Organisers: Di Smallfield, Marci Tackett, Kathy Boyle
The PCANZ 2024 Summer School programme is now open for expressions of interest!
An exciting, immersive week of printmaking and connecting with printmakers from around the country.
Not a member of PCANZ? To join us to register for Summer School, click here.
Choose the 4-day course or 2 x 2-day courses from the 7 options with accommodation and meals all on site.
Workshops: 4-day $396, 2-day $198
Workshops are on Monday, Tuesday, then again on Thursday, Friday leaving a free day on Wednesday to explore Wellington's galleries, cafes, sight see, etc.
There will be an extra cost for materials specific to each workshop. You will be informed with workshop confirmation.
Accommodation and meals: $618
Queen Margaret College Hostel, 53 Hobson Street, Wellington 6011 from Sunday 7 - Friday 12 January 2024. Your booking is an all inclusive cost to cover 5 nights, 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners.
Scholarship:
The new Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship is now open for applications. To learn more or apply, click here.
Summer School 2024 programme:
Details of each workshop plus hostel accommodation and meals are below or
Download printable pdf of Summer School 2024 programme here
Summer School Workshop and Hostel Bookings: BOOKINGS VIA THIS FORM NOW CLOSED.
For Open Studio bookings, please go to the ‘Open Studio option’ section below.
Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 January. Join me, Numa Mackenzie aka Numa Nature’s Gentleman, to learn about traditional and contemporary printing techniques of the moana. You will be cutting your own unique patterns into wood? blocks to print on to fabric, big and small.
Read MoreMonday 8 & Tuesday 9 January. Explore the versatility of low-tech screen printing in this two-day workshop. While the methods we are employing are basic, this workshop may appeal to people interested in slowing down their process to develop a practical understanding of how they want to work with inks, layering and the silk screen.
Read MoreMonday 8 & Tuesday 9 January. In this class we will experiment with different ways to monoprint with this gorgeous medium. We will work on different surfaces from traditional print paper to transparent thin papers to use in collage and chine collé.
Read MoreThursday 11 & Friday 12 January. During this 2-day workshop Edwards will share some insights into her approach including printing from Te Taiao (environment) and developing that imagery into a “generation” of work.
Read MoreThursday 11 & Friday 12 January. In this two-day workshop participants will make mezzotint plates and apply a variety of media to create an image(s) for printing. We will consider print matrix, weights of silk/ organza and types of media used to create an image (transparency and opacity).
Read MoreThursday 11 & Friday 12 January. Learn how to design and make one of a kind, handcrafted jewellery pieces from recycled prints and other papers - wearable necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and brooches that reflect your personal style.
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