Learn how to take photographs that tell your story as an artist. Photographs that convey emotion and create impact.

City of Ballarat and Craft Victoria present…

iPhoneography for makers | Photographing your work in the digital age

Only 15 places in this workshop available!

In this series of workshops, textile artist Deb Weston will take a bale of waste wool, rescued from landfill and put out the challenge to see if the community can successfully re-purpose this waste.

April 3 will be the launch with the unveiling of the bale of materials saved from landfill.

Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.

Katie Chancellor is a contemporary artist whose practice has evolved from urban art paste ups into colourful birds painted on wood panels, symbolic of her memories growing up on a farm in Alexandra. She creates large, vibrant, abstract paintings while her quirky creatures will continue to appear through film, projection, mural, sound art, drawing or in a laneways.

Neville French is a ceramic artist who works mainly with porcelain to create sculptural vessels that explore place and space. His exhibition pieces evoke notions of quietude and transcendence through the expressive use of wood fired glaze and its relationship to form, tactility, space and light. Neville will also have a selection of functional dinner ware alongside his equisite exhibition pieces.

Talks at 10am each day

Laura is a works with paint and mixed media to create her work. She has a diverse background which includes having established a Screen-Printing studio, an art tutoring business, working as a disability and arts practitioner and has led art workshops in a variety of techniques to hundreds of students. Demonstrations 1-3pm each day

Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.

As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .

Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.

Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm

Tammy respectfully acknowledges Country and her ancestors and elders who have stood
before her. The spiritual connection to her ancestors and country, has guided her to revitalise and continue cultural practices today such as weaving.

Tammy says,” weaving is part of my journey as an Aboriginal woman, woven circles represent
the yarning over the years and the passing of knowledge, cultural identity, strength, family and
resilience.” Join Tammy while she shares her stories and weaving skills.

Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.

Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.

Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.

Susan’s abstract floral and botanical works seeks to capture and communicate the dynamism and magic of nature through fluid, expressionistic and colourful interpretations of nature’s treasures. Primarily working in acrylics, mixed media and occasionally oils, Susan is inspired by her beautiful and everchanging garden where he children play while she works on her verandah.

Fibre Arts Australia invites you to visit workshops in progress by international artists and exhibitions of Fibre Art in the Beckworth Gallery and the Cleaver Wing. View their Artist in Residence, Jenny Toye and ask her about her art practice. A Pop-Up shop will be trading on Saturday with Fibre Art traders and booksellers.

Hear from Ballarat Societry of Artists member, Trudy Nicholson, talk about her work with pastels.

Hear from Ballarat Societry of Artists member, Trudy Nicholson, talk about her work with pastels.

Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.

Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm

As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .

Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.

Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, symbology and process and art materials, so that the artwork bridges different eras of human history, with the aim that we may know ourselves more deeply. Always, as a process to exploring meaning from the multi-facets of human experience.

Neville French is a ceramic artist who works mainly with porcelain to create sculptural vessels that explore place and space. His exhibition pieces evoke notions of quietude and transcendence through the expressive use of wood fired glaze and its relationship to form, tactility, space and light. Neville will also have a selection of functional dinner ware alongside his equisite exhibition pieces.

Talks at 10am each day

Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.

Susan’s abstract floral and botanical works seeks to capture and communicate the dynamism and magic of nature through fluid, expressionistic and colourful interpretations of nature’s treasures. Primarily working in acrylics, mixed media and occasionally oils, Susan is inspired by her beautiful and everchanging garden where he children play while she works on her verandah.

Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.

Paul Ryle s a ‘green woodworker’ using freshly cut timber and traditional hand tools. He specialise in heritage crafts which are now called ‘rare’, ‘lost’ or ‘forgotten’ trades. Pauls' range includes hay rakes, tool handles, spoons, ‘shrink pots’ and garden dibbers, all made from locally sourced timbers. Paul also runs regular workshops in the centuries old tradition of green wordworking.

Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.

Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.

Katie Chancellor is a contemporary artist whose practice has evolved from urban art paste ups into colourful birds painted on wood panels, symbolic of her memories growing up on a farm in Alexandra. She creates large, vibrant, abstract paintings while her quirky creatures will continue to appear through film, projection, mural, sound art, drawing or in a laneways.

Fibre Arts Australia invites you to visit workshops in progress by international artists and exhibitions of Fibre Art in the Beckworth Gallery and the Cleaver Wing. View their Artist in Residence, Jenny Toye and ask her about her art practice. A Pop-Up shop will be trading on Saturday with Fibre Art traders and booksellers.

Explore the evolution of fashion with this 18th century French themed drawing workshop focusing on fabric and form.

Fiona Crawford will discuss the embroidered textiles in her current exhibition created in vintage linen, thread and text, and how her methodologies and materials have enabled her to not only transgress conventions but also explore and reinterpret women’s stories.

