ARTS FEST offers hands-on creative workshops to learn new skills in an encouraging environment.
All workshops are suitable for beginners and all materials are included in the cost.
All workshops are suitable for beginners and all materials are included in the cost.
Intro to Botanical Art with Dr Tabatha Forbes
Tutor: Tabatha Forbes
Forbes & Flay, 40 Tasman Street, Ōpunakē Saturday 7 November 2020 10.00am - 2.00pm (4 hours) Cost per person: $80 All materials supplied Come and join artist Dr Tabatha Forbes for an introduction into beautiful Botanical drawing during Taranaki’s 2020 Garden Festival. The workshop will provide a one-day foundation course to this timeless art practice and will cover basic drawing techniques, composition and ink stippling. Tabatha has worked extensively in the field of natural history and contemporary botanical art and regularly exhibits in New Zealand and the Cook Islands where she and her family lived for 6 years. Her interest in botanical art history in New Zealand and the relevance of working with the subject of nature, as a form of eco-therapy motivates her research and practice. Tabatha has a Doctorate in Fine Arts and has been teaching botanical art for nearly two decades. She currently lives in Ōpunakē, where her and her sculptor husband Chauncey run Forbes + Flay studio gallery, 40 Tasman St (next to Sugar Juice café). Register: Email drtab72@gmail.com |
Another Way of Seeing - Photography Workshop
Tutor: Steven Boothe
Gallery Pātea 56a Egmont Street, SH3, Pātea Saturday 31 October 2020 1.00pm - 4.00pm Cost per person: Koha Steven Boothe talks about his approach to and love of photography. He will share some of the ways he works to achieve an image. Bring your camera and be prepared to see the world through new perspectives. For more information or to register for workshops: Email Steven Or contact Gallery Pātea - Facebook. Spectacular Hanging Baskets
Tutor: Jenny Oakley
79 Lower Normanby Road, Manaia Saturday 31 October 2020 11.00 am start Cost per person: $10 (Garden Festival Fee) Jenny is a garden festival veteran, part of the Garden Festival for 30 years. Jenny and Guy’s garden became a Garden of National Significance in 2005. Jenny has a Bachelor of Amenity Horticulture and is a Trustee of the New Zealand Gardens Trust. Jenny is also famous for her hanging baskets! She spent the English spring of 2000 touring English garden centres demonstrating how to make them. Her workshops are held in her garden, a joy in itself to experience. Hanging baskets are fun and simple to do if you follow a few basic rules. You can create a spectacular combination of plants that you will enjoy for many months. Come along and learn about the tips and tricks that Jenny uses when creating her baskets. Bookings: TAFT office, Cnr Powderham & Brougham Sts, New Plymouth, Phone: 06 7598 412 or visit gardenfestnz. Bookings essential. Website |
