Primordium- works by Diploma of Visual Arts students 2016

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Primordium is an exhibition showcasing the 2016 graduating and continuing students of the Diploma of Visual Arts from  Nepean Arts and Design Centre, TAFE Western Sydney. Over twenty-five students will participate in this exhibition, many of whom plan to  continue their studies in the Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts,  and then the Bachelor of Visual Arts (which is offered by Western Sydney Institute in partnership with Federation University Australia). 

Students will display works from multiple disciplines including ceramics, photography, printmaking, drawing and painting, ensuring a diverse experience for all visitors and illustrating the variety of teaching expertise on offer at NADC.

The opening will commence at 12pm on Wednesday the 26th of October. The exhibition will run until 5pm, Wednesday the 23^rd November. All welcome!

Bachelor of Visual Arts students exhibition- special guest Diana Robson, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

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You are warmly invited to the  official opening of Bachelor of Visual Arts Show, this Wednesday, October 12, from 12 noon in the Trapezium Gallery.

Our special guest will be Diana Robson, Director, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, who will be selecting  a small number of artists from this exhibition to participate in an upcoming Art Fair at HRG.

All exhibiting artists will give a brief talk about their work in the Trapezium Gallery as part of the opening celebrations. The exhibition mostly features work by our ongoing BVA students, but also showcases the work of Carol Fitzgerald, who is completing her Degree this semester.

We hope you can join us.

Learn to draw - FREE short course starts soon!

We are excited to announce another free skillset to help you develop your creative skills. This fun and very hands-on drawing course will help you develop the skills to draw what you see in front of you, and give a solid grounding in drawing skills such as the use of line, volume, shape, tone, perspective and depictions of space. You will also gain an excellent grounding in drawing the human figure.

These much-prized analogue drawing skills can be applied in a range of creative industry contexts. There are three units in this skillset, and the exciting news is that they can be used towards course completion in the Diploma of Visual Arts, and some of the units may be used to contribute to the Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging, and the Diploma of Graphic Design.

In addition to the unit CUAACD502 Create observational drawings, you will also also gain skills in professional practice via the units CUAPPR502 Develop own sustainable practice and BSBCMM401 Make a presentation.

We are enrolling now for our Term 4 intake. This course is held on Fridays from 9am-4pm, and it will start on the 7th of October, and finish on the 25th of November. 

Our free skillsets are filling very fast, so we recommend you enrol immediately to avoid disappointment. Enrolling is easy, just follow the link below:

https://enrolmentportal.ebs.tafensw.edu.au/Enrol/Process/GetStarted/162/950622

Ceramic Design Skillset- second group on Fridays- a few places available!

Work by an NADC student from the exhibition 'Kiln Me Softly'

Our free ceramic design skillset has proved amazingly popular- so much so we are thrilled to announce a second group has been created- this one on Fridays, starting September 16.

This course has just a few places available, and will run on Fridays from 10am-2pm for 9 weeks.

In this course you will research aspects of the history of ceramic design, and apply this research to plan & develop a small sample range of unique, handmade, commercially viable ceramic wares. You will learn to repeat cast a small ceramic bowl, and apply surface decorations, as well as develop a small cast ceramic sculpture with decorative glaze. 

You will also prototype a small piece of ceramic jewellery, and a decorated ceramic tile, learn how to use flop molds and how to apply make use of commercial and custom-made decals, like the ones in the picture above.

To secure your place, please drop the Head Teacher an email at catherine.barcan@tafensw.edu.au

but hurry to avoid disappointment!

Free skillset course in observational drawing

image by NADC graduate Yvette Robinson-Sarasola

We are excited to announce another free skillset to help you develop your creative skills. This fun and very hands-on drawing course will help you develop the skills to draw what you see in front of you, and give a solid grounding in drawing skills such as the use of line, volume, shape, tone, perspective and depictions of space. You will also gain an excellent grounding in drawing the human figure.

These much-prized analogue drawing skills can be applied in a range of creative industry contexts. There are three units in this skillset, and the exciting news is that they can be used towards course completion in the Diploma of Visual Arts, and some of the units may be used to contribute to the Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging, and the Diploma of Graphic Design.

In addition to the unit CUAACD502 Create observational drawings, you will also also gain skills in professional practice via the units CUAPPR502 Develop own sustainable practice and BSBCMM401 Make a presentation.

We are enrolling now for our Term 4 intake. This course is held on Fridays from 9am-4pm, and it will start on the 7th of October, and finish on the 25th of November. 

Our free skillsets are filling very fast, so we recommend you enrol immediately to avoid disappointment. Enrolling is easy, just follow the link below:

https://enrolmentportal.ebs.tafensw.edu.au/Enrol/Process/GetStarted/162/950622

Free skillset short course in ceramic design

cast ceramic sculpture by Calen Starling, NADC 2012

Nepean Arts and Design Centre is pleased to announce a free short course in ceramic design, starting next week!

In this course you will research aspects of the history of ceramic design, and apply this research to plan & develop a small sample range of unique, handmade, commercially viable ceramic wares. You will learn to repeat cast a small ceramic bowl, and apply surface decorations, as well as develop a small cast ceramic sculpture with decorative glaze.

You will also prototype a small piece of ceramic jewellery, and a decorated ceramic tile.

The class runs for 9 weeks, on Mondays from 10am-2pm. Please note, attendance dates include Sept 19 and 26 (TAFE holidays), but not the public holiday Oct 3.

We have a few places, but we strongly recommend you enrol immediately to avoid disappointment. To enrol, please follow the link below:

https://enrolmentportal.ebs.tafensw.edu.au/Enrol/Process/GetStarted/162/950285

 

Balances- work by students of the Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts

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