WORKSHOPS
Participate in these exciting workshops delivered by drawn together artists. All events are free to attend [except as noted], and are held at the Moores Building, open 10am - 4pm daily. Please note, the Daily Life Drawing sessions are held upstairs and have no wheelchair access. Please scroll down for information about the presenters.
| 5 - 13 NOV |
10am - 12:30pm, 1- 3:30pm |
Daily drawing sessions with life model $10 per session to artists and public. Materials supplied. |
| 5 - 13 NOV |
Daily drawing opportunities abound for artists and general public where tango, flamenco and ballet dancers, martial arts and yoga students engage with the public, practice their art form and become the 'life' model. Courtesy of: Classical Dance Studio, Jan De Jong Martial Arts, Sheik to Sheik Bellydance Centre and Academy, Argentine Tango, NABBAWA Body Builders, Kavanagh Irish Dancing Studio, Flamenco Dance. Drawing materials supplied at the Moores Gallery event by courtesy of Jacksons Drawing Supplies, Faber-Castell, Scott Print. |
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| 5 NOV friday |
1 - 2pm | LECTURE: The Loaded Image [18+] by Richard Coldicutt MCA [Art] Research, Curtin University. The focus of Coldicutt’s research and creative production is 'The Body in Art'. In 1999 Richard exhibited work and published a supporting exegesis entitled ‘The Loaded Image’ which explored the difficulties associated with the production and exhibition of the nude in contemporary Western Australian art. Richard is presenting a one-hour lecture in reference to this investigation. |
| 6 NOV saturday |
1 - 2pm | LECTURE: Embodied in Time; The Body in Christian Art by Dr Angela McCarthy BA., B.Ed., M.A., PhD, Lecturer, School of Philosophy & Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia. Christian art has, over 2000 years adapted and changed according to the culture of the time and place in which the Christians gathered and worshipped. From the influence of Greek classical to the contemporary forms of expressions today, Christians still seek to use beauty as a way of describing God's world. The human body has always been evident because of the reality of the person of Jesus Christ so tracing the development of the body in Christian art offers two things: a unique look at the development of art in Western civilization over 2000 years, and a chance to pursue the ideas of embodiment. |
| 9 NOV tuesday |
1 - 2pm | LECTURE: Musculature; Human Anatomy & Art by Joanna Robertson, Kidogo Art House. |
| 11 NOV thursday |
1 - 2pm | WORKSHOP: Life Drawing for Beginners & Advanced Drawers |
| 12 NOV friday |
1 - 2pm | WORKSHOP: Visual Literacy |
| 13 NOV saturday |
11am - 12pm | WORKSHOP: The Zen Circle: Signifying nothing, but revealing everything. by Karen Kain. This ink circle is but a single brushstroke, painted from beginning to end with mindfulness, and is thought to reflect the state of consciousness of its creator. Come have a play – put a mirror to your soul today! The Asian brush is surprisingly seismographic, revealing the unconscious. Let go of thought and find your true nature. Brush practice can help our minds to go beyond the everyday world and release not only our thinking but our spiritual understanding. |
PRESENTER INFORMATION
Richard Coldicutt MCA [Art] Research, Curtin University.
Richard Coldicutt is a practicing Fremantle artist with a professional career spanning over 30 years. Coldicutt works in a wide range of disciplines including: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography. Over the past 17 years Richard has focused his artistic interests on academic visual research and education. In 1999 he completed a Masters of Creative Arts (Research) at Curtin University where he is currently engaged in a PhD research program in the School of Art and Design. Richard lectured for a number of years in the Faculty of Art at the University of Western Australia and has for the last four years lectured in Art and Creativity at Curtin University. The focus of Coldicutt’s research and creative production is The Body in Art. In 1999 Richard exhibited work and published a supporting exegesis entitled ‘The Loaded Image’ which explored the difficulties associated with the production and exhibition of the nude in contemporary Western Australian art.
Dr Angela McCarthy BA., B.Ed., M.A., PhD, Lecturer, School of Philosophy & Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia.
Dr McCarthy is a lecturer in Theology for the School of Philosophy and Theology at Notre Dame. Her current research interest is in New Testament Scriptural theology and its connection with art, faith and beauty particularly centering on medieval Italian art where the role of icons from Byzantium have been a major influence. She has also published in the areas of liturgy, music and education.
Camilla Loveridge
Camilla is a practicing Visual Artist with a particular passion for life drawing. She is a qualified High School Teacher with 25 years teaching experience. Camilla has conducted many life drawing classes over the past few years to students of varying abilities. The Feldman Technique that Camilla uses for her workshops is one of the critiquing tools used by students studying TEE Art at Yr 11 and Yr 12 level in WA.
Karen Kain
Captivated by the consciously awkward grace of Zen monks painting in the Zenga tradition, Kain rounded out her performance and art degrees from Brown University and the Art Institute of Chicago with a brush painting apprenticeship with noted painter and Zen translator Kazuaki Tanahashi, culminating in a style and working method all her own. After a lengthy period of mental preparedness, Kain invents new calligraphic characters from live figure models in seconds. While she wields ancient calligraphy brushes in both hands simultaneously, her nudes themselves remain vulnerably armless, giving form to the spaces within and between each of us, addressing questions of love and coupling and our ultimate aloneness. The work is cooly advanced in the studio next, with Western art materials and digital technology. She has exhibited throughout America as well as internationally, and was selected to show at the Asian Cultural Center in New York City. Following a solo show in Perth in 2008 she moved to Australia in 2009.
Classical Dance Studio
Classical Dance Studio provides artistic and technical dance training in an environment that fosters excellence, confidence and self-esteem. Classes are offered in classical ballet, contemporary dance and Spanish dance for students from age 3. The studio has excellent facilities including a polished Tasmanian oak sprung floor, air-conditioning, mirrors and adjustable barres. CDS's structure allows junior students the convenience of attending classes locally, whilst experiencing the advantages of a dance school that offers comprehensive training to professional level.