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Saturday 13 Nov
9.30am -12.30pm Know Your Digital Camera
Shaun Burdon $30
Beginners workshop. Learn how to use the dials and icons and take photos using different settings.

  10.00am - 3.00pm Plein Air - Painting Outdoors
Nigel Wilson $20
Learn how to plan and complete a landscape painting using
acrylics or oils in the wide open spaces. It’ll give a new dimension to your painting.

  9.30am - 3.00pm
Sat / Sun
Making a Pizza Oven
Grant Jefcoate $80
Hands on workshop learning how to build a Pizza Oven for your own garden area.

  10.00am - 3.00pm Biodiversity Field Trip (1)
$5 Aldinga Conservation Area - a project reinstating original
species. View Mokomoko (rare Otago Skink) and help with
new plantings and weed eradication. Car Pool.

  1.00pm - 4.00pm Beginners Screen Printing
Ruth Arnott $20
Screen print two of your own designs onto a T-shirt and/or
fabric for a skirt or tote bag.

       
       
Sunday 14 Nov
10.00am - 2.00pm Photographic Field Trip - Historic Buildings
Anne Marie Hope-Cross $30. Climb in the van, with your camera, lunch and drink and photograph various historic buildings in our area.

  1.00pm - 3.00pm Children’s Chocolate Making Treats
Shona Bain $10
Children aged 6 - 12 years make and decorate treats ready for gifts.
       
       
Monday 15 Nov 9.30am - 12.30pm Weaving Flax Flowers & Baskets
Stacy Nicholas $20
Create flax flowers and two and four corner baskets. More
information check Bellebird Flax Flowers and art on Facebook.


  9.30am - 12.30pm Hypertufa Pots
Louise Joyce $25
Design and make your own hypertufa garden pot from
cement and peat mix, adding your own mosaic decoration.

  10.00am - 2.00pm Beginners Rug Making
Judith Brook $40
Learn several old rug making techniques to create a contemporary rug with recycled materials.

  12.00 noon Indonesian Cooking
Clair Higginson $10
Making of gado gado and rujak - learn, taste and hear about
the culture as Clair talks about her time in Indonesia.

  2.00pm - 3.30pm Tea Making with Local Herbs & Shrubs
Helen Hillis $10
An opportunity to identify and sample many locally grown
foliage and flowers that make delicious teas.

  6.30pm - 9.00pm Garden to Table
Helen Hillis $12
Explore an established garden, sampling produce from over
100 edible plants grown amongst the natives and exotics.

  7.00pm - 9.00pm Chocolate Making After Dinner Treats
Shona Bain $20 Learn melting techniques and the process of making hollow products, and filling and hand swirling chocolate.

  6.30pm - 7.30pm Introduction to African Dance
Anna Robinson $10
West African dance with live drumming.
       
       
Tuesday 16 Nov
10.00am - 12.00pm Contemporary Wreaths with Wild Flowers & Herbs
Helen Hillis - Louise Joyce $12
Design a wreath using local wild plants - discussion on location of and plant treatment.

  10.00am - 3.00pm Reusable/Recyclable Mixed Media Art
Ro Bradshaw $25
Experience mix and matching art effects as you create your own art work.

  10.00am - 3.00pm Felt Making
Jill McColl $50 (including materials)
Workshop designed for participants at any level. Make and
experiment with felt while you create your garment.

  12.00 noon Thai Cooking
Jiji Weigel $10
Demonstration/tasting and learn about the Thai culture.

  3.15pm - 4.30pm Children’s Bucket Gardens
Helen Hillis $5
Containers provided for children to make their own edible garden. Plants, seeds, and soil provided.

  4.15pm - 5.15pm Grafting Fruit Trees
Ben Elms $10
Learn timing and techniques for grafting materials from a special tree or grafting several varieties to an existing tree.

  5.30pm - 7.30pm Chooks in the Town & Country
Ben Elms $10
“Having chooks should be fun and easy”. Visit a country and town chook house. Receive valuable information.

  7.00pm - 9.00pm Make your Own Hand Cream
Carole Gillions $12
Using beeswax and vegetable wax create two hand creams.

       
       
Wednesday 17 Nov
9.30am - 12.30pm Creating Country Cottage and French Style Effects
Jim Robbie $15 (includes materials) A chance to rejuvenate a
piece of furniture with a Provence look using milk paint.

