Tropical Art Classes

Tropical Art Classes develop creativity!

So much beauty surrounds you! How you may wish that there were easily accessible tropical art classes, which would help you to gain important visual or written skills with which to express your ideas!

Help is at hand!

A number of art groups in small and larger towns in North Queensland provide a variety of tropical art classes for residents and visitors alike.

You may need to ask around to satisfy yourself about the level of professionalism and the emphasis of the different groups. For example a group may emphasise craft skills such as pottery, sewing, weaving or leather work or the more traditional fine art skills of drawing, painting and sculpture.

They may hold regular, structured courses with defined aims and outcomes or be more of a social networking group where people of similar interests may work in a convivial atmosphere.

Here you see students from the Port Douglas English Language School proudly displaying their morning's work.

Then there are writing, music and performing arts groups to add another dimension to your creative experience.

I have seen many a new friendship forged over the printing press, indigo dyeing vat or during an outdoor sketching class!

Sometimes a course of a certain length would not be suitable if you can only stay for a few days. But then, a weekend workshop in some facet of, say, watercolour, that you have always wanted to explore, might be just perfect.

For residents of North Queensland the choice is amazing. It would almost be worth moving to North Queensland for a few years just to sample some of the hobby and vocational tropical art classes on offer!

For an introduction to hot glass, Hoglunds Art Glass studio holds one hour or one day workshops in the Whyanbeel Valley. No experience needed; this instructive and fun activity is brilliant for small groups or individuals.

Arthouse Port Douglas leads the way in tropical art classes in Port Douglas, with Douglas Arts Base in Mossman, Cairns Potters Group and Cairns Regional Gallery all running regular, structured short courses.

Many of the regional courses are subsidised by shire councils (eg Arthouse and Douglas Arts Base owe their success to a combination of financial assistance from Arts Queensland's RADF fund and teams of skilled volunteer and paid arts workers).

TAFE and JCU have campuses in Townsville and Cairns. They offer certificate and degree courses in many aspects of visual arts and writing.

So whether you live in Far North Queensland or are a first-time or regular visitor to this special part of the world�take the plunge�have a go�it may change your life forever!

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