CERTIFICATE IV Annual Exhibition 2012

'Visualeyes',The annual exhibition for Certificate IV was held in 'R' Block at the Cairns campus on Nov.29.
Opened by Leanne Bell, the FATSIS Faculty Manager, it was a very successful evening and showcased the high standard of work produced by students in 2012.

Diploma Exhibition

2012 Diploma Exhibition is currently showing this week at c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns City Place, until Saturday 8th Dec.

Friday Nov.30

The Diploma end of year exhibition was opened at c1907 Contemporary Artspace, City Place, Cairns,by Donna -Maree O'Conner, the Deputy Institute Director TNQ TAFE, 'Aggregate' continues until Saturday December 8, 2012.

The Annual Pottery Sale was held inside the foyer of 'R' block on the Cairns Campus, in conjunction with the Certificate IV exhibition. As usual this event was well attended by both staff and students eager to buy quality hand made ceramics. The pottery sale is held annually on the last Friday in November.

5 week evening class in Mould making and casting with Jenny Valmadre starting Wednesday 16th of May



TAFE Ceramics Department room L101, Newton St

What to bring: note pad and pen, bucket, sponges, rubber gloves and a head full of good ideas.

What to wear: old clothes and covered shoes must be worn
Cost: $220.00


Brief overview of workshop
• 16 May, participants will make 3 small blanks in low relief and drop.
• 23 May, the moulds will be poured over the blanks using cottles, clay walls and humping. Time allowing we will also make texture stamps from paper using powder as a release agent.
• 30 May, cast wax, which will cool and be released in time to cast concrete into the same mould. The other two moulds will be used to cast both forms of paper; a very busy night.
• 06 & 13 June, experimentation with surface finishes


Enrolment information
When enrolling please quote the following numbers: delivery Package 292712 and class No 21206
For enrolment please call the admissions centre on 1300656959

Photography class Cancelled

The photography class that was due to start today Friday 11th of May has been cancelled due to insufficent numbers. Interested students are asked to register their contact details with a view to a new class being organised in Semester 2. Please contact Kerry Grierson on 40422505.

Classes in Photography and Website development starting in May

Introduction to Digital Photographic Practices

The class is a cluster of two subjects from the CUV41103 Certificate 1V in Visual Arts and Contemporary Crafts - CUVPHI05B Use a 35mm SLR camera or digital equivalent and CUVPHI07B Process photo images to work print/file stage. This class is from 9.00am to 1.00pm on Fridays and runs for nine weeks from the 11 of May – 6 July. The teacher for this class will be Shannon Brett. Shannon has named this cluster of classes

Introduction to Digital Photographic Practices
Class Outline
A hands-on introduction to photography using digital cameras and SLR equivalent. Learn about photographic jargon, megapixels, resolution, file formats and how to choose the best camera settings for your photography. This course is designed to meet the needs of participants at different levels of experience and with a variety of photographic interests.
Master digital workflow techniques and use Photoshop to enhance your photographs. Ideal for amateur photographers new to digital cameras and digital imaging. Assessments will include an exhibition project at finale of course.
Required Materials


Students are to supply their own:
• Digital camera (compact or SLR)
• 1GB USB Memory Stick
• Notebook and pen
• A4 size visual diary


Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or enrol by phone and pay by credit card by calling the admissions centre on 1300656959.


Please quote the following numbers - Delivery Package 286674 and class No’s 09496 and 09497. The course cost is $549.60.

SITXICT001A Build and launch a website for small business

Want to make your own website or maintain an existing site? Learn HTML/CSS, Facebook, Google and much more.


Starts Wednesday 9th of May and ends Wednesday 11th of July
9.00am - 4.00pm

Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or enrol by phone and pay by credit card by calling the admissions centre on 1300656959
Please quote the following numbers - Delivery Package 288634  and class No 16605.
Full Fee $143.75 Conc $64.70

Visual Arts Photography Classes starting at TNQTAFE on Friday 20th of April.

The class is a cluster of two subjects from the Certificate 1V in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft - CUVPHI05B Use a 35mm SLR camera or digital equivalent and CUVPHI07B Process photo images to work print/file stage. This class is from 9.00am to 1.00pm on Fridays and runs for nine weeks from the 20 of April – 15 June. The teacher for this class will be Shannon Brett.


