Staff Spotlight: Ashlee
MEET OUR ART MANIA FAMILY: ASHLEE We decided it was past time to introduce our staff to you all. Many you may know, but there are several others, quietly working behind the scenes that are crucial to keeping Art Mania on track and able to run all the fantastic classes, workshops and taster days. So […]
HEBEL SCULPTURE
Wow! Can you believe it? We’re almost at the end of term one. It feels like we only started the year a week or so ago. The good thing about end of term though, is we all get to check out next term’s classes and workshops and decide which ones we’d like to attend. Before […]
Sea, Space and Beyond
If you find yourself with time on your hands this month, go check out an art exhibition at Newcastle museum. I’m not suggesting this because I have work in this exhibition. I suggest it because it’s not your typical art exhibition. This show is the collaboration of The Newcastle City Council and Vision Australia. The […]
International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s day. The day to celebrate all women and our successes, achievements, our lives. It seems very timely to me, that the opening of my first major art exhibition has fallen just before International women’s day. I know I wouldn’t have got where I am if it weren’t for the women in […]
Love Your Pet Day
Today is Love Your Pet day. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to tell you about the animals in my life. I’ve been lucky in my life. I’ve had the opportunity to touch several different species of animal. The first time I remember, I was around eight. It was a Koala and I remember being amazed how woolly it […]
How journaling made me organised
When I was a child and couldn’t find my shoes or some other possession, mum would tell me that she would not always be around to find things for me. That as a person who is blind, it was even more important that I was organised and put my things away where they belong. Every […]
Fear and Empowerment
Ask any of my family or friends, and they will tell you that I have been petrified of snakes all my life. I’ve suffered with nightmares about snakes since I was around four. A few months ago, Art Mania started a regular group art session at the Hunter Wetlands. I am a regular member of […]
Jumping into 2021
JUMPING INTO 2021 Welcome to 2021 and a brand new exciting year at Art Mania. Now that the year has started, it’s time to work out where each of us want to be by the end of the year. I know the tradition is to make new years resolutions, the majority of which are abandoned […]
ART AS VOICE
I am naturally an introvert and have a tendency to be shy. At high school I was bullied by the other students and made to feel that it was dangerous to excel at anything or to speak up, especially not to speak up for myself. I was an easy target. We all know that teenagers […]
MEET OUR NEW DRAWING TEACHER
A big welcome to our drawing teacher, Gail! Gail has lived in Wallsend for 30 years with her husband & 5 children. Gail completed her Fine Arts Diploma at Hunter Street TAFE, graduating from Newcastle University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, then with an Honours degree in 2011. Her work is inspired […]
