A playful workshop series incorporating visual arts, drama, movement & mindfulness to explore expression & wellbeing

Keen to practice your sketching and observation skills in a relaxed environment? Be inspired by a life model in an open drawing encounter, every Friday lunchtime.

A programme for emerging, returning, and practicing artists - to explore and challenge your art practice.

Challenge and develop your art practice, all levels of ability are welcome :)

Drawing is about adventure, courage, and discipline. Join me on this fun and inventive programme to learn how to draw.

Faces, bodies, and strange creatures emerge from fabric in Sarah Cowie’s exhibition The Moon Looked at Me Funny.

November 2025 is an exhibition of new ceramics by Lyttelton based artist Nichola Shanley.

In this one-day workshop you will learn all the tips and tricks of speedweve mending which you will be able to use in everyday life. Over time you can progress to mending with shapes such as diamonds, checker patterns and hearts.

Corban Estate Arts Centre’s annual Open Arts Day provides the perfect opportunity to see behind the scenes of this creative community.

Practice, Practice, Practice: an opportunity to build confidence and experience in Harakeke Weaving. Come with your own Flax and an idea of a project to complete.

This workshop is for those who can spin a basic 2-ply yarn and who want to experiment with more advanced techniques using a spinning wheel.

This two-day workshop is designed to guide you to create a wall hanging which is unique and personal to yourself.