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Our workshop facilitators are our professional artists who are brilliant at sharing their expertise in the following areas: drawing, printmaking, painting, book making, iconography, embroidery and much more. They are happy to structure a workshop to your specifications or you can request a workshop outline that suits you, your group or a teenage student who would benefit from arts assistance for their study, folio preparation or to fill in some after school time. Days and [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Graeme Peebles DATE: casual sessions (dates negotiable) TIME: 10am - 4pm LOCATION: QG&W mezzanine / print studios COST: $tba OUTLINE This workshop is totally tailored to the individual. Each participant will explore the Mezzotint technique with Master Mezzotint printmaker, Graeme Peebles at their own level and be able to set their own agenda. The course will look at various ways of preparing a traditional Mezzotint ground and participants will have the chance to [...]
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(Image: Tide Space 1 by Andrew Gunnell acrylic & screen print on canvas) Join us for the official exhibition opening on Sunday September 17th from 3pm. Exhibition dates Sep 14th – Nov 26th. WORKS BY: Rick Amor, Danielle Creenaune, David Frazer, Christine Gibson, Andrew Gunnell, Robert Hague, Melinda Harper, Ying Huang, Anita Iacovella, Emmy Mavroidis, Olivia Mazzone, Megan McPherson, Becc Ország, James Pasakos, Jim Pavlidis, Catherine Pilgrim, Geoffrey Ricardo, Trudy Rice, Lisa Sewards, Anne Spudvilas, Wayne Viney, [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Anita Iacovella DATE: Sep 23 TIME: 10am – 4pm LOCATION: QG&W print studio COST: $265 PLACES: 6 AIM Monoprinting - Contemporary and painterly approaches to unique works on paper This workshop will give participants a hands on introduction to a wide variety of contemporary & traditional monoprint techniques. Through demonstration in a studio setting. Exploring processes involving various application and methods of monotype and mono printing. OUTCOME Producing a small suite of prints [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Joel Wolter DATE: Sat Sep 30th TIME: 10am – 4pm LOCATION: QG&W mezzanine & print studios COST: $265 PLACES: 6 AIM This workshop will provide an introduction to unique state printmaking - a form of printmaking where just one single print is made from the matrix. Unique State printmaking encourages participants to work more freely. Without the worry of editioning, other aspects and materials such as layering, collage, multiple colours, mixing of inks, [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Joel Wolter DATE: Sat Oct 14 TIME: 10am – 5pm LOCATION: QG&W art & print studios COST: $295 PLACES: 6 OUTLINE Intaglio Printmaking explores the techniques drypoint and etching and is run by professional artist, printer and qualified art teacher, Joel Wolter. Participants will have the chance to experience first hand what the techniques entail by broadly exploring the tools, materials and print methods as well as hear Joel explain his own personal [...]
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DETAILS INSTRUCTOR: Anna Prifti DATE: Sat 21 – Sun 22 October, 2017 TIME: 10am – 4pm (hour lunch break) LOCATION: QG&W art studio 81 Hesse Street Queenscliff Vic 3225 COST: $595 PLACES: 8 FULL Images from the previous Byzantine Iconography workshop shown below (or see images below) WORKSHOP OUTLINE • How to prime, sketch, gild and paint an icon • The traditional technique of gesso and egg tempera • Use of powder pigments, their content [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Joel Wolter DATE: Sat Oct 28th TIME: 10am – 4pm LOCATION: QG&W mezzanine & print studios COST: $195 PLACES: 6 AIM This workshop will provide an introduction to linocut - one of the simplest forms of printmaking and a form of printmaking that is easy to practice at home. Linocut's simple technical aspect makes it easy for anyone to learn. This workshop will cover making a linoprint (or few), and exploring multi-colour/ blocks, [...]
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Join us for an open weekend November 4th – 5th Andrew Gunnell, Amanda Firenze and Joel Wolter will be showing their work and demonstrating their printmaking methods in both QG&W’s print and art workshop spaces. Andrew Gunnell will also talk to visitors about the work featured in the Litho, Mono & Unique State Prints exhibition. Artists will be present between 1 – 5pm both days. This is a FREE event. Andrew Gunnell 'I’m an artist, [...]
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INSTRUCTOR: Philip Davey DATE: Weekend Nov 11 – 12 TIME: 10am – 5pm (hour lunch break) LOCATION: Queenscliff surrounds (weather permitting)/QG&W mezzanine (weather not permitting) COST: $495 PLACES: 8 WORKSHOP OUTLINE Keeping to a small class of 6 - 8, Philip will share his extensive experience with en plein air (open air) painting and guide each participant with all aspects of the technique at their level - whether beginner or professional. Participants are required to [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Joel DATE: Nov Sat 18 TIME: 10am – 5pm (with lunch break) LOCATION: QG&W mezzanine art studio COST: $245 AIM General Drawing will enable participants to learn how they can approach drawing. The emphasis will be on working directly from compositional arrangements inside QG&W’s studio. The workshop will be run by professional artist, printer and qualified art teacher, Joel Wolter who will guide participants through observation, light and shadow, as well as perspective [...]
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DETAILS TEACHER: Silvi Glattauer DATE: Sat 9 - Sun 10 Dec TIME: 10am – 4pm LOCATION: QG&W art & print studios COST: $550 PLACES: 6 AIM Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with digital photography to create Photogravure etchings. This is a completely non-toxic approach without the use of solvents, or acids. This workshop will teach you the ‘Direct to Plate’ system. We transfer the image directly on to the [...]
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(Image: Lucinda Tanner 2017 by Margarit Lehmmann) Join us for a demonstration with Lucinda Tanner Dec 28th – 30th. As well as exhibiting new work during our summer exhibition, Canicular Days, Lucinda visits home and drops in to QG&W to discuss and demonstrate her wood block printing techniques with visitors. Lucinda Tanner is an Australian/Swiss printmaker currently living in Basel, Switzerland. Her large format woodblock prints are the culmination of more than 20 years of [...]
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