Sculptural Ceramics

There's a new part time course available in Sculptural Ceramics at WSI Nepean.

The course will focus on handbuilt sculptural Ceramics with experienced teacher and Ceramicist Susan Jorgensen and will run on Tuesday evenings from 17 July until the end of November.

You can download a course information brochure here and enrol online.

Have a look at the ceramicsnepean wikispace to see what's on in Ceramics.

 

Catherine O'Donnell's show in Melbourne

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Anyone heading down to Melbourne during the break? NADC Fine Arts teacher Catherine O'Donnell is exhibiting at Dianne Tanzer Gallery. The Gallery is located in Gertrude St Fitzroy, which is a fantastic area for art, design and fashion. Catherine's show runs until July 21: congratulations to Catherine on another great achievement.

The Making of Al Pacino

Have a look at the new video of the experimental drawing project by Diploma of Fine Art Year 2 students.  As well as exploring contemporary practice through the use of a maverick art material (did we mention the image has been drawn with coffee?), the students have developed skills and confidence in the fine art of mural production. Congratulations to the artists and their teacher Di Holdsworth!

Stephen Hall's Solo Show

a work from Stephen Hall's solo show

NADC Fine Art teacher Stephen Hall has a solo show opening at Gallery Red in Glebe this Friday night from 6pm-8pm.

Stephen will be exhibiting mixed media works, in an exhibition called 'The Kedumba Musings of Merry Andrew the Limner'.

You can read more about the exhibition on Gallery Red's website.

Enrol online now for the Certificate II in Visual Arts!

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 2012, NADC is offering the Certificate II in Visual Arts 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 painting.

Many of our students use this as a stepping-stone to further study with in a following year. This course could assist you with entry in 2013 to Certificate IV in Visual Arts, or the Certificate IV in Ceramics.

You can download a Certificate II Visual Arts course information leaflet here: http://wsi.tafensw.edu.au/Handlers/ContentFile.ashx?crsid=5430

You can enrol online now in the Certificate II in Visual Arts by phoning the College on 131 870, or by using the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/6n53x72

An information and enrolment session will be held at 10am on Wednesday 27th of June, 2012 in the Trapezium Gallery, Block P , Gate 2, 12-44 O' Connell St Kingswood. Please attend this session if you have enrolled or wish to enrol in the CII Visual Arts. If you are unable to attend this session, please call the fine arts section on ph 9208 9513.

Click here for details on how to find NADC and the Trapezium Gallery.

Hidden 2012

Congratulations to staff members Stephen Hall and Aiden Harris  who have  been selected for the fourth annual Hidden : Rookwood Sculpture Walk. The exhibition invites  audiences to explore the historic cemetery and find the sculptures  installed within  the grounds.
All artworks selected into Hidden 2012 are short listed for the Rookwood Necropolis Sculpture Award -  a $5,000.00 non-acquisitive award.

 'With views of the city on the horizon, this site offers artists a rare opportunity to showcase their work in an extremely thought provoking context'.

"The Limner Loses"

gouache on a photographic image on watercolour paper

 Image from Stephens proposal for Hidden 2012

Clay at the Corner

Clay at the Corner was established last year at the Arts and Crafts Studios at St Marys Corner by Penrith City Council, aiming to promote community connections in the Nepean region through the creative medium of clay.

Nepean Ceramics teacher, Susan Jorgensen opened an exhibition of ceramics by members of the Nepean Potters Society on the Friday evening, and followed up with a clay workshop for children on Saturday and another for adults on Sunday. There were "local families from St Marys and St Clare, Penrith , Blue Mountains and other regional areas...over 100 hundred in the first few hours of the Saturday workshops." said Adnan Begic, Cultural Projects Officer.

Simon Cook - Sculpture Award Finalist

Congratulation to Simon Cook, a graduate of the Certificate 3 in Ceramics in 2011, who has been selected as a finalist in the UWS Sculpture Award.

"The UWS Sculpture Award showcases major works by significant Australian artists, some of whom have created sculptures especially for the University's Campbelltown Campus."
The Acquisitive prize is valued at up to $25,000.

"The UWS Sculpture Award and Exhibition aims to establish closer links between the University and artists, and engage with the community by providing a valuable educational and cultural resource, as well as enhancing the campus environment for teaching and learning."

Have a virtual tour of the work here

You can even vote for Simon in the People Choice Award.