Repeat workshops

Hello everyone, the three workshops we had here in January were such a success that we are repeating immediately both Turiya’s Gelli Plates + Open Acrylics = Monotype Magic (above tags were made with that technique) and Zom’s The Secrets of Creativity, the secrets I wish I had known 25 years ago. Zom’s is this…

Creative summer days…

Hello everyone, now that you’ve cooked on the beach, read The book and listened to The CD five times… are you ready for some fun and creativity… yes? then we have 3 workshops to choose from… one strictly for younger creatives (7 to 12) and two open to all including of course younger (and motivated)…

Still not a clue?

How is that possible… personally I want to take the whole shop home! In my twelve days before Xmas I would like (and I’ve been an extremely good girl so….) 1) a field easel (for some reason simply owning one of these sounds terribly romantic)                    …

Framing someone you love this Xmas?

Or maybe entering an artwork in the Byron Arts Classic? Or finally getting round to that great poster in the tube??? Well, there only 5 more weeks till Xmas and we thought it might be a good thing to remind you not to leave it until the last minute if you wanted some custom framing……

“Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about…

…say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.” Rumi and, if the YES! is strong enough… join our Term 4 classes starting this week for some, next week for others. (PS Yes is a very personal notion, for example you wouldn’t know at a glance that…

Golden ingots

Finally, there they are… the sensational Golden ingots…  an advanced series of technical experiences with Golden Acrylics!! And to help you find your way in the maze of mediums and gels, you will have a lovely and talented guide, Turiya Bruce, our own local accredited Golden Artist/Educator… she loves pushing the boundaries with art materials…

Facebook

This is a little announcement about our new Facebook page… (99 years after everyone else haha!) Code name: Still at the centre Address: to go there… click here Content: We would love it to become an Arts community meeting and sharing page with news of opportunities, openings, achievements etc. Please feel free to send us…

A couple of the new things we’ve got in stock…

Look at these lovely artist pencils… it’s taken me long enough to choose which ones I wanted a whole range of I must say but I’m really happy we now offer Faber Castell’s Polychromos in 120 colours. These pencils are highly pigmented of course and have a good lightfastness. They have a thick oil-based lead,…

Call for Community Representatives on the Byron Shire Public Art Assessment Panel

Byron Shire Council is seeking external representatives to become members of the Public Art Assessment Panel, whose responsibility it is to review and provide objective independent recommendations to Council in relation to public art projects. Panel members will have an interest in the arts, established ties to the Byron Shire community and previous experience with…

An exhibition by Bernadette Curtin

Reef reconstruction is a lovely exhibition by our talented teacher and artist Bernadette Curtin. The opening is on Saturday 9th February (4 to 6pm) at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina and the exhibition will go on until Sunday 3rd of March. The paintings are Bernadette’s response to Australia’s western and eastern coral reef…