Make your own reusable fabric face mask using this printable template and materials you have at home.
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Learn the key elements of creating simple exhibition marketing material in this 90minute online demonstration with Monika Lukowska. Monika will walk you through her approach to creating an exhibition invite and poster, discussing font selection, image editing, eye catching compositions and preparing your files for printing. Monika will be using Adobe Photoshop for this demonstration, but the tools and principles covered in the lecture can be utilised in other software as well. A downloadable recording of this webinar will be provided to all participants after the workshop.
This online illustrated lecture and workshop will be hosted via Zoom Webinar. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.
Tue 23 Mar | 6:30pm – 8:00pm AWST | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$15 | $13.50 members | Online via Zoom
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Join Photographer, Bo Wong for an online illustrated lecture on how best to photograph artworks for grants, websites, exhibition applications and social media. A downloadable resource will be available for participants with information on best practice for lighting, composition and setting up for photos at home.
Bo Wong is a highly regarded photographer who shoots for numerous individual artists and arts organisations including the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Bo regularly presents workshops for emerging and mid-career artists and arts organisations and has taught Photomedia as a sessional lecturer at Edith Cowan University. She co-hosts Soul Traders Podcast, which was born from common questions from workshop participants about creative freelancing and the arts industry.
This online illustrated lecture will be hosted via Zoom Webinar. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.
Tue 25 May | 6pm - 7pm AWST | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$15 | $13.50 Members
Online via Zoom
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Learn to digitise and manipulate your artwork for textile prints in this 1 hour virtual workshop with local artist Claire Eden. Download the provided instructional videos and work at your own pace as Claire will introduces you to free smartphone software that will turn your drawings, paintings and collages into repeat patterns for high quality textile prints. By the end of the workshop series you will have one or two patterns ready to upload onto on-demand textile printing websites.
To follow the content of this workshop you will need original artwork to turn into pattern motifs and access to an iPad or Smartphone with the following three Adobe Creative Cloud Apps installed: Photoshop Mix, Adobe Capture and Adobe Sketch. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries.
A link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$30 | $27 Members
In Week 1 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by internationally celebrated textile artist, Susie Vickery. In this video tutorial you’ll learn to embroider a stylised Banksia Cone over a 2 hour session using french knots, blanket stitch and laid work.
Susie has worked for over two decades as a costumier for theatre in Australia and the UK. You might recognise her work from 2019’s outstanding exhibition Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist at Mundaring Arts Centre. See more of Susie’s work here >
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 2 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by textile artist and designer Angela Ferolla. In this video tutorial you’ll learn step by step techniques to create a stylised Spider Orchid using a combination of embroidery and appliqué. Use your finished pieces to sew onto a cushion cover, tote bag, t-shirt or a simple piece of fabric.
Angela is a Fremantle based textile artist working on projects such has her vibrant fashion label Rocucu and costumes for the West Australian Ballet. She is an experienced teacher of textiles and costume design, delivering custom workshops to the students of WAAPA, Fremantle Arts Centre and beyond.
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 3 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by contemporary mixed media artist Sujora Conrad. In this video tutorial you'll learn to embroider the Western Woody Pear using a contemporary, simplified version of Blackwork embroidery. Blackwork, was used in the 16th century to embellish women’s clothing and was also known as ’poor man’s lace’.
Sujora is a contemporary artist drawing inspiration from land, place and the botanical realm. She has facilitated a range of exciting fibre workshops for women in remote and coastal communities. You might recognise her work from The Botanical - Beauty and Peril at the Art Gallery or Western Australia (2019), or FIBRE at the Holmes a Court Gallery (2020).
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 4 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by mixed media jeweller Sultana Shamshi. In this video tutorial you'll create your own embroidered Banksia brooch featuring an elementary candlewicking stitch.
Sultana works across jewellery and textiles, drawing inspiration from the spirituality of nature and her Indian heritage. You might recognise her work from the Mundaring Arts Centre Shop.
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 5 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by textile artist Anne Williams. In this video tutorial you will learn to stitch a stylised Grevillea flower using a few simple embroidery stitches. You’ll also learn Anne’s technique of transferring the provided template without making any marks on your fabric.
Anne Williams is a textile artist who uses hand stitching as a means to express ideas and explore possibilities. Her practice includes stitching every morning, finding the quiet rhythm of needle and thread calming and nurturing. She teaches workshops and has had two solo exhibitions, MAC 2016 and MJAC in 2019, which included a seven week Artist in Focus.
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 6 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by textile artist Lesley Parker. In this video tutorial you'll learn to embroider a Red Gum Blossom, using felt, applique and some long and short running stitches.
