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Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, New Zealand's leading private arts and design institution, is proud to offer evening classes to our community.

Courses provide quality teaching, an exposure to the world of contemporary art practice, and individualised tuition in a positive learning environment. Our aim is to make art and design accessible to any individual who is willing to develop their skills, explore their creativity, encounter new ideas and ways of working, and revitalise their practice.

Terms at Whitecliffe run over a seven week period, but evening courses consist of six classes which run from 6pm - 9pm on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings. Each class will therefore have a one week break in the fourth week of classes when Whitecliffe Undergraduate Workshops are run. If a class needs to be cancelled, it will run on the next available day or by arrangement between the tutors and students. Classes only proceesd if there are the required minimum number of enrolments.

DAY & WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

This term, the Short Course programme is being extended to include a range of Day Classes and Workshops which are scheduled in weekends and during our mid semester break, coinciding with Secondary School holidays. Classes are not designed as a school holiday programme however, mature school students who are aged 14 or over may be permitted to enrol. The Weekend Workshops are either over a full weekend or are on consecutive Saturdays, enabling students who are not able to attend in the evenings the opportunity to enjoy classes at Whitecliffe. These full day classes will run from 9.30am - 4 pm

Materials

A material list will be provided upon confirmation of the course.

Eligibility

All Short Courses are non-credit and are open to all ages. However, some courses are challenging, therefore we recommend that applicants under the age of 18 years contact the office if uncertain about their eligibility. No qualifications are necessary unless experience is specified in the course description.

Location

All classes take place at our main Campus, located at 24 Balfour Rd in Parnell off Gladstone Rd, one block from the Parnell Rose Gardens. On-street parking is available on Balfour Rd.

Building Access

For your security, the Whitecliffe Balfour Road Campus is protected by a swipe card access system. As part of your fees, you will be allocated a swipe card on the first night of course, granting you access during your scheduled classes. Should a student require a replacement card, or fail to return this swipe card at the end of the course, a replacement fee of $25 will be incurred.

Refunds

You may request to withdraw from a course up to 3 working days prior to the commencement of a course and gain a full refund. Refunds will not be given to students withdrawing after the commencement of a course. Fees cannot be transferred to future bookings.

Booking and Course Cancellation

In order to confirm your place, full payment is required at the time of booking - no deposits taken. Whitecliffe reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course that does not reach a viable number of enrolments. In this case you will receive a full refund. Whitecliffe reserves the right to amend any course, schedule, location or tutor listed in the brochure before or during the course.

Students

Please note that on the enrolment form you are required to notify Whitecliffe of any existing medical condition or disability that may affect your participation in a course. The information supplied to Whitecliffe is required to manage your enrolment and participation. No personal information will be disclosed outside Whitecliffe without your expressed consent, except where required by law.

EVENING CLASSES

FASHION DESIGN - ONE

This course introduces students to the general aspects of fashion design. Students will develop knowledge of the fashion industry and foster their creativity through experimentation within the discipline.

Students will be introduced to the process of creating their own design and will be shown how to translate that concept to a completed garment by learning pattern drafting and garment construction. During the garment construction process students will use industrial machines, experiment with surface design and embellishment, and learn how to employ different fabric manipulation techniques.

This course is suitable for beginners and for those with some experience.

Tuesday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 20 July - 31 August (no class 10 August)

Cost: $250.00 per term

FASHION DESIGN - TWO

Students that have already completed the Wednesday course or are sufficiently experienced will be taught further skills in basic pattern making. Students will design and complete a garment in calico and using industrial machines they will learn garment construction elements such as darts, cuffs, collars, facing, button stand, patch pocket and insertion of zips. This course will expand on the techniques of surface design, embellishment and fabric manipulation that were taught in Fashion Design One.

This course is suitable for intermediate students.

Thursday 6 - 9 p.m.

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Anja Lundin. graduated from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in 2002 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Fashion Design. She has worked in a variety of fields with in the fashion industry and currently teaches in the Fashion Design Department at Whitecliffe.

IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE PAINTING

This course is offered to beginner or intermediate level students who would like to learn to paint representational landscapes in an impressionist style. Students are free to utilise and adapt this painting style for other preferred subject matters.