Introduction to Digital Photographic Practices
Course Outline
A hands-on introduction to photography using digital cameras and SLR equivalent. Learn about photographic jargon, megapixels, resolution, file formats and how to choose the best camera settings for your photography. This course is designed to meet the needs of participants at different levels of experience and with a variety of photographic interests.
Master digital workflow techniques and use Photoshop to enhance your photographs. Ideal for amateur photographers new to digital cameras and digital imaging. Assessments will include an exhibition project at finale of course.
Required Materials
Students are to supply their own:
• Digital camera (compact or SLR)
• 1GB USB Memory Stick
• Notebook and pen
• A4 size visual diary

Enrolment forms are available from the R block service centre or enrol by phone and pay by credit card by calling the admissions centre on 1300656959.
You will need to quote the following numbers - Delivery Package 286674 and class No’s 09496 and 09497. The course cost is $549.60.
For further information please call Jenny Valmadre on 40422620 (Tues & Wed) or Carole Lomax on 40422350 (Thurs & Fri)

Detail of Diploma Ceramics student Cynthia Vogler's Raku Crackle Glaze used for Indigenous Ceramic Art Award Invitation

Click on invitation to enlarge

Ceramics Student wins joint second place in Indigenous Ceramics Award

Cynthia Vogler  a student in the Diploma of Visual Arts course has won joint second prize in the Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (ICAA) at The Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) currently showing until April - with a combined prize pool of $33,000 the ICAA is the premier award for Indigenous Australian ceramic artists. Cynthia completed an initial Indigenous Art course at Tropical North Queensland TAFE and has been studying the ceramics subjects from the Diploma course as a part time evening student for the past few years while working at TNQTAFE as an Student Support Officer.
http://www.sheppartonartgallery.com.au/

Diploma Painting Class starting this Tuesday 28th of February

Julie Poulsen's Diploma painting class starts this coming Tuesday 28th of February at 9.00am.
Diploma - Produce Paintings using Traditional Media class no: 16600
This class is full but students can leave their details on a wait list for future classes. Phone 40422505.

Referencing. Using Microsoft Word.

This power point is the presentation given in the library on why and how to reference. It uses the APA system which may not be entirely suitable for certain research, however the research application in Microsoft Word is compatible with APA referencing.
Referencing.ppt [476kb]
NOTE: This file requires Microsoft Powerpoint to be opened
Harvard referencing builder: http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/

Classes starting next week - week beginning Monday 20th February

Diploma  - Establish a Viable Art Practice class no: 16595
with Barbara Dover will start next Wednesday 22nd of February at 9.00am.

Diploma  - Produce Paintings using Traditional Media class no: 16600
with Julie Poulsen will start the following week on Tuesday 28th of February at 9.00am

Classes starting this Thursday and Friday 16th and 17th of February

Diploma Sculpture Assemblage  class no: 16603 with Barbara Dover and
Certificate Drawing class no: 09504 with Carole Lomax 
start tomorrow Thursday 16th of February both of these classes are scheduled 10.30am - 4.30pm



Certificate Painting class no: 09507 with Jenny Valmadre
Diploma Drawing class no: 16596 with Carole Lomax
start this Friday 17th of February both of these classes are scheduled 9.00am - 3.00pm

Certificate 1V and Diploma Classes rescheduled and postponed - details below

The Certificate 1V classes
BSBOHS201A Participate in OHS Processes Class No:09292 and
BSBCMM401A Make a Presentation Class No: 09491 due to start tomorrow 15 February have been rescheduled to start next Wednesday 22nd of February.

ALL STUDENTS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE ORIENTATION SESSION AT 9.00AM IN THE LIBRARY.

DIPLOMA CLASS VACOR55A Establish a Viable Arts Practice Class No: 16595  due to start tomorrow 15th of February has been postponed until further notice. Phone 40422620 for more information.

Diploma Painting classes due to start tomorrow morning have been postponed until further notice

VAPAI53A Produce Paintings Using Traditional Media
Class no: 16600 that was scheduled to start 14th of February at 9.00am has been postponed due to insufficent enrolments. An update with a new start date will be posted on the blogspot as soon as the information becomes available.

Certificate 1V Sculpture Electives start this Monday 13 February at 9.00am

PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THE BLOG FOR FURTHER CLASS UPDATES


Some of the core subjects are a little low on enrolments and may need to be rescheduled to start in a couple of weeks.



Julie has written some information on the Monday Sculpture class for the blog spot

Have you ever thought about enrolling in sculpture?



