After the Fire

This exhibition opens on 22 March between 2 and 4pm and features the photographs of TAFE Photomedia teacher James Murphy. The photographs document the devastation wrought by the bushfire that swept through Catherine Hill Bay and Nords Wharf last November.

The exhibition will be open to view between 19 March and 4 April, Wednesday to Saturday.

Workshop Week at TAFE

Workshop week is a time to try something new. The usual path is deviated from and we throw ourselves into the deep end of some strange and fascinating new methods of mark making. Sometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed and sometimes blue (that's the cyanotype workshop)

The workshop I conducted with Clare Weeks was all about making a time lapse animation. We had a lovely group of eager participants. The process can be time consuming but our group dove in head first and came up smiling. Several hundred images later and each member of the group had a completed animation by the end of the day. Some of which are displayed below for your enjoyment.

Thanks to the artists Sharon Williams, Patrick Maverty and Nicholas Grimes

Updating Hunter TAFE website

If you have come here directed by http://www.newcastleartschool.com.au/ it is because the Hunter TAFE website is being updated and is yet to get loaded with our course info.

If you are interested in any of our courses please contact us - matthew.tome at tafensw.edu.au or john.g.morris at tafensw.edu.au

We are taking late applications for Diploma of Fine Arts 19145 Full time and Part time and 19146 Advanced Diploma. We are also running Certificate 3 Visual Arts at Ourimbah (ph 4348 4450) and Hunter St (ph4929 0333). Musuem practices is running too - email linda.swinfield at tafensw.edu.au.

A day at the beach.

1st year Diploma Fine Arts students had a day at Merewether beach. We had the Merewether Surf Club booked so that we could meet and chat and view images. Mostly though we drew and sculpted in various forms on the beach. Braddon Snape and Lezlie Tilley took students along the south end past the baths to work with the range of forms on the beach, turning them into small sculptural forms, engaging in a play between the forms and the elements. Peter Lankas and Maizie Turner worked with those drawing on the beach and baths.

The weather blew the water and sky into many tortured shapes and patterns and we had some good discussions about nature patterns, the poetics of natural forms and the meaning we draw from these things.

Critically we all opened our eyes a little more and developed our sensitivity to things that we take for granted or pass quickly by - emphasising the work of the artist to examine and reflect on these things.

John Morris took a few videos of which I will try to post a section. Images and videos taken on the day will be posted in the foyer. I think this is Brad's photo above - apologies if I am wrong.