Students will be taught the fundamental principles of paint application to achieve atmospheric perspective and dimension and will be shown how warm and cool colours are used by professional artists to create depth in a painting and also how to mix colour to change tonal values. Most importantly, Steve will show students the four key things you need to know about composing and creating a successful landscape painting.

The preferred medium is oils but students may also use acrylics.

Thursday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Steve Marsh has a Diploma in Figurative Studies from Whitecliffe College Of Arts and Design 1986 and has been an exhibiting artist for over 20 years. He teaches part time and has paintings in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, Sweden and Wales. His current works explore the way light appears in nature as he takes life as his inspiration.

FIGURATIVE DRAWING: FASHION or ILLUSTRATION

Students in this course will be taught the basic skills of figurative drawing either for the purpose of Fashion Design or for Illustration. The class will be adapted to your strengths and whichever of these two disciplines you wish to develop.

Fashion Illustration: students will be shown how to structure the figure as a coat hanger for fashion drapery where the figure is elongated to create the desired elegance and beauty that best presents a design concept.

Figure Illustration: students will be shown the skills required to accurately and sensitively draw a life figure using personally selected photographic images for the subject matter.

Wednesday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 21 July - 1 September (no class 11 August)

Term 4 : 22 September - 3 November (no class 13 October)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Paul Hooker lectures at Whitecliffe in the fashion design department, at AUT, UNITEC and also at South Seas where he teaches life figure drawing

BEGINNER DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

This introductory course enables students to explore their digital camera functions through lots of hands on experimentation. The digital process will be examined including down loading, archiving and printing methods. Using Photoshop® students will learn to manipulate and enhance their images as well as utilise tools for more creative applications. The photographic lighting studio will be used for commercial lighting demonstrations

Wednesday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 21 July - 1 September (no class 11 August)

Term 4 : 22 September - 3 November (no class 13 October)

Cost: $250.00 per term

INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

A course designed as a follow on extension of the Introduction to Digital Photography class. Suitable to those with a sound knowledge of manual SLR camera functions and that have used Photoshop CS4 previously.

Through your expanding image library we will fine tune your area of interest. Complimenting this will be more in depth Photoshop® activities including High Dynamic Range Photography. The photographic studio will also be utilised to aid you with your weekly independent creative image capturing tasks.

Thursday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Term 4: 23 September - 4 November (no class 14 October)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Treve Dromgool graduated from Whitecliffe in 2002 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree majoring in Photography. She has since been immersed in the photographic industry, practicing as a medical photographer, working freelance, exhibiting, and teaching.

ABSTRACT PAINTING

James Lawrence is a well known painter and tutor and one of New Zealand's great modern artists. Students will have the opportunity to improve current painting skills or learn from scratch functional, original, resourceful acrylic techniques. The classes will cover design, colour and texture, utilising demonstrations and practical creative exercises. Students will be able to develop their own style with individual direction from James.

This workshop is suitable for beginners and advanced artists

Thursday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Term 4: 23 September - 4 November (no class 14 October)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: James Lawrence completed his BFA and MFA at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He has been based in New Zealand since 1992 where he has been a very respected and successful exhibiting artist and lecturer. James has taught BFA and Foundation students at Whitecliffe and has conducted workshops and classes throughout New Zealand.

INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS4

Photoshop is the professional standard in digital imaging, with an endless selection of drawing tools, filters, and colour-adjustment capabilities for manipulating items in almost any way. Photoshop has become an indispensable tool for all creative professionals.

This course will teach you a broad spectrum of core skills that are common to many creative fields. You will learn how to work with layers and selections, how to adjust, manipulate and retouch photos. You will also learn how to use the paint tools, add text, prepare files for output, and much more.

This course is suitable to those who are new to the application, just learning this version, or expanding their skills.

Prerequisites: Before enrolling on this course, participants should have basic computer skills including mouse operation, creating folders, creating files and savings files into folders.

Thursday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Term 4: 23 September - 4 November (no class 14 October)

Cost: $3.00 per term

Please note: Weekend Workshops are also offered in this course, See below.

