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Cityscapes - with Rowena Fry
Tuesday 30 September<br>Afternoon Session <br>1:00 pm to 4:00 pm <br><br>All Materials Provided<br><br>Channel your inner architect and create fanciful cityscapes using found-object printing. Make one-of-a-kind prints by rolling ink onto everyday objects, from kitchen spatulas to broken calculators( thanks to our friends at the Tip Shop), then print them onto paper. Find unique shapes in the prints, then cut out and collage them into a creative cityscape. Add colour with paint, pencil, and pen.
$35.00
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The Ins and Outs of Weaving - With Daisey Bingham and Junko Moritz
Thursday 25 September<br>Afternoon Session <br>1:00 pm to 4:00 pm <br><br>All Materials Provided<br><br>Explore the joys of two different types of weaving, kumihimo, the traditional Japanese cord making, and branch weaving. Use a kumihimo disk to make a friendship bracelet or a fancy cord for your favourite hoodie. Make a one-of-a-kind loom from a branched stick. Use the loom to experiment with colours and textures to create a unique weaving.
$35.00
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Colourful Sea Creatures - with Rowena Fry
Tuesday 23 September<br>Afternoon Session <br>1:00 am to 4:00 pm <br><br>All Materials Provided<br><br>Draw inspiration from the colourful creatures that inhabit our oceans or design your own fantastical sea creature. Use a fun paint-pulling technique to create wonderfully coloured sheets of paper. Cut, glue, fold, and curl the colourful papers into fabulous underwater creatures!<br>
$35.00
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Picture This! - with Rowena Fry
Monday 22 September<br>Afternoon Session <br>1:00 pm to 4:00 pm <br><br>All Materials Provided<br><br>A picture is worth a thousand words! Tell your stories through illustration. Design unique characters and build worlds for them to inhabit. Create zines (small, handmade books), sequential art (comic strips), and flip books, then fill them with your stories.
$35.00
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Fun with Printmaking - with Jude Gordon
Thursdays<br>14 August to 4 September<br>7 pm to 9 pm<br>4-week class<br>All Materials included. <br><br>Learn collagraph printmaking techniques. Build layers of collaged materials onto a card base to create a highly textured printing plate. Explore using wax in your collagraph as an excellent way to create surface marks. Experiment with enhancing a collagraph print with other printmaking techniques, like intaglio, monoprint, and relief printmaking. Be surprised by the fun and unique possibilities collagraph printmaking has to offer!
$130.00 - $150.00
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Driftwood Creatures with Rowena Fry
Monday 29 September<br>Afternoon Session <br>1:00 pm to 4:00 pm <br><br>All Materials Provided<br><br>Pick up a piece of driftwood and let the inner creature emerge! Bring to life a simple piece of driftwood. Build an environment for your creature to live in...maybe even a pet and a set of toys.<br><br>
$35.00
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Kids Crochet - with Daisey Bingham
Mondays <br>3:30 to 4:30 pm<br>21 July to 8 September<br><br>Suitable for children aged 8yrs+ <br>$5 materials fee included <br><br>Learn the basics of crochet. Learn how to hold the crochet hook and the yarn. Make the basic stitches, chain stitch, single crochet, and double crochet. Learn to read a simple crochet pattern, with both US and UK stitch names. <br><br>Students will work at their own pace, moving from chain stitch to granny square and beyond. <br><br>Students are welcome to use the yarn available at the Centre, or bring their own if they have something specific in mind. A crochet hook is provided with the materials fee. <br><br>
$155.00
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Take a Trip Down Memory Lane- with Judith Baxter
Wednesdays<br>12:30 pm to 2:30 pm<br>30 July to 3 September<br>6 week course<br><br>Learn to write your memories so your stories can be passed down to your descendants, family, and friends. Write your stories as if you were talking to your grandchildren or family members. Learn tools to help you remember and record your stories. Capture how your daily life was in the context of the times you have lived, forming a record of your place in history.<br>
$161.00 - $193.00
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Introduction to Oil Painting with Melissa McDougall
Tuesdays<br>15 July to 2 September<br>2 pm to 4 pm<br>8 Week Course <br><br>This course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to paint in a supportive environment. <br><br>An introduction to oils focusing on portraiture, seascapes, landscapes, and still-life. Start with basic skills and work up to small master copies. Develop your skills as you work towards creating your unique paintings and painting practices.
$205.00 - $245.00
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Acrylic Painting with Shar Young
Wednesdays <br>16 July to 3 September<br>3 pm to 5 pm<br>8-Week Course <br>This course is designed for artists painting in any style who want to expand their acrylic painting skills. <br><br>Explore the versatility of acrylic paint. Learn wet-on-wet techniques and dry brush techniques and explore how they play together. Practice colour mixing, learn about tints, and shades, and then explore the moods of colour. Paint to evoke memories and convey feelings. Integrate energetic brush strokes and deliberate colour palettes to express emotion. Use line, shape, and form to create intriguing compositions.
