Term Three Mosaic Workshop Wednesday Night 7-9pm OR Thursday Morning 10-12noon 31 July till 22nd August This terms mosaic workshop is a mosaic pottery bowl! Learn to make your own handmade bowl from clay, glaze the inside and then after firing we will mosaic the outside of your bowl. Mosaicing your bowl will combine a range of tesserae (mosaic tiles) including pottery shards, wall tile shards, glass tiles, pebbles, and pretty much anything else you may like to include. Feel…
Find out more »August 2019
Mosaic Class – Thursday Morning – Make your own Mosaic Bowl
Term Three Mosaic Workshop Wednesday Night 7-9pm OR Thursday Morning 10-12noon 31 July till 22nd August This terms mosaic workshop is a mosaic pottery bowl! Learn to make your own handmade bowl from clay, glaze the inside and then after firing we will mosaic the outside of your bowl. Mosaicing your bowl will combine a range of tesserae (mosaic tiles) including pottery shards, wall tile shards, glass tiles, pebbles, and pretty much anything else you may like to include. Feel…
Find out more »Resin Art Workshop
Saturday 3rd August : 1-3.30pm OR Saturday September 7th 1-3.30 Using resin in art is exciting and satisfying. Come and learn the technical aspects and create yourself a beautiful piece of art. Ever wanted to make your own masterpiece in resin and weren’t sure where to start? Maggie will guide you through the process in this hands-on beginners Resin Art Workshop. You’ll design and create a 45 round artwork. You can either hang your artwork or use it as a…
Find out more »Mums & Bubs Drop in Days (Dads welcome too)
Drop in Sessions for mums & bubs, toddlers & pre-schoolers - Dads Welcome Too! Every Tuesday between 11-3pm drop in anytime with your bub, toddler or pre-schooler and have a clay play. This is a great way to spend creative time with your child and also to meet other parents, and no bookings are required. The fee is $15 per child. This includes 500gm clay (additional clay is available at $2.00 per kilo), access to studio tools and equipment and…
Find out more »Early Start: Art to Grow Up With
Early StART is an exciting new program which introduces very young children to the Gallery environment for experiences that are both fun and creative. Join a fun session in the Gallery itself, looking at images and themes in the art around you, creating artworks in response to what you see, and discovering some great tips on engaging with your child through art. After the session, head to Kittelty’s for a coffee and a babyccino, with a 10% discount for Early StARTers.…
Find out more »Mosaic Class – Wednesday Evening – Make your own Mosaic Bowl
Term Three Mosaic Workshop Wednesday Night 7-9pm OR Thursday Morning 10-12noon 31 July till 22nd August This terms mosaic workshop is a mosaic pottery bowl! Learn to make your own handmade bowl from clay, glaze the inside and then after firing we will mosaic the outside of your bowl. Mosaicing your bowl will combine a range of tesserae (mosaic tiles) including pottery shards, wall tile shards, glass tiles, pebbles, and pretty much anything else you may like to include. Feel…
Find out more »Mosaic Class – Thursday Morning – Make your own Mosaic Bowl
Term Three Mosaic Workshop Wednesday Night 7-9pm OR Thursday Morning 10-12noon 31 July till 22nd August This terms mosaic workshop is a mosaic pottery bowl! Learn to make your own handmade bowl from clay, glaze the inside and then after firing we will mosaic the outside of your bowl. Mosaicing your bowl will combine a range of tesserae (mosaic tiles) including pottery shards, wall tile shards, glass tiles, pebbles, and pretty much anything else you may like to include. Feel…
Find out more »Create your own Acrylic Pour Painting
If you’d like a one-off experience creating an acrylic pouring painting then this is workshop is for you. If you want to check if you like the technique before enrolling in the BEGINNERS course, then this is also the course for you. You will create your own unique 20x25cm acrylic pour painting canvas. All paints will be pre-mixed and you will be shown how to layer your paints to create beautiful abstract patterns and then have the opportunity to make…
Find out more »Mums & Bubs Drop in Days (Dads welcome too)
Drop in Sessions for mums & bubs, toddlers & pre-schoolers - Dads Welcome Too! Every Tuesday between 11-3pm drop in anytime with your bub, toddler or pre-schooler and have a clay play. This is a great way to spend creative time with your child and also to meet other parents, and no bookings are required. The fee is $15 per child. This includes 500gm clay (additional clay is available at $2.00 per kilo), access to studio tools and equipment and…
Find out more »The Consequences of Love – Film Screening
Italian Mafia Thriller Italy, 2004, 100 min. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s impressive second feature (Italian: Le conseguenze dell’amore) is an ice-cold psychological thriller featuring a brilliant central appearance from Toni Servillo, the quintessential Italian actor who has since starred in Sorrentino’s later films The great Beauty (2013) and Loro (2019) Upon the film’s release in 2004, the Guardian Reviewer said “The Consequences of Love offers a deadpan black comic insight into mafia violence, and a Greeneian meditation on the spiritual lives…
Find out more »Early Start: Art to Grow Up With
Early StART is an exciting new program which introduces very young children to the Gallery environment for experiences that are both fun and creative. Join a fun session in the Gallery itself, looking at images and themes in the art around you, creating artworks in response to what you see, and discovering some great tips on engaging with your child through art. After the session, head to Kittelty’s for a coffee and a babyccino, with a 10% discount for Early StARTers.…
Find out more »Mosaic Class – Wednesday Evening – Make your own Mosaic Bowl
Term Three Mosaic Workshop Wednesday Night 7-9pm OR Thursday Morning 10-12noon 31 July till 22nd August This terms mosaic workshop is a mosaic pottery bowl! Learn to make your own handmade bowl from clay, glaze the inside and then after firing we will mosaic the outside of your bowl. Mosaicing your bowl will combine a range of tesserae (mosaic tiles) including pottery shards, wall tile shards, glass tiles, pebbles, and pretty much anything else you may like to include. Feel…
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