CONTEMPO ART CLASSES

Contempo art classes are a chance to draw inspiration and create artworks in one of Australia's foremost cultural institutions under the tuition of well known Australian artists.


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		PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS Learn from the best!  Ready to have some fun and improve your photography skills? Due to popular demand, our successful photography program returns for a fourth year with workshops for the beginner through to advanced participants...
		COLLAGE CREATIONS Explore the diverse medium of collage in a course designed for Contempo, where beginners and experienced artists can experiment with a wide range of drawing materials and papers, covering still life, figure, music and landscape. Bookings essential.
		ECKERSLEY'S PAINTING WORKSHOPS Workshop series - next workshop Sunday 26 September Learn all about the new possibilities that acrylic paint provides today's artists. At this workshop you will delve into the science of acrylic paints, its history and the unlimited versatility with the use of different mediums and additives.
		CONTEMPO'S ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Workshop series Now in its fourth year, the Absolute Beginners series is the perfect introduction to art for the absolute beginner. Each month, artist Brenda Tye introduces a different medium...
		DRAWING THE FIGURE l & II 10am - 12pm and 1 - 4pm, last Saturday of every month Students learn the fundamental drawing skills. Working from a nude model, the morning class focuses on short poses with a more gestural approach to drawing the figure while the afternoon class utilises longer studies. Bookings essential.
		EXPERIMENTS IN SCULPTURE A unique experience... Sculptor Margo Gabsi will demonstrate the use of a wide variety of materials and lead participants to produce one or more resolved works that are small scale and figurative.