$223.00 - $267.00
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Learning to Draw- with Shar Young
Wednesdays <br>16 July to 3 September<br>6:00pm to 7:30pm<br>8-week class<br>This class welcomes everyone from beginners to those wishing to refine their current skills. <br><br>Improve your drawing skills by improving your visual skills! Learn to analyze shape, form, proportion, and shadow. Learn to loosen up, play with mark-making, line quality, and texture, and examine form and perspective. Look at objects like you have never seen them before. Experiment with contour drawing, negative space drawing, and expressive drawing. <br><br>
$167.00 - $200.00
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Basic Watercolour Painting- with Robyn Eastgate-Manning
Mondays <br>28 July to 1 September<br>7 pm to 9 pm<br><br>A six-week structured course to equip you with basic watercolour painting skills in a small group. Designed for absolute beginners or those returning after a long break from painting. Open to anyone 13 plus.<br><br>Those who continue with the course after one term will have their basic skills extended and gaps from missed lessons or skills that take time to master addressed again. Each class is unique and lessons are different each term. <br>
$147.00 - $177.00
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Continuing Watercolour Wednesdays- Robyn Eastgate-Manning
Wednesdays 7 - 9 pm <br>16 July to 3 September<br>8-week course.<br><br>Take the next step in your watercolour journey!<br>Practice a range of subjects including skies, seas, trees, landscapes, buildings, urban scenes, still life, and botanical subjects. <br>Reinforce existing techniques. Extend your current skills with new subject matter and different combinations of techniques. <br><br>Basic Watercolour is recommended before to continuing other watercolour classes. <br>
$196.00 - $235.00
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Progressing with Watercolours - with Robyn Eastgate-Manning
Tuesdays 9:45 am to 12:15 pm<br>15 July to 2 September<br>8-week class<br><br>This 8-week course is for painters who are familiar with the basics and want to progress their knowledge of watercolour painting.<br>The class consists of two hours of tuition from 9.45 to 11.45 am and half an hour of studio time, during which students are encouraged to continue painting.<br>Robyn demonstrates a wide range of techniques and tailors class content based on the desires of her students. <br>
$196.00 - $235.00
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Wednesday Afterschool Art - with Rowen Fry
Wednesdays<br>4:00 to 5:15<br>23 July to 10 September<br><br>Experiment with various art techniques in this kid-driven, fun-centric after-school art class. Build self-confidence, develop skills in creative thinking, and most importantly, experiment! This course helps students find their own creative voice. Explore different media and learn while having a heap of fun. Develop basic skills and techniques and watch the magic happen!<br>
$150.00
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Tuesday Afterschool Art with Rowena Fry
Tuesdays <br>4:00 to 5:15 pm<br>22 July to 9 September<br><br>Experiment with various art techniques in this kid-driven, fun-centric, after-school art class. Build self-confidence, develop skills in creative thinking, and most importantly, experiment! This course helps students find their own creative voice. Explore different media and learn while having a heap of fun. Develop basic skills and techniques and watch the magic happen!
$56.25
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Kids Beginner Sewing: Apparel & Fashion Accessories with Kreisheia Pratap
Thursdays <br>4:00 to 5:15 pm<br>24 July to 11 September<br><br>$10 Material fees included<br>For children ages 10 and up. <br><br>Gain essential skills to advance your sewing journey! Learn sewing techniques that can be applied to fashion accessories, from bags to hats. Learn machine sewing as well as some hand sewing. Take away sewing projects that are both functional and fun! Kreisheia will lend a guiding hand while allowing you creative freedom.<br>
$85.00
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Magic in the Ordinary: pen and watercolour sketchbook - with Andrew James
Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30 pm<br>17 July to 7 August<br>4 Week Course<br><br>Your life is the longest thing you ever do - it deserves to be recorded! Andrew James presents how to keep an illustrated journal in pen and watercolour. No subject matter is off-limits.<br><br>In this fun and encouraging class, we'll learn how to draw moments from our lives in our sketchbooks and then bring those sketches to life with watercolour. The first week is an introduction to the wonderful world of watercolour, and each following week, we will look at different genres of sketchbook drawing, taking a page from one of Andrew's books and learning to create your version of it.<br><br>Andrew takes the course in the direction the class dictates, making each term of this course different and fresh. <br><br>Some genres covered include:<br>- Interior scenes - bathrooms, lounges, kitchens<br>- Collections of objects - like kids' toys, tools or <br>- Food and drink. What's for dinner, or what is left on the table at the end of a meal<br>- Flowers and foliage<br>- Things in packets - anything from toothpaste tubes to laundry detergent.<br>
$105.00 - $125.00
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Annual Membership Fees 2025
Subscriptions are paid annually at the start of the calendar year, and drop by half near the 1st of July. Members can attend as many untutored groups as they like throughout the year and receive a discounted rate for tutored classes and workshops. <br>If you would like to attend Karori Arts and Crafts untutored interest groups, without becoming a Member, you are welcome to use the $15 visitor day fee option on the day of your visit. <br><br>2025 Half-year membership fees are as follows:<br>Individual $55<br>Family $82.50<br>Community Services $35<br>Student $35<br><br>Visitor Day Fee $15<br><br>Note regarding payment: <br>When you check out, we offer two payment options - internet banking or credit card. Due to additional fees, we prefer internet banking.<br>On completing your order, you'll receive the bank account number.<br>
$15.00 - $82.50
$165.00
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