Wednesday, December 07, 2011

2012 VISUAL ARTS ENROLMENT INFORMATION

2012 VISUAL ARTS

All 2012 information has now been loaded

Please refer to the appropriate pages

Enrolment Info Page - information about how to enrol in the courses, the contacts, dates for interviews and information about TNQT

Certificate IV Timetable page - Information about the Certificate IV 2012 Program (Note - PT painting and drawing classes are on a Wednesday and  listed on the last page of the Timetable.

Diploma Timetable Page - Information for returning students commencing the 2012 Diploma Program

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Friday, August 05, 2011

Short Painting classes starting week beginning 15th August

HOW TO PAINT IN OILS
Day: Monday Afternoons for 5 weeks.
Times: 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Dates: 15th August – 12th September
Room: Y 108
Cost: $160.00


Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or to enrol and pay by credit card please call the Admissions centre on 40422302 and quote the following numbers


DP Number: 273026
Class Number: 26316
Painting in oils can be easier than acrylics if you are aware of the best mediums, brushes and techniques. This class is designed for beginners to more advanced students who would like to try painting in this fantastic medium but didn’t know where to start. Oils offer many great qualities and are adaptable for realistic or abstract art.
All paints and mediums are supplied however there is a small list below of other items that students should provide.
Small lidded glass jars, rags, any brushes you may have, disposable plastic plates to use as a palette and a sheet of Oil Painting paper available from the Art Barn, Newell Street approx. $5.00 or a canvas.




HOW TO DEVELOP A PAINTING
Day: Wednesday Evenings for 5 weeks.
Times: 5.30pm -8.30pm
Dates: 17th August – 15th September
Room: Y 108
Cost: $160.00

Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or to enrol and pay by credit card please call the Admissions centre on 40422302 and quote the following numbers

DP Number 275743
Class Number 26319
There are many ways and methods of commencing an artwork and developing it through to a finished product. From your own images (either photographs or drawings), you will be given a variety of techniques to consider when creating a painting and guidance in the use of colour, over painting / underpainting and brushwork.
All paints and mediums are supplied however there is a small list below of other items that students should provide.
Small lidded glass jars, rags, any brushes you may have, disposable plastic plates to use as a palette and a sheet of Oil Painting paper available from the Art Barn, Newell Street approx. $5.00 or a canvas.



Lenore Howard is a highly regarded professional artist with many solo and group exhibitions both in Australia and internationally, and she taught to Diploma level at TAFE for many years.
http://lenorehoward.com.au/

INTERMEDIATE - MIXED MEDIA DRAWING COURSE

12 WEEK - INTERMEDIATE MIX MEDIA DRAWING COURSE

This self directed course extends concepts within drawing through experimentation and mixed media processes. Basic materials are provided.

Tuesdays
16th August  - 15th Nov 2011
9-4pm
TAFE Y110
Concession fee $112
Full Fee $175

Please contact us for more information

Monday, August 01, 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

NEW SCULPTURE SUBJECT - NEEDED INTERMEDIATE SKILLS IN ANY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE

PRODUCE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK


Friday 9-4

26th August – 2 Dec

Art room Y104

Students will be encouraged to elaborate and build upon pre existing skills and individual styles.


Unit Descriptor

Increasingly contemporary art has many instances of artworks being made from diverse materials aswell as materials and techniques from established disciplines being utilized in cross discipline ways. This unit requires the skills and knowledge required to conceive, develop and produce artworks utilising techniques, equipment and media from a range of disciplines and includes working collaboratively. For the first 4 weeks students will participate in class workshops/activities, these are designed to open up the possibilities of amalgamating art disciplines into space to create sculptural artworks. The students will then be required to collaborate and establish a group concept in which individual projects will be developed and realised.
 Materials will be dependant on individual projects. All materials required for workshops will be supplied. Closed in shoes and old clothing is a must.
Enrolment information

DP# 0000269867, Class Number 14796, Cost: full fee $155, con fee $92

Contact us: 40422434

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Intermediate Adobe Photoshop class starting 9th of August

from the CUV40103 Certificate 1V in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft



CUVVSP13B Research and experiment with techniques to produce digital images (Intermediate Adobe Photoshop)


Tuesdays: 9th of August – 13th of December
9am – 4pm
Full fee: $160.00 Concession: $70.00
Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or to enrol and pay by credit card please call the Admissions centre on 40422302 and quote the following numbers
DP 269777
Class No 14759


Please note - For entry to this class students are required to have basic knowledge of:

Photoshop Basic Tools
Layers
Adjustment layers
Masks
Paths
File formats and
use of scanners, digital cameras and the internet

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Web Design Course

Have an idea for a website?
Don't know where to start?
Want to make your own?
Or maintain an existing site
This course is for you
Topics covered:

Interface design (Photoshop), How to design an interactive webpage.
HTML (hyper text mark-up language,) How to write web code correctly for use with all different types of computers.
CSS (cascading style sheets), How to style your web pages with no mess and no fuss.
FTP: Finding the right host server, uploading your website to a host, configuring your host server for your business needs.
Social Media (Facebook, Google Buzz & +1, Stumble Upon, Digg and many others). How to use social media to market your business / products.
Blogging: The power of blogging and why you need to be involved.
RSS: Really simple syndication. What is this? and Why you should have this as part of your website

The details for enrolment are as follows

From the 39227QLD Diploma in Visual Arts
SITXICT001A Design and launch a website for small business (Arts)
Day: Mondays
Dates: 25th of July – 12th of Dec
Time: 4.30pm – 8.30pm
Teacher: Darren Barden
Room: R1.03
DP: 269867
Class No: 14770
Cost: $137.50 Full fee/$61.00 Concession
Phone to enrol: 40422302



Thursday, May 26, 2011

Short Course - Methods of Starting a Painting with Professional Artist Lenore Howard

Methods of starting a painting with Lenore Howard (a short course suitable for beginners)



Day: Wednesdays for 4 wks.


Times: 5.30pm – 8.30pm


Dates: 1, 8, 15, 22 of June


Room: Y 108


Cost: $130.00

 
Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or to enrol and pay by credit card please call the Admissions centre on 40422302 and quote the following numbers


DP Number 275743


Class Number 20734

Confronting a white canvas can be daunting, particularly as there are so many different ways of beginning a work of art.


In this short course you will be introduced to several methods of constructing a painting from images that are provided by the teacher. When students work from the same picture, this enables many different outcomes to be viewed at the completion of each project, and is a fast learning experience.


A fee for the use of paints and mediums in this introductory course is included in the cost.


Lenore Howard is a well-known professional artist with many major exhibitions and has taught beginners from Certificate through to Diploma levels at TAFE.

Students bring to 1st class:

1 sheet of oil painting paper (approx. $4.50) avail from Art Barn—Newell St

brushes you may have at home
painting knife (optional)
cotton rags
disposable plastic dinner plates (for palette)
container for water

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Introduction to Pottery short course starting soon......... New dates

Introduction to Pottery



Date: 25th  May – 13th June (2 week break in school hols for firing)
Day: Wednesday
Time:6.00pm – 9.00pm

Teacher: Ken Ison
Room: L101
To enrol phone 40422302 and quote the following numbers (you can enrol and pay by credit card via phone or in person at the admissions centre H block)


DP 272886
Class No 17913 (6 lessons)
Minimum 12 students for class to run
Cost $145.00

This course introduces the hand building techniques of pinch, coil, slab and press moulding and the use of the pottery wheel. Students will be introduced to decorating techniques such as slipwork, incising and sgraffito. A selection of pieces produced during the course will be glazed and fired
Clay – will be available to purchase from the teacher on the first evening. 1/2 bag of clay will be approximately $10 If possible please bring the following items from home that can be used as tools.


Cutting wire –fishing line or trace with buttons tied on each end
Large car sponge or similar for cleaning tables
Lidded bucket (approx 10 litres – a large icecream container will be suitable)
Potters needle (darning needle in an old wine cork)
Old towel
Small container to hold water on the wheel – small icecream or margarine container.
Note pad and pen

Please wear comfortable old clothing and covered footwear such as sandshoes or boots.
Many tools can be easily made and will be demonstrated at the first class. Good cheap tool kits are often available from newsagents and the dollar shops

This Photography short course has been cancelled

Friday, April 15, 2011

New Short Courses in Pottery and Photography starting soon

CUVPHI07B Process Photo images to work print file stage (this class can be used as an elective in the CUV40103 Certificate 1V in Visual Arts and contemporary craft)


Date: 28 April – 16 June
Day: Thursdays
Time:11.00am – 2.00pm
Teacher: Darren Barden
Room:R1.03
To enrol phone 40422302 and quote the following numbers
DP 269777
Class No 14761 ( 8 lessons)
Cost $230.90

Introduction to Pottery

Date: 11 May – 15 June
Day: Wednesday
Time:6.00pm – 9.00pm
Teacher: Ken Ison
Room: L101
To enrol phone 40422302 and quote the following numbers


DP 272886
Class No 17913 (6 lessons)
Cost $145.00

This course introduces the hand building techniques of pinch, coil, slab and press moulding and the use of the pottery wheel. Students will be introduced to decorating techniques such as slipwork, incising and sgraffito. A selection of pieces produced during the course will be glazed and fired
Clay – will be available to purchase from the teacher on the first evening. 1/2 bag of clay will be approximately $10If possible please bring the following items from home that can be used as tools.