Tutor: Christina Read has a BFA from Kent Institute of Art and Design (UK) and graduated with a MFA from Elam in 2007. She currently lectures in the Digital Media, Fine Art & Photo Film Video Departments at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design

EXPRESSIVE PAINTING

An expressive painting class for beginners which incorporates mixed media, symbolism, and a focus on contemporary culture. Students will have the freedom to explore this genre under the assured guidance of the tutor. An opportunity to be really creative with a variety of mediums.

Wednesday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 21 July - 1 September (no class 11 August)

Term 4 : 22 September - 3 November (no class 13 October)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Alissa West currently lectures at Whitecliffe. Alissa has a BFA and will graduate with her MFA from Whitecliffe in January 2010. Her art practice is informed by European art history and she use these works in dialogue with contemporary culture

OBJECT ART

Reinvent accessories such as handbags and shoes from your wardrobe into Object Art. Students will initially be introduced to object art ideas and will then recreate a high heeled shoe into a Kiwiana theme "Paua Shoe" utilising paua and glass beads, in conjunction with other materials. The class will progress into research, and students will be able to sketch and design individual ideas of theme or fantasy, then using a wide variety of materials from paint, collage and fabric, to create a second object of their choice.

Thursday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Nikki Hill graduated from Elam in 2008 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) majoring in Digital Studio Photography. She had extensive previous experience in a number of fields including Graphic Design, Stylist, Retail display and Photography. Nikki is an exhibiting artist and has been a finalist in the Wallace Trust Art Award.

INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING

This course explores three dimensional drawing. Students will learn a range of technical drawing techniques to concisely and clearly transform an idea into physical form, such as perspective, isometric, and orthographic drawing. It will then move to more improvisational methods using a range of materials to address the fundamental issues of working sculpturally and spatially gaining an understanding of form, scale, balance and space with reference to the body and its surroundings.

Thursday 6 - 9 pm

Term 3: 22 July - 2 September (no class 12 August)

Term 4: 23 September - 4 November (no class 14 October)

Cost: $250.00 per term

Tutor: Sarah Rose graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Recent exhibitions include "To Say the Least" ­ Newcall Gallery,Auckland, "New Artists Show 2009" ­ Artspace,Auckland, "Leading to Form" ­ Enjoy Public Art Gallery,Wellington. Sarah is currently a co-director of the artist-run-space Newcall Gallery.

DAY CLASSES & WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

MILLINERY

TWO DAY MID SEMESTER WORKSHOP

An opportunity to learn elementary millinery skills from Ailie Miller who is well known through out New Zealand for her much admired original creations under the Dollie Vardin label. Students will make a small modern fabric hat or cocktail hat that compliments the fashion of today and which fits in with current fashion trends. Colours and embellishments will of their own choice. The class will include advice on placement and balance to achieve an aesthetically pleasing creation.

Students do not require any previous experience.

Thursday 15 and Friday 16 July

9.30 - 4 pm ( ½ hour break for lunch)

$225.00 for the two day workshop

Tutor: Ailie Miller began making hats in 1977 as a hobby. Two years later the label Dollie Vardin was established and her first small retail shop was opened in Christchurch. By the end of the 1970's and early 1980's hats were extremely popular, complimenting the strong fashion of the day. Dollie Vardin made many hats for Benson Hedges designers, created original hats for winning outfits at the races and, made hats for television and movies . Currently, her work mainly entails hats for weddings, races and special occasions.

FASHION DESIGN - BEGINNERS

THREE DAY MID SEMESTER WORKSHOPS

This three day workshop enables students to work at a solid pace and as with the night class, introduces students to the general aspects of fashion design. As this course is scheduled during the school holidays it is also an opportunity for Secondary School students who are considering a career in Fashion Design to gain some hands on experience and some insight in to Fashion Design at Tertiary level.

Students will be introduced to the process of creating their own design and will be shown how to translate that concept to a completed garment by learning pattern drafting and garment construction. During the garment construction process students will use industrial machines, experiment with surface design and embellishment, and learn how to employ different fabric manipulation techniques.

This course is suitable for beginners and for those with some experience

Secondary school students must be at least 14 years of age.

