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April 2021
En Plein Air | Holiday Workshop
Plein air painting, is the act of painting outdoors. We are excited to be hosting our own En Plein Air Workshop in Black Gully. The workshop will start with a tour through the NERAM Hinton Collection where you will be able to seek inspiration from a variety of works, followed by a guided painting session where you will learn the basics of landscape painting in the outdoors.
Find out more »ARTEXPRESS: Student Workshop
The ARTEXPRESS Students’ Day is an opportunity for Visual Arts, Design and Photomedia students to investigate the conceptual and material qualities of bodies of work on display at the ARTEXXPRESS exhibition at NERAM. The day consists an engaging learning workshop for students to enhance their understanding of the Stage 6 HSC syllabus, discussions about what makes a great VAPD, and a practical arts activity.
Find out more »ARTEXPRESS: Teacher Workshop
The ARTEXPRESS Teachers’ Day provides a non-registered professional learning opportunity for Visual Arts, Photomedia and Design teachers to explore factors that support high level student outcomes, reflected in ARTEXPRESS bodies of works. The workshop will provide a deeper understanding of the practical elements of the Stage 6 HSC Visual Arts syllabus.
Find out more »May 2021
Workshop | Beginner Bookbinding – Japanese Style Four-Hole Bindings
In this workshop, participants will learn some basic, but beautiful bookbinding techniques, enabling them to create handsewn four-hole bindings. More advanced students may like to try more complex sewing styles.
Find out more »2 Day En Plein Air Workshop With Ross Laurie
En plein air is the act of painting outdoors in situ within the landscape. It can be a challenging and beautiful way of working that can enable the artist to better capture the changing details of weather and light. Many artists, including those featured in War and Peace work en plein air. Using drawing materials and/or paints, develop your skills in capturing atmosphere, light and distance unique to working outdoors, led by artist Ross Laurie. Bring whatever you need to…
Find out more »June 2021
Get Filming! with Ali Azeez and Daisy Montalvo
Learn about film, the tools you need to start your project and how to reach audiences once you’ve made it. This one-hour crash course gives you all the basics, so you can start rolling.
Find out more »Beginner Bookbinding – Create an album
Julie McCarthy is collaborating with Friends of NERAM to present a series of workshops on bookbinding for beginners. This is a repeat by popular demand of her first workshop, where participants will learn some basic bookbinding techniques that will enable them to create a journal, simple album, or sketch book. The A4 sized volume, will be filled with drawing paper (alternatively participants may bring their own pastel and/or watercolour papers if they wish). The album is hardcover with metal screws…
Find out more »July 2021
Instrunoodles | School Holiday Workshop
In this two hour course we’ll be introducing sculptural principles to make and decorate some awesome, fully functional, pool noodle horns. We will be using low temperature hot glue guns, picnic cutlery and of course pool noodles to create magnificent musical instruments with crazy embellishments, only limited by your imagination. Parents are welcome to come and join in too.
Find out more »Colourful Garden Prints | School Holiday Workshop
Have fun making unique colourful prints inspired by the NERAM gardens. We will visit the exhibition The Blade: Australia’s love affair with lawn, collect plant cuttings and natural materials from the grounds around the Museum, then use these materials to create layered prints with monotypes and stencils.
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