Adult classes - Karori Arts and Crafts

Exploring Mixed Media - with Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Mondays 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm<br>17 February to 24 March<br>6 week class<br><br>Create works of art with bold, exciting marks and interesting textures. Explore mixing colors and creating harmonious colour palettes. Achieve depth with layers and seamlessly integrate collage into your work. Explore many of the creative possibilities mixed media has to offer. <br>Start an artistic journey that excites and inspires you in a new way!<br>

$147.00 - $177.00

Meet the Past: Living History & Museum Theatre with Lindsey Maymon

Fridays 5:30 to 7:00 pm<br>14 February to 4 April<br>8 Week Course<br>This course is for those aged 16+ with an interest in history, theatre, scriptwriting, or storytelling.<br><br>Do you love history, but find yourself bored by names and dates? Do you wish you could grab a coffee with a particular person of the past, and spill the tea on all their famous friends? Do you find yourself ever wondering what you would have done if you’d been in the room where it happened?<br>Wonder no more! In this workshop, participants will learn about the world of living history, an approach to heritage interpretation that merges research, creative writing, and historical interpretation to give you a front row seat to the real concerns, choices, and consequences of people of the past. <br>Participants will learn about living history, then choose a historical figure or famous event to interpret from their own point of view. Learn about historical research, try your hand at scriptwriting, and workshop your performance in a supportive, educational, museum theatre environment!<br><br><br><br><br>

$161.00 - $194.00

Reduction Linocut Workshop with Julie Moonlight

Sundays 23 February to 16 March<br>10am to 12:30pm <br>4 Week Class<br><br>$10 Materials fee included<br><br>Learn how to create a 3-coloured reduction linocut print with Printmaker Julie Moonlight. <br>In the reduction linocut process, a multi-coloured print is made from a single piece of lino. The lino is reduced every time a new colour is printed. <br>Julie will guide you through creating your own design for a 3-colour print, how to cut each layer and how to register the paper and print your edition. <br>

$133.00 - $157.00

Beginners Social Salsa Dancing- Evening with Anna Alderidge

Thursdays 7 - 8 pm<br>13 February to 3 April <br>8 Week Course<br><br>Learn the basic steps and rhythm of social Salsa dancing. You will learn a mixture of steps from Cali-style Salsa, LA/Linear Salsa, and Casino (Cuban Salsa). You will learn how to dance with a partner, on your own, and sometimes all together as a group! <br>Enjoy the music, moving your body, connecting with others through dancing and socialising. Social Salsa is for everybody. People of all ages and people with disability are welcome. <br><br>Dancing is one of the most effective ways to improve mental health. Everyone is welcome. Social Salsa is not just about learning how to dance. It’s about enjoying your time with others, connecting, enjoying Salsa music and moving your body. No matter how this looks. <br><br>

$101.00 - $121.00

Beginners Social Salsa Dancing- Daytime with Anna Alderidge

Mondays 2:00 to 3:00 pm<br>10 February to 31 March<br>8 Week Course<br><br>Learn the basic steps and rhythm of social Salsa dancing. You will learn a mixture of steps from Cali-style Salsa, LA/Linear Salsa, and Casino (Cuban Salsa). You will learn how to dance with a partners, on your own, and sometimes all together as a group! <br>Enjoy the music, moving your body, connecting with others through dancing and socialising. Social Salsa is for everybody. People of all ages and people with disability are welcome. <br><br>Dancing is one of the most effective ways to improve mental health. Everyone is welcome. Social Salsa is not just about learning how to dance. It’s about enjoying your time with others, connecting, enjoying Salsa music and moving your body. No matter how this looks. <br><br>

$101.00 - $121.00

Learning to Draw- with Shar Young

Wednesdays 6:00pm to 7:30pm<br>Wednesdays 12 Februay to 2 April<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

Magic in the Ordinary: pen and watercolour sketchbook - with Andrew James

Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 pm<br>10 February to 31 March<br>8 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>

$210.00 - $250.00

Basic Watercolour Painting- with Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Tuesdays 7 to 9pm <br>18 February to 25 March<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 drawing or 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

Continuing Watercolour Wednesdays- Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Wednesdays 7 - 9 pm <br>11 February to 2 April<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

Progressing with Watercolours - with Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Tuesdays 9:45 am to 12:15 pm<br>11 February to 1 April<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