What’s On
Below are the upcoming exhibitions, classes and events at the Quarry Art Centre.
Quarry Market Days
There will be a new Quarry Arts/Crafts market that will be held every 1st Sunday of every month starting from 6th July 2008 from 10am - 3pm. The cost will be $10 per stall for the first year. Some indoor space can be provided in the scallop room or Te Kowhai Print Trust. Email or phone us for further details or for Colleen de Rooy contact details.
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With the beginning of the unreliable winter weather the Quarry Craft Co-op shop has decided to call a temporary halt after our finale on 7 June, 10am - 3pm.
We expect to resume in October with the better weather. It is hoped to open up the wood kiln on this day, which together with the other activities planned (winter crafts, food and entertainment) will make a happy and interesting day out for the whole family.
Our Co-op looks forward to seeing you all there!
Kids Clay
Every school holidays Ages: 7 – 15
6th - 10th and 13th - 17th July. 9.30 -11.30am
Sessions available are:
Arctic Animals
Dinosaurs
Fantastic Fish Wall Peices
2 Generations
Freestyle
Sundails
Animal Masks
Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom
We warmly welcome all schools to come along and experience our learning experience classes.
These classes will complement and enrich classroom learning, through providing memorable, specific, hands-on, interactive experiences, within an authentic arts environment. By far our most popular workshop for kids of any age is:
“Play with Clay” With an experienced clay tutor students will make a hand built creation which will be fired in our kiln 2-3 weeks later. We can offer beginners or more advanced workshops in clay. There is also the opportunity for children to do a second workshop in glazing after the work has been fired.
Students can make a wide variety of clay creations including tiles, pinch pots, animals/ creatures and many more. We can tailor make a workshop to suit your needs. It is possible to arrange an experienced tutor in almost any artform – just give us a bit of warning to organise something out of the ordinary.
Private Art Collection of The Northland Craft Trust
Not often seen art collection including paintings, prints and ceramics from various artists.
Dreams and Nightmares (Drawing less ordinary)
Night class
Brett a Court
Read more from: Dreams and Nightmares (Drawing less ordinary)
Unlocking the Creative Process with Brett a Court
This is a painting workshop designed to give you keys to unlock the creative process and create work that has, not only in depth and interest, but endeavours to help you tackle the issues of identity and beleif. Highly expressionistic and semi abstract.
The course is designed for newcomers as well as for those who have done the Feb/April workshops.
Fee: $120 or $100 if paid in full by 1st July.
Painting workshop with Nemesh
Details yet to be confirmed
Fee $200 (Sat and Sun)
The Gr8 Pl8 Exhibition
As part of The Mid Winter Festival, this exhibition will show art from 100 different invited artists.
Each artists will donate their plate art to The Quarry Arts Centre. All proceeds from the online auction will go towards a new Yvonne Rust Gallery.
Watch this space for auction details…
The Mid Winter Arts Festival 2009
Read more from: The Mid Winter Arts Festival 2009
Mixed Media / Garden Sculpture
Murray Gibbs tutor
To be held over 2 Satudays Early August.
Dates yet to be confirmed
If you think you might be interested let us know.
5 spaces left.
Fee yet to be advised
Printed Textiles
Contemporary Maori Designs that are uniquely NZ
Earth Plaster Workshop
9am - 4pm
To be held around wood kiln area.
To bring gloves, everything else supplied
$95 adults only
lunch supplied care of Nutricious Delicious
Centre of Gravity - Sandra Meyst
Figurative and abstract works.
Clay Sculpture, Oamaru stone carving, glass sculpture, wooden releif, sketches and prints.