Fine Art at Nepean Arts and Design Centre: June 2011

Jun 25, 2011

Full-time fine arts intro course enrols June 28

details of artwork produced in a range of NADC fine art courses. From left to right Cole Barrett, Jo McDonald, Julieanne Bartolo, Phillip Murray, Ali Hutton, student at work.

In second semester, NADC is offering the Certificate II in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft as a full-time introductory course in visual arts studio practice.

The course is offered full-time (3 days per week) over the 18 weeks of Semester 2, with classes running from 9am-4pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The course is suitable for those who wish to commence full-time study in the visual arts, with an emphasis on hands-on studio practice.

Subjects covered include painting, ceramics, drawing, photography, printmaking and history/ theory.

Many of our students use this as a stepping-stone to further study with in a following year, for example the Certificate III in Ceramics (course # 19123), the Certificate IV in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft (Course # 19114) or the Diploma of Fine Art (course # 19145)

Enrollments for this course are being taken on June 28. For full details, visit the course information page of our website, and download a brochure for Certificate II in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft (course #19112)

An information session will be held on Tuesday June 28, at 10.30am in the Trapezium Gallery, Nepean Arts and Design Centre. Enrollments will follow from 11am until 7pm on that date.

Click here for details on how to find us.

FREE Part time courses in Fine Arts: enrolling Tuesday June 28!

sample images from a range of NADC courses. from left to right: Matthew Mead, Kay Bazley, Katherine Kennedy, Sean Sweeney, Caroline Eadie, and Terry Malone (final image by Edward Davidson)

Nepean Arts and Design Centre at Western Sydney Institute is offering the wonderful opportunity to enrol in a FREE part-time course in either ceramics, printmaking, painting or drawing. Each course runs for 3 hours per week for 18 weeks, and there are no entry requirements other than a willingness and a commitment to undertake the course.

Our classes run in the evenings from 6pm-9pm, plus one Saturday course. Printmaking is held on Tuesday evenings, drawing on Wednesday evenings, and ceramics on Thursday evenings. Painting is held on Saturday morning from 9am-12 noon.

The classes start in semester 2, (week starting Monday July 18, 2011.)

The courses are suitable complete for beginners, but could also be undertaken by those who need a refresher for their art practice. As well as raw beginners our classes may also suit artists wishing to explore a new medium, or highschool art teachers wishing to undertake some professional development.

It may be possible to enrol in more than one class.

NADC fine art teachers are all professional artists and instruction is by demonstration and studio practice. Class sizes are limited which means each student has the opportunity for personal feedback, as well as the benefit of group instruction.

Enrollments are being taken in person at The Nepean Arts and Design Centre from on Tuesday June 28. There is an information session at 10.30am, and enrolments follow from 11am until 7pm.

Details on how to find us can be found here

For a course information leaflet, which includes details on when and how to enrol, visit the course info page of our website, and click on the link to course # 9069 Statement of Attainment in Skills for Work and Training, for the area that you are interested in (painting, printmaking, ceramics or drawing).

Jun 22, 2011

Carol Fitzgerald selected for postcard publication

Carol Fitzgerald,'the flock', 2010

Advanced Diploma of Fine Art student Carol Fitzgerald is one of 12 finalists selected in the Co-op bookshop's postcard competition. 12 national finalists have been selected from art and design schools, and Carol's work will be available in Co-op Bookstores Australia wide.

Carol created her design by using a part of a drawing she produced in her Diploma of Fine Art class in 2010.
See all the winners at:
http://www.studentart.com.au/gallery.php?id=7&cat=FineArts&winners

Jun 21, 2011

Catherine O'Donnell's Nepean High School Residency

Catherine O'Donnell, 'May God protect you', 2010, charcoal on paper, 96 x 65 cm.

NADC Fine Arts teacher Catherine O'Donnell has just completed a four week residency at Nepean High School, working with the school's best visual arts students from years 8-11.
Catherine worked with the students to create a mural, which will go on permenant display in the School's hall. The hardworking students had the opportunity to acquire skills in representational drawing including perspective whilst working on the large mural. The mural depicts the student's view of life at Nepean High School.

