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Learn from the Experts
Throughout the year Footscray Community Arts Centre will be offering budding artists of all types the chance to work with leading artists in their field in a series of workshop intensives. Why not get some hands-on experience and Learn from the Experts.
Grrilla Step
Grrilla Step are one of the hottest new acts in Australia and bring together artists with talents ranging from New Guinean tribal log drumming, DJing, VJing, Indigenous and Polynesian traditional dance and the hip-hop dance style krumping. As part of our Learn from the Experts program, Grrilla Step will present a krumping workshop that will show that krump is much more than just a dance.
This intensive workshop includes an introduction to scratching and turntable skills, hip-hop music appreciation and of course same basic krumping moves.
With a creative core that includes DJ Dexter (who has previously worked with The Avalanches and Chemical Brothers and who has toured with the likes of Pubic Enemy and the Beastie Boys), and Airie Ingram (Drum Drum) amongst others, Grrilla Step will be developing their own material as well as working in community contexts through workshops, performance and mentoring during their time as an Incubator group at Footscray Community Arts Centre.
If you want to be hip-hop happening, then don’t miss this chance to work with some of the best in the biz at this Learn from the Experts intensive workshop.
Sunday 3 August
1pm – 4pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$36 full / $20 concession
Bookings essential. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Daddydigsdisco Father’s Day
Dust off those white suits this Father’s Day and get ready to shake your groove thang at this afternoon disco dance party where kids from 3 to 12 are joined by Dads, Grandfathers or another special someone for all the fun of a real disco.
From 1pm participants will take a Disco Masterclass to learn all the groovy moves and be transformed into a disco star. From 2pm the doors will be open for all the fun of a Family Disco Inferno.
Inspired by the Baby Loves Disco phenomenon that is taking the US by storm, Daddydigsdisco promises to be one fun and funky Father’s Day.
Sunday 7 September
Dads Disco Masterclass: 1pm – 2pm
Family Disco Inferno: 2pm – 4pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$24 family (2 adults and 2 children / 1 adult and 3 children)
$8 extra adult
$6 extra family child
Suitable for ages 3 – 12. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Bookings advised. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
As you can see, Footscray Community Arts Centre gives you the chance to work with some incredible artists. Here is some information on the Learn from the Experts workshop intensives that have already happened this year.
Dog Day Afternoon
Join artist and tutor Flossie Peitsch on Sunday 6 July for Dog Day Afternoon, a portraiture class with a doggone difference.
In this dog portraiture workshop, canine-loving participants will learn all the skills necessary to forever immortalise their precious pooch in an artwork. Bring along a favourite shot of your furry friend, study their unique structure and character, and learn how to draw portraits from a photograph. You will have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of materials, such as charcoal, pencils and pastels, to explore the possibilities of dog portraiture drawing on paper. Participants are encouraged to bring along a good quality photograph or image of their dog to use as their ‘model’.
The workshop will conclude with a Dog Day Afternoon exhibition (the Dog Archibald of the West!) and you’re welcome to bring your four-legged friend along to admire (or sniff) your finished creation. There’ll even be dog biscuits for our special guests.
This workshop is limited to 12 participants.
Sunday 6 July
11am – 4pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$65
Bookings essential. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Arlene TextaQueen
Arlene TextaQueen returns to Footscray Community Arts Centre armed with felt-tip markers and ready to use them in the name of art at two intensive workshops.
Arlene graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Western Australia in 1995 and subsequently rediscovered her childhood devotion to the texta. In the past decade she has been re-con-texta-ualising the traditional salon nude with wide exposure including drawing, digital animation, performance and print.
Life Drawing Workshop with Textas
If you have a talent for drawing, then why not try your hand at this life drawing class with a difference. Create your own work of art with a felt tip marker. This workshop offers four hours of model time, with model poses to be negotiated with the participants.
Sunday 4 May
11am – 4pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$65
Bookings essential Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
TextaQueen Mother’s Day Children’s Portrait Workshop
Last year dads and granddads were immortalized in texta. This year it’s time for budding young artists to honour the special lady in their life. Children aged 6 to 12 years create a felt tip portrait of their mum, grandmother or any other special person they bring along to model. Participants will develop a personalised portrait in texta to be laminated as a gift.
Sunday 11 May (Mother’s Day)
1pm – 3pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$24 full / $18 concession
Bookings essential Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Sista She MCing Intensive
Following the success of their MCing workshop intensive last year, Candy Bowers and Sarah Ward, the talented artists behind groundbreaking hip-hop comedy act Sista She, return to lead a workshop for young female performers 16 years and over.
Candy (Rasheda EDA MC) and Sarah (Sheila MC EILA) have trained and worked in the entertainment industry for over five years. They have performed on stage and screen as actors, singers, comedians and hip hop artists. They first stepped on stage as Sista She in 2002 and since then they have taken their dynamic act around the country. In 2008 the pair will be seen around Footscray a lot as they work with us as Artists In Residence.
If you’re interested in hip-hop or rap music theatre, you have the chance to join Sista She for an intensive weekend of rapping, microphone technique, stage craft and songwriting.
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April
11am – 4pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$130 full/$90 concession
Bookings essential Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Songwriting with Rebecca Barnard
Following the success of her 2007 Workshop Intensive, Rebecca Barnard returns to Footscray Community Arts Centre to lead a second weekend songwriting workshop for women aged from 16 years. This Learn from the Experts workshop intensive for intermediate to advanced musicians will look at lyrics, singing, song structure, instrumentation, arranging songs and the music industry.
Rebecca is one of Australia’s finest singer-songwriters whose band, Rebecca’s Empire, enjoyed huge popular success in Australia during the 1990s. She has performed with many of Australia’s leading musicians including Paul Kelly, Deborah Conway, Renee Geyer, The Meanies and Warped.
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March
11am – 4pm each day
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$130 full / $90 concession
Bookings essential Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Group Percussion Workshop with Nicky Bomba
The first chance for musicians to learn from an expert will be a workshop intensive with reggae dynamo Nicky Bomba, leader of renowned Australian band Bomba.
An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Nicky Bomba has played with top Australian artists including John Butler, Tim Finn, Killing Heidi, Joe Camilleri, Nick Barker, Ross Hannaford and Ross Wilson. He has done everything from songwriting, mentoring for SONGLINES Indigenous Association and producing CDs, to touring the festival circuit in Australia and abroad. He will lead a group percussion workshop for intermediate to advanced emerging musicians.
Saturday 2 February
11am – 4pm
Footscray Community Arts Centre
$65
Bookings essential Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
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