Art Ed | Events
End of Year Wind Up
Join with fellow members to celebrate the end of another successful year for ArtED at the annual End of Year Wind up for 2009. Free to members, the wind up will be kindly hosted by Carmen Stewart at Aquinas College on 10 December, 2009.
Continue reading...Low-Toxic Etching Report
This October holidays, the Art Education Association offered two Low Toxic Etching Workshops with Peter Lowe. We have been fortunate in the past to secure Peter’s expertise for this technique and it proved equally popular with full workshop attendance. This was a successful collaboration between the Art Gallery of Western Australia, TAFE central and the Art Education Association of Western Australia, with the aim to deliver quality professional learning opportunities for teachers.
Continue reading...A Day in the Park with Ron Gomboc
Talking with Perth sculptor Ron Gomboc at the spring holiday general meeting, ArtEd members learnt about the life and work of this amazing artist and history of the Gomboc sculpure park. Ron openly shared his personal and professional insights about art and the challenges of being an artist in Western Australia.
Continue reading...Raku Pit Firing Weekend
Recharged by the opportunity to take time out for our own exploration of the pit-firing experience in a magical Toodyay bush setting, simple vessels were transformed into objects of beauty through the alchemy of fire. A fantastic ArtEd professional development opportunity and creative experience!
Continue reading...Wheel Throwing Workshop
The wheel throwing workshop held at Aquinas College facilitated by experienced Perth potter Sarah Hannah, was a resounding success. Sarah demonstrated techniques of wheel throwing and worked individually with participants to create bowls of beauty and unique form.
Continue reading...Architecture Drawing Workshop
During the October school holidays this year Aquinas College hosted an architecture drawing workshop for the Western Australian Art Education Association. The grounds of Aquinas College proved to be an excellent venue providing a stimulating environment with interesting architectural features to draw.
Continue reading...Throwing Pots at Toodyay
What a great day it was at the Picnic Hill Pottery up at Toodyay. Kim Lyons, the owner of this commercial pottery happily shared information and handy hints on the many aspects involved in creating hand crafted clay items to order. Watching Kim Lyons throw a 10kg lump of clay into a beautiful pot was just awesome.
Continue reading...Schools Art Exhibitions
Term 3 is Exhibition Season!! Many schools will be exhibiting their student's art work throughout September. Be sure to check the ArtEd Calendar for dates and opening times.
Continue reading...First Love – Virtual gallery
We have assembled all the images from First Love, including the catalogue and uploaded them here for all to enjoy. Thank you to all the teachers for making this exhibition a fabulous success. Congratulations to all artists whose work sold.
Continue reading...Fibres West Regional Forum
FIBRES WEST 2008 is the sixth regional forum to be held in Western Australia under the auspices of The Australian Forum for Textile Arts Ltd (TAFTA)
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