Goonawarra Neighbourhood House is adding new art classes to its 2024 program, offering low cost options to local residents.
Watercolour painting and drawing classes for beginners will be held at the neighbourhood house weekly on Wednesdays 6-7pm beginning in February. The clay play program will be held on Mondays 6-8pm, during school terms.
Neighbourhood house manager Isabella Rosinsky said the art class came about when local artist Sue McGrath kindly offered to volunteer her time to run it.
“We are very grateful to her of course because she’s a great talent and resource in our community,” she said.
“Pam will teach basic skills in watercolour painting and drawing [and] is keen to also encourage participants to make greeting cards with photos of their artworks.”
Ms Rosinsky said the clay program came about following discussions with Sue from Redfrog Ceramics across the road.
“We decided to take advantage of this local asset and make clay making more accessible to the community.
“We’ll be working in partnership and have clay making at the neighbourhood house, while firing and glazing will happen across the road.
“This is a very informal activity with no formal instruction (except for glazing with Sue) but there will be some experienced people providing some guidance.”
If clay and watercolours don’t interest you, the neighbourhood house has a range of additional activities including bread and pasta making, acrobatics, dance, gardening and more.
Details: www.goonawarranh.com.au/whats-on/
Zoe Moffatt