The residency was a partnership between Nepean High School, Arts NSW, and The Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest. Catherine will be having an exhibition of her own drawings produced during the residency. the exhibition, featuring charcoal drawings of the nepean High School architecture will be on display at the Penrith regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest from August 6.
http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/news/story/nepean-high-students-create-charcoal-mural-under-catherine-odonnells-guidance/

Jun 20, 2011

Nepean College Library's new blog

The Nepean College Library, which is full of wonderful resources for Fine Arts, now has a blog.
Have a look here:
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/828178-nepeancollegelibrary/

Jun 13, 2011

Cameron Ferguson's solo show

Cameron Ferguson, 'Bruiser', 2010, Acrylic on Canvas. 100 x 100 cm.

NADC Fine Arts teacher Cameron Ferguson is holding a solo exhibition entitled 'Frontiers' at the Bondi Pavillion, with the opening event next Saturday, June 18, from 1-5pm.

Cameron is showing a collection of work completed over a seven year period. His earlier works range from small intimate watercolours and pen and ink drawings of landscapes and people, through to large and expressive charcoal and pastel drawings. His more recent work represents a departure from this practice, focusing instead on developing a visual vocabulary based on pop culture archetypes and imagery.

The exhibition runs from 15-26th of June, 2011 at the Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach. The Gallery is open from 10am -5pm daily.

Jun 7, 2011

Call for Entries: our Annual 3D miniworks competition.

Jackie Graves, 'Milly' mixed media, 2010, approx 15 x15 x 15cm, selected finalist 2010.

The Fine Arts section at Nepean Arts and Design Centre is now calling for entries for our annual 3D miniworks competition.

The competition and exhibition is open to students and staff of NADC (although only students are eligible for the prize money).

The work entered must be no larger than 15cm in any direction, and a completed form must accompany every entry. Entry forms can be collected in C or P Block, or fine arts students can download them from the wiki:

http://finearts-studentinfo.westernsydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/announcements

Key dates:

Exhibition opens Wednesday August 10, at 12 O' Clock in C Block.

Work must be delivered to C block between Monday 1st August and Wednesday 3rd August.

Exhibition finishes Friday August 25th, 2011.

There will be a $200 prize for the best student work, and 10 finalists will be selected for an exhibition at an off-campus Gallery.

More than one work may be entered; however the organizers reserve the right to select where more than one work has been entered, if there is a shortage of space.

Work wil be displayed in the locked glass cabinets in C Block, and therefore must be freestanding. Fragile or installation work must be installed by the entrant in consultation with the organizers.

To see the finalists selected last year, click here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsifineart/sets/72157624685363345/

Good luck!

Jun 2, 2011

Beneath the Surface

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A revealing photographic exhibition explores the stories in the faces of women who’ve met with some of life’s toughest challenges.

Katoomba, May 13, 2011 – “Beneath The Surface” is a photographic project and exhibition by Blue Mountains photographer Mandy Schöne-Salter. The exhibition, to be held at the Event Horizon Gallery in Katoomba, opens June 14.

Mandy is currently studying part time in Fine Arts at Nepean Arts and Design Centre.

Mandy Schöne-Salter was the winner of the inaugural Oxford Art Prize for Portraiture in 2010 as well as the 2011 International Women’s Day Exhibition. Beneath The Surface featured as part of the Head On Photo Festival 2011 and moves on to the Ballarat International Foto Biennale in August. Opting for old school analogue technology, for this exhibition Schöne-Salter photographed and interviewed women who have lived through abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, death, drugs or disability. The exhibition uses larger than life black and white canvas prints which give an
overwhelming effect and each photograph is captioned with that woman’s story.

“These women have one thing in common;” Mandy says, “the will to reclaim their lives after hardship”. Her aims for the project were for the photos to be “visceral and insightful for the viewer, as well as therapeutic for the subject”.

The exhibition is supported by the local arm of ZONTA, a global organisation working to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy. All profits from the exhibition will be donated to ZONTA Blue Mountains and the Blue Mountains Women’s Health and Resource Centre.

The opening night is Friday the 17 th of June from 6 - 9 pm at the Event Horizon Gallery, 186 Bathurst Rd, Katoomba; the exhibition will run from the 14th until the 20th of June.

To help raise more funds, there will be an opening night raffle with loads of great prizes including one of the photographs!