Yarra Ranges Council x EMACH Presents:

Working with Textiles ~ Art Attack 

Thu 20 Jan ~ Fri 28 Jan | Arts Workshop | Free

Four textile workshops are geared towards encouraging an older audience to explore their creativity. EMACH have tailored the workshops by using easy motor skills so that those with hands and/or eyesight issues may still participate with limited cutting with scissors and no frustrating sewing, just lots of fun, easy to build upon pieces. 

Landscape Textile Art | Thu 20 Jan @ 1pm

Using colourful fabric you will build up a beautiful landscape art piece, layering raw edges and free motion sewing. 3 Hrs

 

Leaf Morphology | Fri 21 Jan @ 1pm

Make a 3D textile Leaf using free motion sewing techniques.  3 Hrs

 

Textile Mandala Art |Thu 27 Jan @ 1pm

Using stencils and brushes build up a beautiful Mandala Art piece on fabric.  No stitching required. 3 Hrs

 

Free Motion Art Quilting  | Fri 28 Jan @ 1pm

Using one of our pre-printed designs on textile - learn to quilt a textile art piece with thread and texture using free motion stitching. You will also learn what materials are needed to make an Art quilt. 3 Hrs 

 

Creative Movement 
& Drama Classes Term 1, 2022

Wednesdays from Feb 9 for 9 weeks | LYRE ROOM

 

PLAY UP: Grades Prep – 2 or Ages 5 – 7 years - 4.00pm - 5.00pm
The emphasis for this age group is on creative play and improvisation. Classes are designed to stimulate the imagination of young children, through participation in various drama, music and movement activities.

ACT UP: Grade 3 – 4 or Ages 7 – 9 years - 5.15pm - 6.15pm
These classes are designed to encourage children to become confident in presenting their own ideas and to work together in a group. This is achieved through movement, poetry, songs, scripts and theatre games; providing safe, supported performance opportunities.

TROUPE: Grade 5 – 8 or Ages 10 – 13 years - Troupe 6.30pm - 7.30pm
These classes are designed to encourage children to become confident in presenting their own ideas and to work together in a group. This is achieved through movement, poetry, songs, scripts and theatre games; providing safe, supported performance opportunities.

Further information:
Classes are facilitated by Dee Whittington who has many years' experience with children and youth of all ages in the areas of creative movement, drama and music, with fabulous outcomes for the participants.

All Classes $144 for 9 weeks 

Trial Class $16  - Trial Class Bookings via the Box Office on 9754 8723

ANY ENQUIRIES please CONTACT the Box Office: Tue-Fri, 10:00am-4:00pm, 9754-8723 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

creARTivity
After School Art Club Term 1, 2022

Wednesdays from Feb 9 for 9 weeks | ARTS WORKSHOP

Ages 8 – 12 years - 4.00pm - 5.00pm

Get creative and have fun investigating a range of materials and techniques.

Your child will create their own artwork,  develop skills using a variety of materials and have loads of fun whilst being introduced to the work of many artists. 

Classes are taken by Chris Mulvany. Chris is an experienced educator with over 35 years experience. She has worked in the Primary State School system as well as extension education sites such as Scienceworks, the Immigration Museum and The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. She is a published author and for the past 16 years Chris has worked as a specialist primary Art teacher.

$162 for 9 weeks

Click here to enrol

ANY ENQUIRIES please CONTACT Chris Mulvany directly via email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Burrinja x Pink Ember Present:

Beginner’s Embroidery with Bats of Leisure

Sat 12 Feb 11.00am | Arts Workshop

Learn beginner’s embroidery stitches; back stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch and lazy daisy to create stitched floral arrangements in a fun social environment with Bats of Leisure, siblings teaching duo Aaron and Aoife Billings.

Aaron and Aoife have taught embroidery workshops for nearly a decade for various councils and communities. They co-run Pink Ember Studio, a queer not for profit in Coburg, Melbourne.

Burrinja partners with Pink Ember studio, to deliver a series of contemporary art workshops, de-signed for our LGBTQIA+ community. Pink Ember Studio is a queer-run co-operative, creating spaces for artists to make and sell work and be part of a community.