Lesley is an artist and community arts worker, whose textile and printmaking practice centers on tradition, heritage and native flora. You might recognise her work from the Mundaring Arts Centre Shop.
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 7 of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by contemporary artist Sally Bower. In this video tutorial you’ll learn to embroider a Wattle flower onto a hat over a 2 hour session. You’ll be sure to learn a few stitches such as: back stitch and a satin stitch.
Sally has worked as an artist for 10 years. She is inspired by humour, energy and movement. You might recognise her work from collaborations with la Paleta, Many Peaks Assembly, Stackwood markets and workshops, Textiles with Ruby Talbot Dunn, appliqué on the back of jackets around town. See more of Sally’s work on Instagram @delimates
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
In Week 8, the last of our Wildflower Stitch Series we were joined by celebrated textile artist, Trish Bygott. In this video tutorial you’ll learn to delicately embroider a Fringed Lily pin cushion using a combination of fish bone stitch, backstitch, stem stitch, fly stitch and ghiordes knots.
Trish has worked as an artist, garment designer and educator for over 30 years. Inspired by the intimacy and intricacy of the traditional embroidered surface, Trish marries this rich treatment with the naive and the raw. Her work celebrates in the hand painted, the hand stitched, the garment, and public artworks. See more of her work through her label Bukeshla.
A template, instructional workbook and video link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$20 | $18 Members | Materials List >
Learn the key elements of editing photos in this downloadable online demonstration with Rebecca Mansell. Suitable for photographers of all skill levels, Rebecca will walk you through her approach to editing using Adobe Bridge Camera Raw + Photoshop. In just an hour you’ll have a better understanding of subtle ways you can enhance your images and take them to the next level. Images used by Rebecca in this demonstration will be provided to participants to practice with.
Rebecca will be using Adobe Photoshop/Bridge CC 2018. If you would like to use another editing program you are welcome to do so, as the basic editing tools covered will available in other softwares.
Photo Editing with Rebecca Mansell is supported by Shire of Mundaring, the Mundaring Camera Club and NEAMI National. Participants who are residents of Shire of Mundaring or City of Swan are encouraged to enter their photographs taken into the annual Explore and Expose photography competition.
A link will be sent to you by a staff member within 24 hours of your purchase.
Download on demand | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$10 | $9 members
Calling all makers to join the birdsong!
The Bird Makers Project is a Co:3 Australia global initiative devised by Artistic Director, Raewyn Hill and International Artist, Naoko Yoshimoto. In this FREE, 3-part video tutorial you will be guided by an expert bird maker to transform an item of black clothing into a black bird, destined for the stage in 2021!
The Bird Makers Project metaphorically expresses the hidden narratives and embedded memories of humanity through the fabric of the clothes we wear every day. Workshop participants are asked to bring their personal story of migration, isolation, or a meaning behind the garment used to create their black bird.
For Western Australian residents, your bird will be collected and become part of a flock of 1001 birds used in the set of Artistic Director Raewyn Hill’s new work, ARCHIVES OF HUMANITY, premiering in 2021. Mundaring Arts Centre is a Bird Makers Project collection point, you are welcome to take your finished bird and story there so it may join the flock.
Download on demand | Suitable for 12+ yrs
FREE | Materials List >
Instagram is a useful, free marketing tool for your arts business. However, it doesn’t work for everyone and can damage your brand if you use it incorrectly. Join Lucy Southon from the BOSS Centre / Entrepreneurship Facilitators Service for this online session covering the basics.
Topics include; Do I need an Instagram account? How to set up an Instagram account. Posting Photos to your grid, the difference between Stories, Videos and IGTV, hashtags and how to find the right ones for you as well as lots of easy wins to get you found easily. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get your digital presence up and running.
This online illustrated lecture will be hosted via Zoom Meeting. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.
Tue 9 Feb | 10am – 12:30pm AWST | Suitable for 13+ yrs
$10 | $9 members | Online via zoom
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Get on top of your finances with this essential book-keeping workshop for artists hosted by Liz Haselgrove from BOSS Centre. You’ll learn all you need to know about record keeping, invoices, tax and GST obligations to easily manage your arts business. Take home templates for Profit and Loss, Cashflow and Book-keeping will be provided.
BOSS Centre is a government funded small business support centre offering 1-1 sessions and workshops under the Entrepreneurship Facilitators Service.
This online illustrated lecture will be hosted via Zoom Webinar. Students will need a computer or smartphone with an internet connection to participate. Please contact our Education Program Manager Ellen edpm@mundaringartscentre.com.au if you have any queries about the Zoom platform.
Thu 17 Sep | 10am - 12.30pm AWST | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$10 | $9 members
Online via Zoom
