UNSW Art & Design is once again hosting a series of free hands-on studio workshops for high school students in the July school holidays.

The workshops provide creative students like you with the opportunity to pick up skills, advice and guidance from UNSW's team of leading artists, designers and media creators.

As part of the workshop take a campus tour and gain insights into the future of creativity, career pathways and a sense of what student life is like as part of our unique art and design campus community.

• All workshops (save for photography) run for two hours and are followed by a one hour campus tour.
• Participants must be 15 years or older.
• Registration via the links below essential.

Printmaking

Join master printmaker and renowned Australian artist, Michael Kempson to discover the allure of printmaking.

Explore a range of printmaking processes and create an artwork using the technique of etching. You will cut marks on a metal plate, expose the lines with an etchant and print your work putting the plate and paper through a high-pressure printing press to create a take-home artwork.

Tuesday, 3 October
10am - 1pm

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Build the Best Possible Portfolio

Join a free portfolio entry workshop to learn about how to prepare and develop your portfolio for entry to UNSW Art & Design.

The compilation of an art or design Portfolio requires careful consideration. This workshop will provide insight into building a portfolio that puts you and your work in the best light.

Dr Tim Gregory, theorist, artist, lecturer and portfolio assessor will offer step-by-step advice and guidance about our Portfolio Entry submission process.

Note that this workshop is intended specifically for those seeking to boost their chances of gaining entry to UNSW Art & Design through our portfolio entry

scheme.

Wednesday, 4 October
10am - 1pm

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Visual Communication 

Join Carly Vickers, designer and lecturer at UNSW Art & Design for a hands-on workshop introducing the world of visual communication. The workshop will guide you through the design process, from sketching an idea to digitally producing a simple typeface. Using Adobe Illustrator you will experience the essentials of the design process – including how to create a file, draw shapes using the vector tool, and how to use objects and images as inspiration for type design.

Thursday, 5 October
12 noon - 3pm

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Creative Coding for Artists

Join Dr Ollie Bown as he introduces the powerful creative coding environment Processing.

Processing is software that brings the power of code to artists and designers, enabling them to quickly and easily generate patterns, create animations and simple simulations, and design interactive experiences using cameras, microphones or sensors that detect movements and forces. See how easy it is to build an app, add your creative flair, and conceptualise new interactive artworks.

Thursday, 5 October
1pm - 4pm

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Transformation: seconds, minutes, hours

This hands on workshop, led by Izabela Pluta, will utilise the darkroom through a set of experiments that explore the material and alchemical characteristics of photography. By using light and contact printing as a way of creating images, students will discover the different ways that spatial, optical, and temporal relations can operate through a series of photographic artworks. The workshop will investigate paper negatives, solarisation and photograms. Prior darkroom experience is not necessary.

Thursday, 5 October
10am - 2pm

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