Tickets ~ FREE

Burrinja x Pink Ember Present:

Comic Art Workshop with Aaron Billings

Sat 12 FEB 2.00pm | Arts Workshop

Learn comic drawing techniques for one and three panel comics with illustrator and comic artist Aaron Billings! No drawing experience required, and all materials provid-ed!

Aaron Billings is a textile and comic artist, working with quilting, drawing, humour and whatever else. He co-runs Pink Ember studio in Coburg.

Burrinja partners with Pink Ember studio, to deliver a series of contemporary art workshops, de-signed for our LGBTQIA+ community. Pink Ember Studio is a queer-run co-operative, creating spaces for artists to make and sell work and be part of a community.

Tickets ~ FREE

Burrinja x Pink Ember Present:

Clay Creature Creation Workshop with Aoife Billings

Sun 13 Feb 11.00am | Arts Workshop

Join ceramic artist Aoife Billings in a silly creature and monster modeling workshop.

You will explore ideas on paper of character design, and sculpt your creatures using air dry clay. 

You will learn basic joining and sculpting techniques, and practice your ability to transform 2D ideas into 3D!

Burrinja partners with Pink Ember studio, to deliver a series of contemporary art workshops, de-signed for our LGBTQIA+ community. Pink Ember Studio is a queer-run co-operative, creating spaces for artists to make and sell work and be part of a community.

Tickets ~ FREE

Burrinja x Pink Ember Present:

Cool and Fun Animations with Kathy Sarpi

Sun 13 Feb 2.00pm | Arts Workshop

In this workshop participants will learn how to produce a simple, satisfying animated loop using drawings with pen and paper and a smartphone. Through learning the basic principles of animation, the class will develop skills for making their illustrations come to life. No drawing experience needed!

This workshop is guided by artist and animator Kathy Sarpi. Kathy has over 4 years of industry experience in animation and really loves to have fun with drawing. It’s sure to be a hoot.

Burrinja partners with Pink Ember studio, to deliver a series of contemporary art workshops, de-signed for our LGBTQIA+ community. Pink Ember Studio is a queer-run co-operative, creating spaces for artists to make and sell work and be part of a community.

Tickets ~ FREE

 

WOT x Burrinja Presents:

Safe Spaces Series

Wed 9 Mar ~ Wed 23 Mar | Arts Workshop | Free

The aim of the Safe Spaces Series is to regularly create a safe environment for communities, specifically designed for young people and BIPOC, to come together, share, learn, educate, connect and collaborate. Each Safe Space centres on a theme that will be explored throughout. Originating in South-East Naarm, on Boon Wurrung Country, WOT is now going to the Hills to invite a new community to gather.

Art-making and Sharing | Wed 9 Mar @ 6pm

WOT do you make? Why do you make it?
Come share your art with WOT, whether in conversation, performance or materials. We will collectively and comfortably create art, an opportunity to try new art-forms including drawing and crafting, as we discuss our creative passions and purpose.Make a new creative friend, learn about someone else’s journey, develop new skills from peers and share your expression in a supportive environment.

 

WOT Does 2050 Look Like? | Wed 16 Mar @ 6pm

The climate crisis is a complex issue that is muddled and mystified with lots of jargon, complicated science and empty political promises. WOT we need is the will and creativity to imagine what the future really needs to look like.
WOT Collective invites you to practice interdisciplinary teamwork to envision a positive future for the year 2050. In this session we will work in teams to come up with a vision for how we live work and play in the year 2050. In this workshop we will incorporate futures and systems thinking to identify potential solutions to environmental and consumption challenges.
It's time to re-imagine what ‘sustainable futures’ means to young people.

 

PASS THE AUX | Wed 23 Mar @ 6pm

Got a great song, video, spoken word piece, speech, something cool on your mind, in your saved or likes archive? We’re passing you the AUX.
WOT invites you to bring along pieces or snippets of media that you’ve always wanted to share - specifically made by young and BIPOC creators. This can be in the form of music, visuals, sites, and more.