Bellerive Community Arts Centre

Community arts and cultural activities encourage people to share creative experiences, which strengthen community spirit.

Bellerive Community Arts Centre offers a range of community arts activities including workshops.

For more information contact the Bellerive Community Arts Centre.

Bellerive Community Arts Centre is located at 17 Cambridge Road, Bellerive.

TERM 1 2013 Workshops

PAINTING FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

Tutor: Lynne Beck
When: Saturday 16 Sunday 17 February 10.00am – 3.00pm
Cost: $50.00 or Non-Members $55.00

This workshop is for anyone who has a desire to try painting, has no experience and needs some basic tips on how to begin.

It will involve using acrylic paints, and new artists will explore setting up, how to mix the colours you require and basic procedures you need to follow to achieve a successful artwork.

Techniques to show form, space and texture will be tackled to add life to the painting. Composition and layout will also be discussed.

This workshop will involve step-by-step demonstrations and application.

Participants will need to bring a canvas board or canvas no larger than 50cm.

Paint and brushes will be provided for a $5.00 levy, especially if participants are uncertain which paints to buy. However, bring paints if you have them. They will be valuable in the discussion of what to choose later. Also bring any brushes you may have at home.

3 - LEGGED CAST PAPER BOWL WORKSHOP

Tutor: Ruth Rees
When: Saturday 16 Sunday 17 March 10.00am – 3.00pm
Cost: $50.00 or Non-Members $55.00

Participants to bring:

Rock (to cast) or small ceramic or plastic bowl
Paper for casting (approx 12 xA4 sheets rag, watercolour, handmade paper or similar)
Craft knife
Chopsticks, satay sticks or found sticks (need to be roughly the same size)
Acrylic paints to use if the work dries sufficiently
Fine cotton or silk threads for embellishment if desired

Paste will be provided by the tutor.

NUNO FELTING

Tutor: Jude Walker
When: Saturday 18 May (one day) 10am – 3pm
Cost: $30.00 or Non-Members $35.00

Make a unique piece of beautiful lightweight fabric.

Participants to bring:

Approx 100grams assorted wool tops in your chosen colours
Silk or similar for trims
Piece of light weight silk (long and narrow if doing a scarf), or piece of muslin or similar open weave fabric
Rolling pin or thick wooden dowel (or piece of swim noodle long enough to match width of your piece)
Bubble wrap (big enough to lay your work on)
2 bath towels
Thin garbage bag (to cut up)
Spray bottle

Packs of wool, fabric & trims will be available for $10.00 if required

MONO PRINTING ON FABRIC

Tutor: Felicity Matthews
When: Saturday 15 Sunday 16 June 10.00am – 3.00pm
Cost: $50.00 plus $8.00 levy for cotton scarf provided Non-Members $55.00

This method of printing can be used in many ways, as a background for more mono printing, other methods of printing, or stitching.

The piece you produce in this class may be used as part of a finished piece of work, a block for a quilt, furnishing, art work, or book cover.

We will be working with Procion Dyes and Manutex paste to achieve a one-off print onto your chosen fabric.

Participants to bring:

Apron
Rubber gloves (or disposable gloves)
Some pieces of cotton, linen, silk to print on to
Usual kit of pencils etc including fabric scissors
Large piece of perspex or safety glass, or heavy plastic

Following workshops will include jewellery making, shibori dyeing, watercolours and Christmas decorations.

Bookings to be accompanied by full payment please.

For enquiries about workshops please phone 6245 8742, or email bellerivearts@bigpond.com.

On-going activities

Tuesday 10.00am
Embroidery and Beading
Robyn Bevin 6247 6350

Tuesday 2.00pm
Life Drawing (extra cost for model)
Shirley Lapham 6244 4677

Wednesday 10.00am
Textile Crafts
Joan Terauds 6244 3406

Wednesday 1.00pm
Card Making
Rosalie Jones 0419 144 525

Thursdays 10.00am (1st to 3rd in month)
Oil Painting

Fridays 10.00am
Painting and Drawing
Maureen Kelly 6244 2253

Monthly Groups

Thursday 10.00am (Last inmonth)
Artists Books
Beverley Dunn 6244 3245

Sunday 10.00am (1st in month)
Basketry, Natural Dyeing
Jude Walker 6244 2794

Groups are happy to welcome newcomers to join them. Get in touch with the contact person for more details about the groups.

If you are interested in a different art or craft, please let us know as others may be interested in learning about it too. There are times available in afternoons for groups to use the premises.

Club meetings

The Bonsai Society of Southern Tasmania
Meets the third Tuesday of each month and has special workshops during the year

The Bellerive Historical Society
Meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm

Bellerive Scrabble Group
Meets each Thursday evening at 7.30pm

For enquiries about workshops please phone 6245 8742, or email bellerivearts@bigpond.com.

Also see the Events calendar for exhibitions and other events in Clarence.