Workshop One: Monday 9 August, Tuesday 11 August, Wednesday 12 August

Workshop Two: Monday 23 November, Tuesday 24 November, Wednesday 25 November

9.30 am - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Cost; $285.00

Tutor: Anja Lundin graduated from Whitecliffe in 2002 with a BFA majoring in Fashion Design. She has worked in design and manufacturing, and currently teaches at Whitecliffe

OBJECT ART

TWO DAY MID SEMESTER WORKSHOP

Reinvent accessories such as handbags and shoes from your wardrobe into Object Art. Students will initially be introduced to object art ideas and will then recreate a high heeled shoe into a Kiwiana theme "Paua Shoe" utilising paua and glass beads, in conjunction with other materials. The class will progress into research, and students will be able to sketch and design individual ideas of theme or fantasy, then using a wide variety of materials from paint, collage and fabric, to create a second object of their choice.

Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 July

9.30 - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch

Cost: $225.00

Tutor: Nikki Hill graduated from Elam in 2008 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) majoring in Digital Studio Photography. She had extensive previous experience in a number of fields including Graphic Design, Stylist, Retail display and Photography. Nikki is an exhibiting artist and has been a finalist in the Wallace Trust Art Award.

ABSTRACT PAINTING - WEEKEND WORKSHOP

This weekend workshop by James Lawrence is a fast paced but thorough introduction to abstract painting. Students will learn how to use acrylic paint and texture medium to create a basic design concept. The course will assist students in developing a critical eye to enable appreciation of other artists' work as well as enabling them to make design decisions when painting alone. Students will have the opportunity to improve current painting skills or learn from scratch functional, original, resourceful acrylic techniques. At the conclusion of the weekend students can reasonably expect to have created a near completed painting.
Suitable for beginners and advanced artists.

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July

9.30am - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch

Cost: $225.00 for the two day workshop

Tutor: James Lawrence completed his BFA and MFA at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He has been based in New Zealand since 1992 where he has been a very respected and successful exhibiting artist and lecturer. James has taught BFA and Foundation students at Whitecliffe College and has conducted workshops and classes throughout New Zealand.

SURFACE DESIGN on CANVAS and WOOD

TWO DAY MID SEMESTER WORKSHOP

Students will receive instruction on the creation of a design and will cut their own stencil for printing on either a wooden panel or canvas. The two day workshop incorporates the preparation of canvas or wood for printing. The course covers the application of different colour techniques and students will learn how to set paint on to different mediums. Students who work more quickly will be able to complete works in both canvas and wood.

Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 July

9.30am - 4 pm (includes a ½ hour break for lunch)

Cost: $225.00 (plus a $40 material fee to be paid directly to the tutor)

TUTOR: Angelique Delano Lennane was born in Santiago, Chile and graduated from the Fine Arts Institute "Andres Bello" in Santiago. From 1983, she spent 7 years in Germany, France and Switzerland developing an interest in textiles and graduating with a degree in Textile Art. Angelique studied Colour and Design for a year in Milano Italy under Professor Mario Tapia, She returned to New Zealand in 1990 to continue working as a freelance artist and art teacher in mixed media, integrating fabric into conceptual art.

In 2003 she graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from Elam, School of Fine Arts and is currently teaching part time in the Fashion Department at Whitecliffe.

SILK PAINTING

Painting on Silk is a completely different experience from more usual mediums like canvas. The material responds in its own unique way enabling students to create delicately beautiful images and designs. The workshop will focus on Composition, Design and Technical skills and students will be able to complete two pieces of silk art over the two days.

Students do not need to have any drawing or painting experience

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September

9.30am - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Cost: $225.00 (plus $40 material fee to be paid to the tutor)

TUTOR: Angelique Lennane

Angelique Delano Lennane was born in Santiago, Chile and graduated from the Fine Arts Institute "Andres Bello" in Santiago. From 1983, she spent 7 years in Germany, France and Switzerland developing an interest in textiles and graduating with a degree in Textile Art. Angelique studied Colour and Design for a year in Milano Italy under Professor Mario Tapia, She returned to New Zealand in 1990 to continue working as a freelance artist and art teacher in mixed media, integrating fabric into conceptual art.

In 2003 she graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from Elam, School of Fine Arts and is currently teaching part time in the Fashion Department at Whitecliffe.

