Flying Arts Event Calendar: Intensives

9am – 4pm Saturday 25th of May 2024

Join artist, Michelle Turner, for a delightful journey into the world of watercolour avian art.  Whether you’re an aspiring artist, looking to explore a new creative outlet, or simply wanting a fun day out with friend – this workshop is designed for beginners eager to spread their artistic wings.

In this immersive day-long experience, you’ll learn the fundamentals of watercolour painting techniques while capturing the beauty and grace of birds. Guided by Michelle, you’ll discover watercolour basics, including paper stretching (the why, the how and the hands-on);  materials (the good, the bad and the ugly);  plus basic strokes and techniques to bring your feathered subjects to life.

No prior experience in watercolour painting is necessary;  just bring your enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn. All materials will be provided, ensuring that you have everything you need to unleash your creativity and walk away with a completed artwork at days end.

Workshop outline:

Part 1    Introductions

Part 2    Papers | paper stretching for our take home masterpiece

Part 3    Paints & Brushes | learning the basics, playing around with simple leaves and flowers

Break    Morning tea

Part 4    Small loose landscape painting on practice paper

Part 5    Draw up masterpiece

Break    Lunch

Part 6    Let the feathers fly …

What to bring

All materials will be supplied, however, Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.

Venue

Clermont Historical Centre. Gregory Hwy, Clermont QLD 4721.

Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.

9am – 4pm Sunday 9th of June 2024

Join artist, Peta Lloyd, for a full day of art making! Register for free today!

Participants will transform textile surfaces; paper, and fabrics, old* and new, combining acrylic paints and drawing inks, crayons, and oil pastels, to create their own unique symbols and marks as they explore mono printing from a Gel plate, transferring photocopy images using the tape transfer method, creating patterns using simple printing blocks and learning the Japanese method of ‘momigami’** to create a fabric like material from magazine pages.

These created textiles will be fodder for participants to create a series of three petite textile pieces, and one medium piece, approx. size A4, choose from: a 2D wall piece, a cover for a simple folded journal, or a ‘pocket’ to display on a wall.

This workshop will encourage participants to try new techniques to create images, marks, and patterns on textiles.  A trio of simple hand stitches will be used for joining textiles and for embellishing. Found objects, natural and manufactured may also be incorporated into the work.

An integral part of this one-day process is for participants to explore the narratives and sense of place occurring within the works.

*Used textiles contain their own history and energy, as you intertwine old with new you create another layer of history, with an alternate story, a new narrative.

**A technique used by U.K. Textile Artist Cas Holmes.

What to bring

Peta Lloyd suggests bringing a handful of small pieces of old used textiles/clothing/papers/letters/found objects etc. These may have a special meaning to you and may relate to people, places or things in your life.  These bits and pieces can be included in your work as a way of incorporating your personal history within the work.

Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.

Venue

St Lawrence Centenary Hall, 7 Railway Parade, St Lawrence 4707.

Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.

9am – 4pm Saturday 29th of June

UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at the Queensland Museum Cobb+Co on the 29th of June 2024.

This workshop is a professional development opportunity for artists and artsworkers that will advance their knowledge and approach to visitor engagement through exposure to cultural mediation practice and principles defined by UQ Art Museum cultural mediators. 

About this workshop 

Cultural mediation is a visitor engagement practice that sees museum staff and volunteers’ journey alongside the visitor in an act of mutual exchange. In this interactive workshop you will explore the history and foundations of cultural mediation from its conceptual European origins, and building on this, experiment with UQ Art Museum’s guiding principles, which underpin the practice. Participants will have the opportunity to put cultural mediation into practice, extend their engagement skill sets and will leave with a renewed perspective of the visitor experience and practical tips and tools to develop cultural mediation into a bespoke engagement model. 