This is a subject I think no one should miss, it opens your mind and will definitely improve your design skills. It also paves the way for more inventive painting and drawing skills. I AM VERY excited about teaching this course and thought there might be a few of you interested in a deviation from the usual painting and drawing courses.


Monday is certificate sculpture day at TAFE


Certificate Sculpture will introduce you to both contemporary and traditional techniques and skills, and encourage thoughtful and innovative designs.


First project for the year will be a mixed media low relief sculpture – presenting a broad range of materials and developing consideration of essential design and drafting skills.


Here is a selection of the Projects included in the course:


• Drawing and modelling the head from clay
• Relief sculpture – a cutting and constructing technique combining multiple media including cardboard, papers, pumice, bitumen, shellac, tissue paper and whatever else you would like to include!
• Modelling the figure with wire – three sculptures each to be covered with a different optional material such as paper, papier mache, plaster found objects
• Soft sculpture will be introduced as well as a couple of thought provoking contemporary projects:
1. Drawing without Paper and
2. making a sculpture out of Books.


If you are at all interested but uncertain I am happy to send you a PDF of the projects.
Love to see you there,
Julie

PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THE BLOG FOR FURTHER CLASS UPDATES
Some of the core subjects are a little low on enrolments and may need to be rescheduled to start in a couple of weeks.

Certificate 1V and Diploma in Visual Arts classes starting next week Monday 13 February

Classes are starting to fill and many classes are capped at a maximum of 14 students. Enrol now to ensure that you do not miss out on your choice of subjects.
In most cases tuition fees include art materials so further costs during the course will be minimal.
Students experiencing financial difficulty may be able to negotiate a student credit loan plan subject to conditions. Please see page 2 of the Student pre-enrolment information fee and conditions (link) located under the ENROLMENT INFO tab on this blog spot for more information.

Part -time enrolments are accepted.

Part time students can attend as little as one day per week and work in the elective area of your choice eg: Painting 

Information on the Certificate 1V Sculpture class from the teacher Julie Poulsen
Certificate Sculpture 2012 - Mondays 9.00am - 3.00pm


Certificate Sculpture will introduce you to both contemporary and traditional sculpture techniques and skills, and encourage thoughtful and innovative ideas.


First project for the year will be a mixed media low relief sculpture – presenting a broad range of materials and developing consideration of essential design and drafting skills.


Other sculptural techniques to be explored throughout the year include the human head worked in clay and modelling the figure in pliable wire. Soft sculpture will be introduced as well as a couple of thought provoking contemporary projects: Drawing without Paper and making a sculpture out of Books.


The class is designed to introduce students to techniques, skills and innovative thinking in the construction of three dimensional artworks.


Information on the Diploma Assemblage Sculpture class from the teacher Barbara Dover
Assemblage Sculpture 2012 - Thursdays10.30am - 4.30pm

Assemblage is non-traditional sculpture made from combining found objects. Assemblage sculpture allows for an almost unlimited choice of used and new materials such as wood, fabric, plastics and natural materials.

Over the 12 weeks Assemblage Sculpture course, ways of using these non-traditional and unlikely art materials to create sculptural works will be explored. During the course, different methods for joining and re-making will be investigated.

The first 3 to 4 weeks of the course will be devoted to small projects that will allow time for confidence, knowledge and skills with materials, composition, 3-dimensional design, communication and concepts to develop.

The second 7 to 8 weeks will be allocated to 2 separate individual projects using found materials, developing concepts, resolving technical and aesthetic decisions about materials and refining assemblage artworks. The final and completed assemblage artworks will be presented in an gallery setting.

Please see the below for further information on the Ceramics and Painting programs from the teachers of those electives.

Certificate 1V start date has been rescheduled to start Monday 13 of February

Certificate 1V start date has been rescheduled to start Monday 13 of February (classes will not commence this Monday 30th of January)

Appointments are currently being taken to advise and enrol students. Please call Kerry on 40422505 to make an appointment to discuss your course options.


Some information about the Ceramics program from Ceramics Teacher Kerry Grierson


Places are still available in the Tuesday Certificate 1V Ceramics Class which runs from 9.00am -3.30 pm starting Tuesday 14 February.


