Square Edge Community Arts regularly runs creative workshops for the community.
We also host independent artists who use our venue hire spaces to run their own creative workshops.
Square Edge Community Arts Workshops
glass hanging stars
wednesday 15 july
10.00am-12.00pm
$15 per person
ages 18+
Creative space, level 1
47 The Square, Palmerston North
oil painting with jennifer baker
6 week course
wednesday 11am – 12.30pm
26 august – 30 september
$125 per person
all materials provided
47 The Square, Palmerston North
In a relaxing and fun environment, learn how to organise your palette, mix colour, develop form and create beautiful compositions with oils.
Suitable for beginners and those looking to refine their skills.
Make a carnation
10.30am-12.00pm
Friday 24 July
creative space, Level 1
$15 per person
47 The Square, Palmerston North
weaving a konae
Saturday 25 july
10.30am-1.30pm
$15 per person
Age 16+
47 The Square, Palmerston North
Join us for a raranga workshop where you will learn how to weave a simple kōnae using harakeke.
What You’ll Learn:
- Basic tikanga when working with harakeke
- How to prepare and handle harakeke correctly
- A simple over-under weaving technique
- How to create your own kōnae (small flax basket)
ink without perfectionism
5 week course
wednesday 6-8pm
22 july – 19 august
$125 per person
all materials provided
47 The Square, Palmerston North
ton North
Workshop 1: A Taste of Ink – Playful Marks & First Impressions.
This is a fun and exploratory introduction to Intaglio printmaking where you get to experience the basics of printmaking, tools, inking, and pulling a first small print through a pasta maker.
Workshop 2: Scratches, Scribbles and First Prints.
Experiment with different kinds of mark making by creating your first Intaglio drypoint – no masterpieces expected! Experience the different print effects of mark making from different plates.
Workshop 3: Tone, Texture & Happy Accidents.
Embrace a non-perfectionistic creative response to unexpected results by thinking creatively around accidents. Explore tonal depth, building texture, and layer your image.
Workshop 4: Images with Attitude.
We adopt a simple non-perfectionistic approach to the secrets of punchy images by translating loose marks into expressive images, trusting simple imagery and making creative decisions.
Workshop 5: Printing Party and Mini Edition.
This is the celebratory moment of your playful printmaking series where you get to make a small edition. We cover edition printing basics such as consistent printing, signing and numbering prints, maker’s marks, reflection and next steps.
A Playful Printmaking Workshop Using Pasta Makers.
A relaxed, five-part intaglio printmaking workshop series.
No experience required, just curiosity. Designed to build confidence and finish with a small edition of expressive prints.
email reception@ca.org.nz to register
email reception@ca.org.nz to register
printing on clay
with Jennifer Turnbull
Saturday 5th september
9.30am-4.00pm
$100 per person
suitable for experienced potters
workshop space, ground floor
47 The Square, Palmerston North
fibre art drop in!
every Friday, 11am-2pm
workshop space, ground floor
free – no registration required
Drop in any time between 11am and 2pm to work alongside and meet other fibre artists in the community.
Workshops By Independent Artists
To book these workshops contact the artists directly