- Date: Saturday 27 May
- Times: 11am-12.30pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $35 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 19 May 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Join photomedia artist Natalie Blom in exploring alternative techniques in analogue photography. A range of techniques will be discussed including cross-processes, solarography, pinhole cameras made from household items and more.
Participants will have the opportunity to be guided through taking photographs using the film soak technique used to create the works in the series Everyday Alchemy.
Participants will need to have a working knowledge of their camera and general film photography and bring along their own film camera.
- Date: Saturday 3 June
- Times: 12pm-3pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $20 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 26 May 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Brett Leigh Dicks will lead this workshop on urban landscape photography, examining the work of the genre's leading practicioners while discussing the subject matter and themes they examine. Participants will then choose a theme and take to the streets of Rockingham to put these theories into practice.
About the facilitator
Brett Leigh Dicks is an Australian/American photographer who shares his time between the United States and Australia. His photographic endeavours have led him to explore the world's natural and urban landscapes with the resulting imagery spanning Australia, America and Europe. Brett primarily investigates the landscape and the fragile ties that it shares with human history, shining a light on humanity's socio-political indiscretions.
- Date: Thursday 1 June
- Times: 6pm-8pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $20 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 26 May 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Do you struggle to write about your art? Find it difficult to talk about yourself in the third person? Not sure how much to include - or what to leave out? Rebecca will work with you in this workshop to explore how, what and why you create in order to write an artist statement that contextualises your work for the reader. By the end of the workshop you will have a draft statement along with the skills and knowledge to modify this statement for various purposes.
About the facilitator
Rebecca is the presenter of ArtBeat on RTRFM 92.1 in Perth. ArtBeat is a fast-paced talk program which explores the world of art, artists and arts-lovers. As a writer, Bec has a focus on the arts and ‘gentle ficto-criticism'.
- Date: Thursday 8 June
- Times: 6pm-8pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $20 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 2 June 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Getting a residency can be exciting, but how do you make the most of your time? Explore the different approaches to artist residencies and create a plan that will help you achieve your goals.
About the facilitator
Rebecca is the presenter of ArtBeat on RTRFM 92.1 in Perth. ArtBeat is a fast-paced talks program which explores the world of art, artists and arts-lovers. As a writer, Bec has a focus on the arts and ‘gentle ficto-criticism'.
- Date: Thursday 15 June
- Times: 6pm-8pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $20 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 9 June 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Discover how documenting the fun, messy, frustrating and - to outsiders - endlessly intriguing process of creation can make you a better artist. Discover the ways documentation can be integrated into each stage of the creative process, and how this will benefit your practice as an artist. Explore product photography, video, diarising and archiving in a low pressure environment while embracing a philosophy of messy action.
About the facilitator
Rebecca is the presenter of ArtBeat on RTRFM 92.1 in Perth. ArtBeat is a fast-paced talks program which explores the world of art, artists and arts-lovers. As a writer, Bec has a focus on the arts and ‘gentle ficto-criticism'.
- Date: Tuesdays - 18, 25 July, 1, 8 August
- Times: 10am-12pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $60 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 30 June 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
In this workshop series, participants will be provided and work with a variety of natural forms including seeds, stems and leaves. These items will be used to produce a kaleidoscopic variety of images, referencing back to the origins of the natural world around us. Weave through various compositions, coloured prints and natural pigments derived from resins and spices.
Participants are welcome to bring along any other natural forms they wish to use.
About the facilitator
Francesco was educated at Treviso’s Artistic High School. He had a five-month period as an etching assistant of the FBAUP of Port and has completed his Masters degree in graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. He lectured in printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna for two years and currently lives in Margaret River WA where he works for Leon Pericles and Jo Darvall and teaches printmaking techniques at Margaret River Printmaking.
- Date: Thursdays - 13, 20, 27 July, 3, 10, 17 August
- Times: 12pm-3pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $80 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 30 June 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
In this six-week workshop series, participants will be creating a sketch book filled with beautiful bird drawings. By focusing on parts of the bird and the overall form, colour and texture, you will attain an understanding of the anatomy of birds and sharpen your observation and drawing skills. Watercolour pencils will be used to achieve the desired blend of colours and texture. The sketch book can be used as a reference for future work and participants can continue to fill up the pages as they continue their observation of nature.
Participants are required to bring along an A5 or A4 sketchbook with a GMS of 110 or heavier.