In this class we concentrate on Wheel throwing in the morning session and hand building skills in the afternoon session. Use of glazes and decorating colours such as slips and underglaze colours, along with the firing of your work is covered in your tuition fee. Students provide their own clay and hand tools (skills in making basic tools are covered in the first class).

The Wheel throwing class is definitely for beginners (students with existing skills in wheel work can work on improving those skills and developing their forms further) and includes hands on instruction in clay choice and preparation, getting the clay on centre on the wheel and skills in lifting the clay to make the basic forms of cylinders, bowls and plates and working up to small lidded vessels.

Finishing skills such as turning and trimming the base of the pot and creating feet are also covered in the first weeks. As students skills begin to develop decorating techniques starting with those applied to the wet clay such as decorating slips (brushed slip, stencils, sgraffito, marbling, feathering), combing, altering the form (squaring) are introduced along with chattering the leather hard form when turning, incising, slip inlay.

By week 5 -6, students are collecting their 1st pieces from the biscuit firing and are learning the basics of applying resist to the base of the pot and then applying glazes. The pots will be fired to Stoneware temperatures at around 1300 degrees, giving a strong durable product that is perfect for everyday use. Students are given time to practice the basic skills and improve their work before moving on. Other areas covered include applying attachments such as lugs and handles (pulled, rolled and extruded) developing glazing techniques to include glaze on glaze and in glaze brush decoration. Students will be involved in group loading and firings of the kilns to biscuit and stoneware temperatures. Students maintain a technical record and visual diary for this module.

In the hand building session: Students will be introduced to the basic hand building techniques of pinch, coil and slab and firing these pieces using sawdust, raku and saggar fire techniques. A variety of different clays suitable for the differing firing techniques will be explored. Decorative techniques such as burnishing, texture and resist of glaze will be introduced. Students will be responsible for the firing of their own test pieces (including their own glaze tests) and the larger coil built raku piece created during this module. Raku is an exciting fast firing technique in which hot pots are pulled from the kiln with long handled tongs.

Hand building skills also include the construction and the use of simple slip moulds to produce a set of small cups, slab techniques will be used to produce matching plates on a theme. Students also use a combination of wheel and slab techniques to produce large oval dishes that can be used for serving or in the oven. Students maintain a technical record and visual diary for this module.
In the second semester students complete a research project developing techniques and a range of work based on their experience in the first semester. This can include areas such as colouring clays, printing on clays and further development in the low fire techniques such as Raku firing. Throughout the year students are encouraged to combine a mastery of techniques with a high level of creative interpretation.
Facilities include two well ventilated studios with a total of 28 pottery wheels, electric and gas fired kilns, raku kiln, pug mills, slab rollers, glaze rooms and storage areas. Students are issued with a locker to store materials and tools in.
Please check the blog archive for detailed information about the painting program from Jenny Valmadre

Appointments to arrange Full time and Part time study in the Certificate 1V Visual Arts program are available now

ENROLLING NOW
Please call Kerry on 40 422505 or Carole on 40 422350 to make an appointment to discuss your course options.

Some information on the TNQTAFE Painting classes from the Certificate 1V teacher Jenny Valmadre
Paint for one day a week for 5 hrs (every Friday) from February to November; all paint and mixed media material supplied.



Learn how to mix a huge colour palette with a minimum of colours (all supplied). Skills start with the basic application of acrylic paint (wet in wet, dry brush, scumbling and glazing techniques). We look at how to build mood with a limited palette, pastellating, colour bias and transparent paint all become very manageable.


The course rapidly moves into more contemporary mixed media processes: blending printmaking with painting; orbital sanding of surfaces to give grottage and frottage result and image transfer techniques. This section of the course helps to establish you as an original artists, paint never comes straight from the tube: your colour theory and your mixed media aims to give you an original but intelligent contemporary product.
I also look at basic rules of adult portraiture (via charcoal and gesso under-painting, we use glaze work, stencils etc to produce works that link to the personalities of the student.) We learn to see: how light wraps and reflects and how we paint that.


After the first year of skill building in painting, you can continue into diploma or second year painting ( one day a week as a part-time student) and continue to further your skills through concept development, learn to build a series and sequence of work that is the crux of professional practice. 2nd year really gives you the chance to push your capabilities beyond what you perceive as painting.


Julie Poulsen leads you into new grounds, challenges your perception and pushes you toward mature, original, authentic art.

Links to the professional art websites of painting teachers Jenny Valmadre and Juile Poulsen are at the bottom left of this page.