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Visual Arts

Through experienced programming that is tailored to your needs and abilities in a friendly social environment, you’ll meet people, learn skills that you can transfer to all areas of your life, and most of all, have fun!

We offer programs for beginners to advanced, including workshops and exhibitions. There is so much to gain from learning together in a supportive group environment – develop your teamwork skills, concentration or ability to communicate with others. 

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Students can learn different art techniques at Wesley Arts.

Workshops

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Group, one-on-one and customised workshops are available across Brisbane and online. Join one of our regular group sessions, or ask about how we can tailor a workshop to suit you.

Open Studio workshop

  • Exploring sensory experiences and sensory integration
  • Creating new ways to look at things and growth mindset
  • Increases in self-awareness and confidence
  • Fun with experimentation 

Come and explore mark-making with artist Christine Butler exploring a range of media. This is a weekly process of experimentation, getting to know different visual arts techniques to find what really works for you. Then creating some significant works.

Location
136 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

Christine Butler, Wesley Arts teacher

Facilitator for this workshop:
Christine Butler

Christine runs “The Little Art Cottage” with art classes in many different mediums. Known for her bold and lively scribble dog portraits scratching and scribbling many layers.

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Visual arts workshop 

An enjoyable and social creative workshop series, filled with various art experiences suitable for beginners through to more advanced. Develop diverse skills using various mediums to create both 2D and 3D objects. From mixed media paintings on canvas to clay creations, the facilitators are there to guide and support you as you delve into diverse practical projects while gaining and expanding your knowledge of various art techniques.

Location
6 Pegg Road Rocklea QLD 4106

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

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Studio Group

  • Socialising and connecting with friends
  • Exploring communication around art-making and artists styles
  • Planning for the creation of new work

Through this introduction to hand-building ceramics program, participants will develop skills and knowledge in working successfully with clay to design and make their own functional, creative ceramic pieces.  With expert technical support and guidance to explore individual self-expression throughout the creative process, participants will work at their own pace to learn hand-building construction (eg slab building, coil building, pinch pot methods) and decoration techniques (eg painting with underglazes, imprinting and carving textures etc) while making a project of their own unique design

Throughout each session participants will participate in a positive community activity with opportunity to develop their social and communication skills, as well as having the experience of successfully turning an idea into a finished project, increase individual confidence and independence while having fun and being creative. 
Location
136 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

Facilitator for this workshop:
Rhianon Vichta

Rhianon is an artist, art therapist, social program evaluator and homelessness researcher, but mostly she just loves to make stuff that makes people happy.

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Studio Group

Choose your own adventure!

In the first week of this studio program participants will each be able to identify 1 or 2 new techniques they would like to learn. This could include painting, craft, printmaking, sculpture, clay or whatever your creativity needs to flourish. Our facilitator will plan the program from these contributions. Some excursions may take place.

Location
136 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

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Visual arts workshop

An enjoyable and social creative workshop series filled with various art experiences. Develop diverse skills using various mediums. Our facilitators are there to guide and support you as you delve into diverse practical projects while gaining and expanding your knowledge of various art techniques.

Runs with the 2023 school term: 

  • 23 January - 31 March
  • 17 April - 23 June
  • 10 July - 15 September
  • 3 October - 8 December
Location
652 Albany Creek Road Albany Creek Qld 4035

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

Terri Horner

Facilitator for this workshop:
Terri Horner

Terri runs numerous visual art and crafting workshops for Wesley Arts as well as assisting in office administration.

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Studio Group

  • Confidence building
  • Exploring fine motor skills in new art techniques
  • Socialising and relationship building
  • Understanding new techniques and moving into new comfort zones

Workshops will assist artists in developing their artistic practice towards exhibitions through participation in the exploration of materials and techniques and the development of concepts. The workshop includes practical workshops providing instruction in technique and process, excursions, writing artistic intents, writing grant proposals, developing bodies of work and following processes that will result in exhibition standards. 

Location
136 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

Facilitator for this workshop:
Duane Doyle

Duane is a Jiman (Yimen) man from Carnarvon Gorge country. Duane 's artwork implements the power of Dadirri (deep listening) meditation. He is a notable part of the West End community, working as a cultural educator and public artist.

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Studio Group

  • Socialising and connecting with friends
  • Exploring communication around art-making and artists styles
  • Planning for the creation of new work

This studio will focus on an individualised plan for each participant. You will have an opportunity to discuss your vision or your practice with the facilitator and from there a plan for the term will be put into place. This group will also have the opportunity to dive into conceptual and experimental practices to consider new ways their artwork can tell the world what is important to them.

Location
136 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

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Studio Group

  • Socialising and connecting with friends
  • Exploring communication around art-making and artists styles
  • Planning for the creation of new work

This studio will focus on an individualised plan for each participant. You will have an opportunity to discuss your vision or your practice with the facilitator and from there a plan for the term will be put into place. This group will also have the opportunity to dive into conceptual and experimental practices to consider new ways their artwork can tell the world what is important to them. Some participants stay the entire day.

Location
136 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

 

New NDIS participants $39.87 per hour. 

Non-NDIS discounted bursaries available.

 

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Mentorships

With our mentorship programs, you can work alongside one of our professional staff to build skills in a real gallery. Mentorship options include: 

  • Instilling an exhibition

A one-week mentorship looking at the ways an exhibition is instilled, including framing, curating the spaces and techniques for hanging and presentation. We offer six of these mentorships per year.

  • Managing a collection

Learn how to manage an art collection. Work alongside us to ensure the successful transportation and installation of art works in various places around Brisbane, and learn documentation, contracting and lease agreement processes. This mentorship involves attending Art From The Margins Gallery and Studios for a half-day each week for 12 weeks.

  • Managing events

Events management mentorships align with the specific events that take place at Art From The Margins Gallery and Studios throughout the year. Whether you are working on an opening event or a public program of activities, you'll learn transferable skills in stage management, producing and programming. 

Each mentorship is costed differently.

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Residencies and Studio hire

Are you an artist looking for a studio space? We offer full-time, part-time, or single-day residencies where we provide you with a small studio space and resources in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane. Costs vary depending on your needs.

Projects

Art from the Margins Gallery & Studios

Registered NDIS provider

Exhibitions and professional workshops to support and promote talented artists in Brisbane and beyond living with mental health issues, physical or intellectual disabilities or experiencing homelessness and social isolation.

  • Our exhibition program hosts a number of artists per year with opportunities for artwork sales and mentoring. 
  • Our workshops focus on skills development, professional development and artist support.
Exterior building of Art from the Margins in Fortitude Valley

Past exhibitions

When Two Worlds Meet

An abstract painting from the Two Worlds Meet exhibition, from Arts from the Margins gallery

‘When Two Worlds Meet’ is an insight into the creative worlds of two local Queensland artists, Annika Strand and Tom Doyle, who both live with cerebral palsy.

This exhibition is open until 3 June 2022 at the Art From The Margins Gallery. 

  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10 am – 4 pm
  • Admission: Free

Location

Art from the Margins Gallery & Studios

Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley
QLD 4006

FKG National Reconciliation Week Art Showcase 2022

Indigenous artwork from Arts from The Margins gallery

This project seeks to foster education and understanding of First Nations communities by representing artists who experience barriers to exhibiting their art commercially. 

This exhibition is open until 6 June 2022.

  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8 am – 5 pm.
  • Admission: Free

Location

106 Newmarket Rd
Windsor
QLD 4030

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