Workshop outline:  

Session 1: Welcome and Workshop Overview l Introduction to cultural mediation l History of cultural mediation l Guiding principles   

Session 2: Active listening activity | Role of the mediator | What makes cultural mediation different to other visitor engagement models   

Session 3: Honouring different perspectives | Thinking about audiences   

Session 4: Navigating Difficult conversations | Final Reflection 

About UQ Art Museum  

UQ Art Museum is a site for progressive and contemporary creative inquiry. Our work speaks to the distinct context of the Art Museum’s place within the University. We aim to connect each visitor with new ideas in creative practice, and with learning in its many forms.  

We collect and exhibit progressive works of art, which stimulate dialogue and debate. We’re committed to opening up dialogue with the faculties, research institutes and centres of the University, and to place education at the core of our activities.  

UQ Art Museum:  

• provides creative, active learning through specialised, curriculum-based experiences to diverse disciplines. These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Education, Drama, Linguistics, Art History, Museum Studies, and Economics (see UQ Student Strategy > Authentic assessment);  
• produces cross-disciplinary, research-based exhibitions that partner with a variety of academics and disciplines on campus; in doing so, contributing productively to Excellence in Research for Australia outcomes, and the Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact assessment; and  
• provides industry-based training to UQ students to equip them for careers in the arts and humanities. The Art Museum aims to be a national leader in industry-based education. 

What to bring

Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.

Venue

Queensland Museum Cobb+Co, 27 Lindsay St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350

Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.

9am – 4pm Monday 5th of August

This workshop is sold out. There are still tickets available for the Cairns and Toowoomba workshops.

UQ Art Museum is proud to partner with Flying Arts Alliance to deliver this one-day intensive Cultural Mediation workshop at Artspace Mackay on the 5th of August 2024.

This workshop is a professional development opportunity for artists and artsworkers that will advance their knowledge and approach to visitor engagement through exposure to cultural mediation practice and principles defined by UQ Art Museum cultural mediators. 

About this workshop 

Cultural mediation is a visitor engagement practice that sees museum staff and volunteers’ journey alongside the visitor in an act of mutual exchange. In this interactive workshop you will explore the history and foundations of cultural mediation from its conceptual European origins, and building on this, experiment with UQ Art Museum’s guiding principles, which underpin the practice. Participants will have the opportunity to put cultural mediation into practice, extend their engagement skill sets and will leave with a renewed perspective of the visitor experience and practical tips and tools to develop cultural mediation into a bespoke engagement model. 

Workshop outline:  

Session 1: Welcome and Workshop Overview l Introduction to cultural mediation l History of cultural mediation l Guiding principles   

Session 2: Active listening activity | Role of the mediator | What makes cultural mediation different to other visitor engagement models   

Session 3: Honouring different perspectives | Thinking about audiences   

Session 4: Navigating Difficult conversations | Final Reflection 

About UQ Art Museum  

UQ Art Museum is a site for progressive and contemporary creative inquiry. Our work speaks to the distinct context of the Art Museum’s place within the University. We aim to connect each visitor with new ideas in creative practice, and with learning in its many forms.  

We collect and exhibit progressive works of art, which stimulate dialogue and debate. We’re committed to opening up dialogue with the faculties, research institutes and centres of the University, and to place education at the core of our activities.  

UQ Art Museum:  

• provides creative, active learning through specialised, curriculum-based experiences to diverse disciplines. These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Education, Drama, Linguistics, Art History, Museum Studies, and Economics (see UQ Student Strategy > Authentic assessment);  
• produces cross-disciplinary, research-based exhibitions that partner with a variety of academics and disciplines on campus; in doing so, contributing productively to Excellence in Research for Australia outcomes, and the Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact assessment; and  
• provides industry-based training to UQ students to equip them for careers in the arts and humanities. The Art Museum aims to be a national leader in industry-based education. 

What to bring

Flying Arts Alliance recommends having note taking materials on hand. Please bring any questions that you may have.

Venue

Artspace Mackay, Civic Centre Precinct, 61 Gordon St, Mackay QLD 4740.

Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.