McGregor Youth Week 2024 Art Workshops

8 – 10 April 2024

SELECT ONE, TWO, OR ALL THREE WORKSHOPS!

The McGregor Youth Week 2024 Art Workshops, 8  – 10 April, give YOU the chance to ‘HAVE A GO’ at the UniSQ School of Creative Arts. You will be learning from industry professionals while having fun and stretching your creative mind. If you are in Grade 10, 11, or 12, keep reading…

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Day 1: Printmaking, Ceramics, & Mixed Media - $40/per person

Printmaking with Dr. Rhiannan Johnson

USQ Lecturer Visual Arts Rhiannan JohnsonThis workshop focuses on art as a communicative device, where participants will investigate ways in which visual practices can be used to connect individuals and communities. Workshop participants will create a set of postcards using methods of collage, relief printing, and hand colouring.

Ceramics with David Usher

USQ Lecturer Visual Arts David UsherThis workshop will involve ‘hand-building’ with a white raku clay body. We will be sketching our designs first and then making small ‘hands’ as object #1, and then considering and sketching a small ‘talisman’ form that is personally significant (for example: a flower, a rubrics cube, car keys, or perhaps your toothbrush)

Mixed Media with Alice Rigby

Stretching a Line; Mixed Media Portraiture’ – Rethink the possibilities for works on paper in this multimedia figurative workshop with experienced teacher and artist Alice Rigby. Students will learn to stretch paper over canvas, and discover ways to extend their drawing practice with a variety of media. Learn new ways to see the face and figure, practice techniques to train your drawing skills, and create a resolved figurative mixed media work using pens, watercolour, acrylic, collage and varnish.

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Day 2: Theatre - $40/per person

Theatre Devising with Travis Dowling

USQ Lecturer Visual Arts Rhiannan JohnsonUnlock your creativity in this Theatre Devising workshop. Through improvisation, storytelling, and physical exercises, discover the power of devising for theatre. Led by Travis Dowling, this dynamic workshop invites participants of all levels to embrace innovation and craft compelling narratives onstage.

Acting with Shideh Faramand

USQ Lecturer Visual Arts David UsherElevate your acting skills in our immersive workshop. Dive into character development, scene analysis, and emotional range exploration. Through dynamic exercises, unlock your potential and refine your craft. Led by Shideh Faramand, this workshop offers a supportive environment for actors of all levels to grow and excel in their performance journey.

Forum Theatre with Dr. David Fenton

This workshop commences with an introduction to specific games and their rationale for use by Augusto Boal. Then we then move into an Image Theatre exercise, detailing through tableaux, the oppression of a particular scenario chosen by the students. The final activity is called Newspaper Theatre, where we select specific moments featured in a newspaper to craft several dramaturgical frames to explore the case and its oppression..
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Day 3: Film - $40/per person

Film with Director of Photography, Simon Van Der Spoel, and Director, Katherine Chediak Putnam

USQ Lecturer Visual Arts Rhiannan JohnsonUSQ Lecturer Visual Arts Rhiannan JohnsonIn this one-day film workshop, students will learn how to professionally translate a scripted scene into a finished film by applying all stages of the filmmaking process—pre-production, production, and post-production—under the guidance of two experienced film practitioners: Director of Photography, Simon Van Der Spoel, and Director, Katherine Chediak Putnam.

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17th – 21st June 2024

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