  9.30am - 10.30am Tai Chi Interactive Demonstration
Kathy Smith/ Anne Mills No Cost
Join the Tai Chi class - gentle movements but oh so good!

  10.00am - 12.00pm Drawing Workshop
Liz Kempthorne $12
Everyone can draw. Learn observation techniques to create
your own still life.

  12.00 noon Japanese Cooking
Noriko Stewart $10
Demonstration/tasting and learn about Japanese culture.

  1.00pm - 3.00pm Mixed Media Art
Liz Kempthorne $12
Create a unique artwork using multi-media effects.

  1.30pm - 3.30pm Making Mosaic Paver Stone
Louise Joyce $20
Design and create paver using colourful mosaic tiles.

  1.30pm - 3.00pm Herbs and Skincare
Carole Gillions No Cost
Identifying herbs and understanding their properties in
relation to skincare.

  3.30pm - 4.30pm Making a Clay Creature
Juliet Novena Sorrel $5
For children 6 years and up. They will use clay and natural
materials to create their own creature.

  5.30pm Foraging Food with the Family
Helen Hillis $10 per family
Lots of fun, and satisfaction while searching and gathering
food growing in public places - fun and learning for all.

  6.30pm - 9.30pm Bone Carving
Grant Jefcoate $20
Using basic tools design and create your own bone carving.

  7.00pm - 9.00pm Belly Dancing Turkish Style
Melissa Bryant $12
A workshop of fun, laughter and Turkish style belly dancing.
Feel gorgeous - treat yourself with Turkish Delight at the end!

  7.30pm - 9.30pm Comedy Improvisation Workshop
Topher Straus $12
Interactive workshop using improvisation games. For those
who enjoy spontaneity humour and being in the moment.
       
       
Thursday 18 Nov 9.30am - 10.30am Introduction to Yoga
Cushla Kelly $10
Stretch your limbs and breathe freely in an introductory yoga session.

  9.30am - 2.30pm How to Make a Video/Short Film that’s Worth Watching
Heather Smith $35 Use your own digital camera.
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  10.00am - 12.00pm Paper Art
Alan Waters $10
Using one piece of paper create a piece of 3 dimensional art
- a magic and fun experience!

  12.00 noon Dutch Cooking
Helena Heydelaar $10
Demonstration/tasting and learn about the area where Helena is from - ‘the treasures of Dutch cooking’.

  1.00pm - 3.00pm Drawing Caricatures
Alan Waters $15
Skills to interpret and exaggerate visual observation – drawing
that will create instant laughter.

  3.30pm - 4.30pm Cute Clips &Funky Brooches
Hiromi Kuroe $10
Using left over craft scraps make fun jewellery 7-13 age group

  6.30pm - 8.00pm Calligraphy
Hiromi Kuroe $15
Learn the basics of the 3 different Japanese alphabets.
Reproduce your name or a simple sentence using brushes and ink.

       
       
Friday 19 Nov 10.00am - 2.00pm Pastel Drawing
Maggie Cross $15
Complete a still life picture learning how to use colour to show
tonal depth.

  9.30am - 12.30pm Know your Own Camera
Shaun Burdon $30
Bring your own digital camera and learn what the dials and icons do. Take photos using different settings.

  12.00 noon French Cooking
Catherine Holgate $10
Demonstration/tasting and learn about French cuisine.

  7.30pm Pecha Kucha Artist Night
Central Stories.
Come and be part of a shared art evening - artists have 6
minutes each to share their work. No cost.

       
       
Saturday 20 Nov 9.30am - 11.30am Rolling Compost
Peter Thompson $10
How to build a Rotary Composer using reused materials. Keep
rodents and dogs away and compost tidy.

  9.30am - 4.00pm Oamaru Stone Sculpture
Debbie Paton $40
Design and create your own piece of sculpture.

  10.00am - 2.30pm Biodiversity Field Trip (2)
$5. View and discuss unique cryptic species and original Totara forest in the Makaka Katia and Locharburn Scientific Reserves.

  10.00am - 12.00pm Jazz Dance Workshop
Olivia van den Yssel $10. For children aged 8 - 13 yrs.

  2.00pm - 5.00pm Lets Sing
Claire Stevens $10.
A fun, make noise, sing and feel great with the support of like
minded people.