Performing Arts Costumes and Hats

Levels: 3 – 5
Date: Saturday 19 April 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Tania De Berardino
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

Explore the wonderment of colour and glitz in creating hats for the circus or other performing art productions. Create weird and wonderful, out there wearable shoes. If you have a pair of old shoes you want to re-invent bring them along. Costumes made from Tyvek and Calico will be decorated with a multitude of media. To complete the vision, a mask will be made to enhance the costume, hat and shoes.

Paverpol Outdoor Sculptures (Repeat 2007)

Levels: 3 – 5
Date: Wednesday 23 April 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Sue Schirmer
Cost: $110.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

Learn this new technique of using recycled fabric to create weatherproof sculptures for the school grounds. Use wire, polystyrene, foil and fabric to produce a sculpture. This product hardens and weatherproofs fabric to create outdoor art, but due to its expense it would suit only group or specially funded projects for everlasting external art forms.

Chinese Dolls

Levels: 1 – 4
Date: Saturday 26 April 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Sue Graefe
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

With the Olympics in Beijing this year, it is an appropriate time to learn a little about the traditional influences on Chinese culture. Many years ago people in China used dolls to tell stories to pass on the knowledge of their ancestors. Later, dolls were sold as souvenirs of performances of Chinese opera.Costumes, masks and symbols will be looked at to inspire and engage students in designing and creating their own original dolls.

Wire, Wire and More Wire to Explore

Levels: 1 – 5
Date: Saturday 3 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Di Olsson
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

Armature Wire, Chicken Wire, Florist Wire, Florist Wire Rainbow, Metallic Wire Cord, Craft Aluminium Wire and Wireform Mesh. What are the possibilities of this wonderful material in the context of the classroom and in the hands of our students? We will draw with it, sculpt and model with it. We will shine light through it. Stand it up and lay it flat. We will decorate it and we will even wear it. Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures will be a source for inspiration and discussion. The potential of wire will become clear to us as we become literate in this medium. This workshop will spark amazing ideas and amazing art work will come of it.

Human Body X-ray Kit

Levels: 1 – 4
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Tania Di Berardino
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

Discover how artists throughout history have used the human body as their inspiration to create artworks. Tania will link art with science experiments based on the Human Body X-Ray Kit to add meaning to further discoveries. From mark making with hands and other non-traditional tools create figures in action. Extend this into Printmaking using a cardboard template and explore the possible outcomes. Create rubbing plates from the X-ray Kit to produce a series of rubbings, investigate how different rubbing media and papers will change the final artwork. An A3 collage will be produced from a combination of all the techniques used.

Circus PD (Repeat from term 1)

Beginning Clay

Levels: 1 – 4
Date: Saturday 10 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Cheryl McHugh
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

This full day workshop will allow participants to explore basic skills and techniques in modelling with clay. Cheryl will present clay skills, which can be used with students in a simple and creative way. Models will be formed by building up and taking away processes. Pinch, coil and slab techniques will be explored. Texture and decoration techniques will be experienced. A range of activities and topics will be given to suit student’s levels 1 – 4. Clay types, tools and firing techniques will be discussed.

Dolls around the World

Levels: 1 – 4
Date: Wednesday 14 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Deanne Clark
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

This workshop is designed for teachers to learn new techniques in creating basic doll foundations and dressing them in national costumes. It will provide doll-making activities for students of all ages. This workshop is based on the publication Dolls around the World where we have undertaken a study of a worldwide collection of dolls - their history, cultural context, design features and purpose. See how each base may be adapted to create the doll of your choice using a variety of media.

Mask Making

Levels: 1 – 4
Date: Thursday 15 May 2008
Time: 4.20pm – 7.00pm
Consultant: David Williamson
Cost: $55.00
Catering: Tea and coffee

A disguise, a change of identity or in celebration, the mask has been used by a range of cultures for centuries. This workshop will focus on African tribal masks. We will explore the colours, shapes and visual language used in a range of countries to communicate their cultural beliefs and experiment with a variety of decorative and collage materials. These large masks could either be used in performance settings or will simply make a striking display in your school.

Back to Basics – Threads & Textiles

Levels: 1 – 4
Date: Saturday 17 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Lyn Ferrall
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

This one day workshop is a must for art teachers wanting to introduce the art area of threads and textiles to their visual art program. Skills covered will include looking at various fabrics and changing them by taking away and adding new materials and threads; using basic and decorative stitchery; simple appliqué; and stenciling. Participants will also have the opportunity to use simple transfer techniques with crayons and papers and look at creating texture, pattern and decoration to their work.

Indigenous Art

Levels: 1 – 5
Date: Thursday 22 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Jungala Kriss
Cost: $100.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

Join Jungala Kriss in this day of painting exploration and knowledge as he shares his techniques and insights into his Art and culture. Jungala will begin the day with an introductory talk about his culture to give the participants an understanding essential to teaching and appreciating Indigenous art. Participants will paint their interpretation of a topical perspective in their life using symbols which will tell their story. Jungala is a painter in Alice Springs. Some of his paintings are made up of traditional images and stories told to him by senior members of his family. Other pieces are more contemporary involving modern objects like mountain bikes, cars and fashion.

Animals: the Australian Art Pack

Levels: 1 – 5
Date: Monday 26 May 2008
Time: 9.20am – 3.00pm
Consultant: Di Olsson
Cost: $90.00
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

The way Australian Artists have portrayed animals has changed with history and interpretation. Each work presented in The Australian Art Pack-Animals is unique and will be the starting point for discussion, deeper thinking and inspiration for our student’s own art making. Participants will be given the opportunity to explore and experiment with many different art materials and art making techniques that will support their own delivery of a quality art program back in their schools. As we create fabulous “animal” art we will look at the Victorian Essential Learning Standards and consider Assessment Tasks.

Egyptian Studies

Levels: 1 – 5
Date: Thursday 5 June 2008
Time: 4.20pm – 7.00pm
Consultant: Tania Di Berardino
Cost: $55.00
Catering: Tea and coffee

Much has been written about the ancient Egyptians and much will be written and rewritten in the future as archaeological digs shed more light on them. Nonetheless they continue to be a fascinating study and a wonderful example of human endeavour. This workshop will take participants on a journey through Egypt as they create magnificent artefacts from a multitude of media. From King Tut’s mask to dazzling jewellery, this unit of work will inspire students to want to find out more about this fascinating history.