LANDSCAPE PAINTING

This course is offered over two consecutive Saturdays to beginner or intermediate level students who would like to learn to paint representational landscapes in an impressionist style. The weekend format allows students to immerse themselves in a painting class for a longer period of time without interruption. As with the night class taught by Steve, students will be taught the fundamental principles of paint application to achieve atmospheric perspective and dimension and will be shown how warm and cool colours are used by professional artists to create depth in a painting and also how to mix colour to change tonal values. Most importantly, Steve will show students the four key things you need to know about composing and creating a successful landscape painting. Students who work at a reasonable pace can expect to finish the workshop with a completed painting.

The preferred medium is oils but students may also use acrylics.

Saturday 7 August:

9.30am - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Saturday 14 August

9.30am - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Cost: $225.00 for the two day workshop

Tutor: Steve Marsh has a Diploma in Figurative Studies from Whitecliffe College Of Arts and Design 1986 and has been an exhibiting artist for over 20 years. He teaches part time and has paintings in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, Sweden and Wales. His current works explore the way light appears in nature as he takes life as his inspiration.

SURFACE DESIGN ON FABRIC

This One Day Workshop focuses on a number of techniques and styles for dyeing and painting fabric including cotton, calico, silk and poly-cotton,

Students will work with Gutta resist in creating a monochromatic colour scheme, Salt technique in creating a complementary colour scheme, and Lace and Paper technique in creating a split complementary colour scheme. Students will also prepare their own stencils and will receive instruction on imaging wax technique. At the conclusion of the class students will have completed four pieces of work

Saturday 14 August

9.30am - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Cost: $115.00 (plus $25. material cost to be paid to tutor)

TUTOR: Angelique Delano Lennane was born in Santiago, Chile and graduated from the Fine Arts Institute "Andres Bello" in Santiago. From 1983, she spent 7 years in Germany, France and Switzerland developing an interest in textiles and graduating with a degree in Textile Art. Angelique studied Colour and Design for a year in Milano Italy under Professor Mario Tapia, She returned to New Zealand in 1990 to continue working as a freelance artist and art teacher in mixed media, integrating fabric into conceptual art.

In 2003 she graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from Elam, School of Fine Arts and is currently teaching part time in the Fashion Department at Whitecliffe.

"DOORS OPEN" - ACRYLIC PAINTING

The intention of this workshop is to experiment, to play and to develop creative ideas in a very supportive and enjoyably rigorous environment.

Over the two Saturdays students will explore colour, composition and design principles to enhance their toolbox of skills and world of creative potential

Saturday 25 September

9.30 - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Saturday 2 October

9.30 - 4 pm (1/2 hour break for lunch)

Cost: $250.00

TUTOR: Lynnemaree Patterson currently teaches at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, has worked on community arts projects, taught art in Asia and the Pacific, worked for the Worldwild Life Fund for Nature and in a past life been an economist. She brings a wealth of life experience and a passion and warmth to her classes. Come enjoy exploring your creativity through colour, risk taking and play.

INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS4®

Three Day Workshop

Photoshop is the professional standard in digital imaging, with an endless selection of drawing tools, filters, and colour-adjustment capabilities for manipulating items in almost any way. Photoshop has become an indispensable tool for all creative professionals. This course teaches a broad spectrum of core skills that are common to many creative fields. Students will learn how to work with layers and selections, how to adjust, manipulate and retouch photos. Students will also learn how to use the paint tools, add text, prepare files for output, and much more.

This course is suitable to those who are new to the application, just learning this version, or expanding their skills.

Prerequisites: Before enrolling on this course, participants should have basic computer skills including mouse operation, creating folders, creating files and savings files into folders.

Class One:

Saturday 17 July, Saturday 31 July and Saturday 7 August

9.30 - 4 pm (30 minute break for lunch. Please bring your own lunch. Coffee, tea and biscuits provided)

Class Two

Saturday 14 August, Saturday 28 August: and Saturday 4 September

9.30 - 4 pm (30 minute break for lunch. Please bring your own lunch. Coffee, tea and biscuits provided)

Cost: $300.00 for each three week course

Tutor: Christina Read has a BFA from Kent Institute of Art and Design (UK) and graduated with a MFA from Elam in 2007. She currently lectures in the Digital Media, Fine Art & Photo Film Video Departments at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design