Classes start at Ettalong centre

Ettalong Beach Arts and Craft Centre will be commencing its term three classes from July 21.

The nine-week classes available for adults include patchwork and quilting, pottery, folk art, oils and acrylics, drawing and pastels, watercolour painting and silk dyeing.

Fees for adults are $90 per term for nine weeks plus a $10 membership fee.

Children's classes are also available in art and cost $50 for an eight-week term.

Prospective students are invited to call into the centre during class times to meet the tutors, inspect the facility and see firsthand what the classes have to offer.

The patchwork and quilting class is held on Mondays from 10am to 12 noon, while the pottery class is held on the same day from 10am to 3pm.

On Tuesdays, the folk art class runs from 9.30am to 11.30am and the silk dyeing class begins at 1pm and finishes at 3pm.

Oils and acrylics are held on Wednesdays from 9am to 11am and pastels and drawing from 11.30am to 1.30pm on the same day.

On Thursday, the children's art class is run after school from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.

Each Friday will see the watercolour painting class held from 10am to 12noon.

The Ettalong centre will also be holding a "Modelling the Head in Clay" workshop with Izette Felthun on August 16.

The workshop runs from 9am to 4pm at the centre for an $80 fee.

According to Ms Felthun, the workshop will take advantage of the expressive potential of clay, creating expression of flesh using the earthy tones of the medium.

Bookings are essential for the one-day workshop and fees are payable by August 3.

Newsletter, 4 Jul 2008 Multi Arts Confederation