Explore a range of arts mediums this Summer at Devonport Regional Gallery!
Adults
MY WORD: POETRY WORKSHOPS
FACILITATED BY KRISTEN LANG
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery, 45 Stewart Street Devonport
When: Tuesdays, 12 & 19 January, 6–8 pm
Who: Adults (ages 16+)
Cost: $20 / $15 members (or $12 / $8 members for single session)
Put yourself in the picture. Join award-winning writer Kristen Lang in these two-hour workshops exploring art-inspired ways of using words. Drawing inspiration from our current exhibition 40 Years of Collecting, you will have the chance to respond to several works through the written word.
Kristen Lang was awarded her PhD in poetry in 2004 and published Let Me Show You a Ripple in 2008. She won the ACU Prize for Poetry in 2015, was joint winner of the Rosemary Dobson Award 2011, highly commended in the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize 2011, shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize 2013, and the ACU Literature Prize 2014, and was long-listed for the UC Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize 2014 and 2015, and the Rialto Nature Poetry Competition 2015. She is currently working on three new collections.
SUMMER STILL LIFE DRAWING
FACILITATED BY DEB CONROY
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery, 45 Stewart Street Devonport
When: Wednesdays, 13 & 27 January, 6–8 pm
Who: Adults (ages 16+)
Cost: $25 / $20 members (or $15 / $12 members for single session)
Improve your drawing and observation skills during these two, two-hour workshops with local artist Deb Conroy. Experiment with a variety of drawing tools and discover new techniques to improve your practice. All materials provided.
SALON TOUR
WITH THE CURATORS ELLIE RAY & EMILY KENNEL
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery, 45 Stewart Street Devonport
When: Friday 15 January, 6 pm
Cost: gold coin entry
Join the curators, Ellie Ray and Emily Kennel on a tour of 40 Years of Collecting: DCC Permanent Collection and discover the highlights in the City’s collection, including works by Owen Lade, Edith Holmes, Philip Wolfhagen, Lola Greeno and Christopher Pyett.
40 Years of Collecting: DCC Permanent Collection celebrates over 40 years of collecting for the City of Devonport. The exhibition illuminates the significance of such a collection and highlights key works donated or purchased over a forty year period.
FILM-MAKING 101
FACILITATED BY ROSE SCHRAMM
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery, 45 Stewart Street Devonport
When: Saturday 16 January, 10 am – 3 pm
Who: Adults (ages 16+)
Cost: $30 / $25 members
Calling all budding film-makers and those looking to enter in the Four 8 Film Festival next year (4–7 March 2016) – we have the workshop for you! Experienced film-maker Rose Schramm will help you master the essentials of film-making from idea development, shooting to edit and post production tips – all with no budget!
Rose will also offer her time at the end of the workshop to assess any ideas, answer any questions and offer personalised suggestions and feedback on your film projects.
With a history in Sociology and theatre stage management, Rose Schramm merged into film 12 years ago and for 7 years taught video and editing units at Tas TAFE. She is a freelance cinematographer/sound recordist/script supervisor/first AD/ producer and wardrobe designer, but her main loves are writing, editing and teaching film. Rose is a qualified youth worker and has worked with many community groups and organisations around Tasmania, teaching and making films. She is currently writing a comedy feature film set in Hobart, and editing the final cut of a feature documentary filmed between Tasmania and New Orleans.
BOOKS + ART
READING GROUP
When: Monday 18 January, 6–7.30 pm
Cost: $20/$10 concession (for yearly membership)
Enquiries: 6424 8296 or [email protected]
In partnership with the Devonport Bookshop, Devonport Regional Gallery’s reading group, Books + Art celebrates art and literature. The group meets monthly to discuss the books selected based on the exhibitions displayed at the Gallery. Books + Art members receive discounts at Devonport Bookshop.
“Books and Art is an open and friendly reading group, and we aim to create an atmosphere that encourages the sharing of ideas – both in literature and art – for people of all ages.” – Dianne Sheehan, Education & Public Programs Officer.
Children / Teens
MY WORD (FOR YOUNG ONES)
FACILITATED BY KRISTEN LANG
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery, 45 Stewart Street Devonport
When: Tuesday 19 January, 2–4 pm
Who: ages 8+ years
Cost: $12 / $8 members
What do poetry and painting have in common? It is said that to write a poem is to paint with words. Come and see how it’s done! Join award-winning writer Kristen Lang for a two-hour exploration of words that paint a picture.
DRAWN IN
FACILITATED BY CRYSTAL ADAMS
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery, 45 Stewart Street Devonport
When: Wednesdays, 20 & 27 January, 10–11.30 am
Who: ages 6–12 years
Cost: FREE
See where your imagination takes you in this creative drawing workshop with Crystal Adams! Learn to use a range of materials to create your own work of art.
MAKE YOUR MARK: DEATH
FACILITATED BY ANZARA CLARK
Where: Junction Hub, 64 Stewart Street, Devonport
When: 12, 14, 19, 21, 28 & 30 January, 10 am – 3 pm (participants encouraged to attend all sessions)
Who: ages 14–18 years
Cost: FREE
Young people of Devonport are invited to join Tasmanian artist Anzara Clark in a series of ephemeral art workshops that explore death. Make Your Mark: Death explores the transient nature of life and certainty of death in a series of six workshops during the summer holidays, culminating in an exhibition at Mersey Bluff. Participants will discuss and explore the theme of death and create a piece of ephemeral art within this theme. Devonport’s popular Mersey Bluff will be used as the basis for the artworks and materials used in the workshop series; particularly referencing and using the coastline’s natural materials as a link to the broad theme of death and decay.
This project is part of the Make Your Mark: Death youth initiative of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Cornerstone Youth Services Inc. and MI Fellowship delivered in partnership with Devonport City Council. This activity has been funded by the Australian Government’s Better Access to Palliative Care in Tasmania Programme, through the Tasmanian Association for Hospice and Palliative Care ‘Networking End of Life Care’ Project.
BOOKINGS REQUIRED: 6424 8296 // [email protected]
Dianne Sheehan, Education & Public Programs Officer Devonport Regional Gallery