Twelve selected participants will have the opportunity to work with Vipoo to bring their superhero designs to life as ceramic sculptures as part of the Ballarat Open Studios: Art of Making program. Please fill out the form below and submit to us and you could have the opportunity to attend one of these special workshops. Submissions due 13 March 2020 . We will advise the successful candidates the week beginning 16 March 2020. You do not need to have had any experience with ceramics and people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Twelve selected participants will have the opportunity to work with Vipoo to bring their superhero designs to life as ceramic sculptures as part of the Ballarat Open Studios: Art of Making program. Please fill out the form below and submit to us and you could have the opportunity to attend one of these special workshops. Submissions due 13 March 2020 . We will advise the successful candidates the week beginning 16 March 2020. You do not need to have had any experience with ceramics and people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Decades of research by Clare Gervasoni and Dorothy Wickham has led them to consider various stories concerning the Eureka Flag. This talk will highlight their discoveries.

Free event. No booking required.

This event features internationally recognised artist, Kate Just, who will introduce her practice and discuss how artists have deployed textiles to comment on social inequity and injustice, including from a feminist perspective. Kate will then chair a panel discussion with artists from our region who share in common a socially-engaged textile art practice.

You are invited you to pop in to our pop up where you can show off and share you work, or catch up on advice, encouragement and problem solving in the wonderful world of colourful, creative crochet that we inhabit. You can see our current project - crafting a new, full size Eureka flag from 10cm x 10cm granny squares.

Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.

Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm

Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, symbology and process and art materials, so that the artwork bridges different eras of human history, with the aim that we may know ourselves more deeply. Always, as a process to exploring meaning from the multi-facets of human experience.

Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.

Joan Tallant is a Realist/Impressionist painter and my subject matter is quite varied - still life, figurative, landscapes, seascapes, animals, portraits, etc… Her usual mediums are pastel and oil with some pen and watercolour.

Laura is a works with paint and mixed media to create her work. She has a diverse background which includes having established a Screen-Printing studio, an art tutoring business, working as a disability and arts practitioner and has led art workshops in a variety of techniques to hundreds of students. Demonstrations 1-3pm each day

Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.

Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.

As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .

Maggie Dannatt is a pet portrait artist working with soft pastels on pastel paper. Maggie’s portraits may look photorealistic at first glance, however she aims for a looseness and spontaneity to show the expression and character of the much loved pet.

Ana Petidis is a studio weaver based on the unceded lands ohf the Wadawarrung/Ballarat. Having studied textiles at RMIT, her practice is process driven, often concerned with human ecology and embraces material exploration, colour and techniques. Ana hand weaves and tells stories reflecting on human relationships in western contemporary life.
Demonstration at 11am

Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.

Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.

Ian is a fine art photographer who lives in Soldiers Hill with his interest in photography beginning in 2012 with the purchase of his first DSLR. His fine art work explores the temporal nature of human life but also enjoys travel, music performance, portraiture and landscape photography.

Talks: 4 April, 2pm & 11 April, 2pm

Lynne is taking a chance and realizing her potential, and her abilities to become a practicing artist. Her works explore portraiture through a range of media on board, canvas and jigsaws using stud adhesive, acrylic paint, marker pens and oil pastels. Her new works explore the potential of acrylic as a way of expressing line.

As humans, it's imperative that we 'make'. To 'make' requires skill and attention to details. It means looking differently at the items that surround us, to slow down our world and to invest time and talent into a craft. The Lost Ones Makers Studio is a space to celebrate the Makers, Benny Mitchell and Rachel Grose .

Donna is a sculptural ceramic artist born in Ballarat and completed her Ceramic studies at Ballarat Federation University under the excellent guidance of Neville French and Mary Rasmussen. It was during this time she developed a fascination for crystalline, a difficult and fickle specialty which she continues to experimentation with. Her works are exhibited locally, across Victoria collected internationally.

Carolyn Elsworthy creates unique wearable art using the Shibori methods of stitching, wrapping, binding, pleating and folding. Carolyn manipulates colour, pattern and texture using natural organic fibres - pure cotton, silk. wool and alpaca in her work, Experimenting with fabric painting, marbling, indigo, eco dyeing and combining various methods allows Carolyn to experiment and explore the unknown.

Linda’s work weaves together historic and contemporary narratives, symbology and process and art materials, so that the artwork bridges different eras of human history, with the aim that we may know ourselves more deeply. Always, as a process to exploring meaning from the multi-facets of human experience.

Maggie Dannatt is a pet portrait artist working with soft pastels on pastel paper. Maggie’s portraits may look photorealistic at first glance, however she aims for a looseness and spontaneity to show the expression and character of the much loved pet.

Melinda and Deborah Lee will be working in the studio where they will be creating, demonstrating and conversing with visitors. Melinda will be prepping and painting a number of her signature decorated skulls and Deborah Lee will be creating a paper sculpture panel. Visitors will be able to observe the evolution of the artworks through repeated visits.

Grace Bailey's paintings are mostly metaphors for elements of the human condition, often using animals to represent different facets; love, hope, compassion, determination, etc. They are exhortations to rise above the circumstances and embrace the good, the noble and the lovely. Grace often works in front of a live audience during worship.

Joan Tallant is a Realist/Impressionist painter and my subject matter is quite varied - still life, figurative, landscapes, seascapes, animals, portraits, etc… Her usual mediums are pastel and oil with some pen and watercolour.

You are invited you to pop in to our pop up where you can show off and share you work, or catch up on advice, encouragement and problem solving in the wonderful world of colourful, creative crochet that we inhabit. You can see our current project - crafting a new, full size Eureka flag from 10cm x 10cm granny squares.