About the facilitator
Vanessa Liebenberg is artist and illustrator. She has illustrated educational and children’s books and she is often involved in community workshops and exhibitions. Her love of nature is evident in her work.
- Date: Sunday 23 July and Wednesday 9 August
- Times: 10am-1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: Free
- Registrations close: Saturday 22 July 2023.
Street Stitching is an act of gentle disruption that demonstrates the pleasure and necessity of garment repair. Participants gather to sit and mend, promote sustainable clothing choices, and share skills.
Mandurah textile artist Deidre Robb hosts monthly Street Stitching gatherings and she’ll be popping up to Rockingham. Bring your mending pile and repair your clothes with company or simply bring yourself and Deidre will teach you some basic hand-stitch mending techniques on a small sampler. These free sessions run for three hours, but you are welcome to stay and stitch for as little or as long as you like. Parental supervision is required for children.
Register here
- Date: Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 August
- Times: 10am-4pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: Free
- Registrations close: Tuesday 1 August 2023
Dianne Strahan’s slow making processes are nature based. Walking bush tracks, streets through town or stopping along the side of the road when travelling, absorbing the energy from the world around her, collecting fallen leaves to use in her eco dyeing/botanical printing arts practice are part of her everyday living. Learn more about this process in this free workshop.
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- Date: Sunday 6 August
- Times: 10am-4pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $20 per person
- Registrations close: Friday 4 August 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
In this hands-on fibre art workshop, participants will combine the splendor of natural wool fibres with the structural integrity of coiling techniques, to create a small vessel. After the coiling is complete, you will use the ancient art of felting which will transform the works into firm, sculptural forms.
About the facilitator
Martien van Zuilen is an established felt artisan and fibre artist based in Perth, Western Australia. She uses wool fibres, mixed media and collected objects to create complex felted forms, sculptural works and distinctive objects, entirely by hand.
- Date: Thursday 10 August
- Times: 6am-8am
- Location: Lake Richmond
- Cost: $15 per person
- Registrations close: Wednesday 9 August 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Are you a birdwatcher familiar with birds of the area or someone who just wants to reconnect with natural ecosystems? This special dawn activity will allow us to slow down and spend time with the soundscape to gain a deeper sense of how ecosystems ‘sound’ and what this might tell us about individual animals and their interactions with the communities they live in. After listening to the early morning calls and sounds, rejoin the group for a guided reflection on the significance of nonhuman world around us. No matter what your level of experience, extended listening expands awareness, relaxes the body and brings together the science and art of being connected to places. This workshop will include walking and may include sitting on the ground. However, with prior notice we will endeavour to adapt to the circumstances of each individual.
Bring: camera/smart phone, binoculars (where possible), enclosed shoes, insect repellent, water bottle, clothes to suit the weather: raincoat or hat and sun cream.
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to start time.
- Date: Sunday 13 August
- Times: 9am-11.30am
- Location: Lake Richmond
- Cost: $15 per person
- Registrations close: Wednesday 9 August 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Extend your senses and develop new appreciations of Lake Richmond on a guided walk that combines the arts and sciences. Using listening and embodiment exercises and field observations, we will gain more appreciation of how humans and nature interact. This sensewalk combines exploring the geological timescale, acoustic ecology, walking maps and current environmental issues to develop a holistic understanding of the lake ecosystem and its buffer zone. We will gather clues about how soils, atmospheres, waters, plants and animals interact. You will come away with an individual drawing recording your observations and insights -no artistic experience is required. This workshop will include walking and may include sitting on the ground. However, with prior notice we will endeavour to adapt to the circumstances of each individual.
Bring: camera/smart phone, enclosed shoes, insect repellent, water bottle, clothes to suit the weather: raincoat or hat and sun cream.
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to start time.
- Date: Saturday 12 August
- Times: 10.30am-2.30pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $25 per person
- Registrations close: Wednesday 9 August 2023. To book please call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734 between 9am and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
Learn how to make basic cyanotype prints with the sun in this hands-on alternative photography workshop. We will explore basic cyanotype techniques including making a solar print on pre-prepared paper, before preparing sensitised paper and printing your own. We will use local plant materials, turning found foliage into ‘blueprints’ of the living world. Experiment with combining different materials to produce dynamic compositions.
Bring: Old clothes, enclosed (old) shoes, safety glasses and lunch.
Additional list of potential cyanotype ‘shadow’ materials from your house and garden supplied after registration.