Cutting wire –fishing line or trace with buttons tied on each end
Large car sponge or similar for cleaning tables
Lidded bucket (approx 10 litres – a large icecream container will be suitable)
Potters needle (darning needle in an old wine cork)
Old towel
Small container to hold water on the wheel – small icecream or margarine container.
Note pad and pen
Please wear comfortable old clothing and covered footwear such as sandshoes or boots.
Many tools can be easily made and will be demonstrated at the first class. Good cheap tool kits are often available from newsagents and the dollar shops








Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Cancellation of Raku Pottery class

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the Raku Pottery class due to start on the 6th of April due to insufficient enrolments. We hope to reschedule and fill the class in Semester 2. The Introduction to Pottery class starts Wednesday 11th of May - details to be posted soon.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Important Notice - Changes to Short Course Start Dates

Please note due to insufficient enrolments the Raku Pottery and Introduction to Painting short courses have been postponed for one week and will now commence on Wednesday 6th of April. The new class dates follow
Raku Pottery will run 6, 13, 27th of April and 4th May
Introduction to Painting will run 6, 13, 27th of April and 4, 11 and 18th of May
There are no classes scheduled for the Easter school holiday week between the 18th and 22nd of April.
Please look in the Blog Archive for information on these short courses.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

BEGINNERS RAKU POTTERY CLASS

4 Weeks - Wednesday evenings @ 3hrs per night
Starts 30th March 6.00pm – 9.00pm



Raku is a low fire technique - the glowing red hot pots are pulled from the kiln with long handled tongs at about 1000 degrees and are then smoked in sawdust for special effects such as crackle glazes and metallic lustres.

Students will use the technique of coiling to make a form suitable for raku firing – please note the pots will not be waterproof but will be sculptural or decorative. Size and firing limits as set by the teacher apply.
A fee for the use of glazes and kilns is included in the cost. Students provide own clay - available from teacher at the first class approx $10.

Cost $130.00


PLEASE CONTACT THE TNQTAFE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT ON 40422434/40422505 OR VISIT OUR BLOG tnqtvisualarts.blogspot.com

MATERIAL LIST ATTACHED BELOW
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BEGINNERS PAINTING CLASS

Teacher: Lenore Howard
6 weeks
Wednesday evenings @ 3hrs per night
5.30 – 8.30pm
Dates: March 30 – April 6 – April 13 – April 27 – May 4 – May 11


A course designed for the beginner to gain an understanding of basic techniques in developing a painting. Experience in drawing is not necessary and students will be given access to both oil and acrylics. The class will cover different mediums, brush work, some colour theory and methods of taking an image from initial drawing to a finished painting.A fee for the use of paints and mediums in this introductory course is included in the cost.
Lenore Howard is a professional artist with many major exhibitions and has taught beginners from Certificate through to Diploma levels at TAFE.

Cost $178.00

PLEASE CONTACT THE TNQTAFE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT ON 40422434/40422505 OR VISIT OUR BLOG tnqtvisualarts.blogspot.com

A weekly course outline is available at the BlogSpot or at the R block service centre

MATERIALS LIST AND COURSE OUTLINE ATTACHED
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Friday, February 18, 2011

DIPLOMA UPDATE

Diploma drawing has been cancelled for semester 1 due to low numbers, those enrolled will have to come in and see a teacher to organise other options. The VACOR51A and painting will commence next week (21/2/11). VACOR52A will commence the following Wednesday 2/3/11 and Diploma sculpture's start date is still in discussions, students will be notified.

Please contact staff for further questions

Thank you

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

DIPLOMA CLASSES POSTPONED

Hi,
To those of you who have not been contacted earlier,
We are required to postpone the start of the Diploma delivery for at least 2 weeks.
The possible start date will be the Feb. 21.
We would like you to check on this blogspot as we will post all updates to the site
You may e-mail  if you have any concerns

Monday, February 07, 2011

TAFE RESUMES

All Tafe Visual Arts classes resume today 7th Feb 2011 - refer to timetable

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

CLASSES CANCELLED

Tuesday ceramic classes and Wednesday Core subjects have been cancelled due to cyclone preparations. I will try and update information about Thursday classes closer to the time.

Thank you

Thursday, January 27, 2011

DIPLOMA STUDENTS

Note to diploma students: The start date for all Diploma students has been postponed by one week, all diploma classes will commence the week starting 07/02/11

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

ENROLMENTS AND ORIENTATION

ENROLMENTS: Note to students: All enrolments need to be finalised by Friday the 31st of January - unless otherwise negoiated with a teacher.

ORIENTATION: The orientation session has been changed to start at 9.15 am Friday Morning (31/1/11), it will be held in the Y block Gallery.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

2011 ENROLMENTS

All enrolments are now open please phone 40422434 to make an appointment. Classes are filling up quickly so get in ASAP.

Classes commence from Monday the 31st of January 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

DIPLOMA ENROLMENT DELAYS

Dear all 2011 Diploma students

Due to system failures associated with the floods in Brisabne, we are unable to process any Diploma enrolments at present. We are hoping this will all be sorted by Thursday the 20th, please phone Vide on 404222434 to make an appointment.