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September 2020
Screen Printing with Elizabeth Martin
This Screen Printing workshop will be facilitated by local artist Elizabeth Martin. In this session you will acquire a clear understanding of the processes used to print a cotton tea towel with a simple 2 layer registration using water based fabric printing inks. There will also be an opportunity to combine multiple small botanical motifs onto a second tea towel to encourage a mix and match approach to colours and layout. $40 for Members, $80 Non Members Max 12…
Find out more »August 2020
AENT MEETING – Members and Friends of AENT All Welcome
Link to Agenda for Meeting & Link to Minutes from Previous Meeting
Find out more »June 2020
Rescheduled: 2020 AGM
AENT's 2020 AGM will be @ Darwin Ski Club, 4.30pm, Wednesday, 24th June 2020. Nibbles provided
Find out more »Cancelled: One day Introduction to Botanical Illustrations in mixed media – Jasmine Jan
We hope to be able to offer this workshop later in the year. In this one course participants will be introduced to a range of techniques for combining watercolour, graphite and coloured pencil to produce detailed illustrations around a botanical theme. Participants will learn how to build colour details with watercolour washes whilst building form and volume using graphite and then adding finer details and textures using a combination of graphite and coloured pencil. Participants will also learn tips to…
Find out more »May 2020
Sketch ‘n’ Sip – Online drawing session
Sketch ‘n’ Sip – Online drawing session Join us on Friday evening, the 22nd May for a light and fun Zoom drawing session while you sip on a glass of your favourite beverage and whip up a little drawing of one of Darwin’s favourite flowers: The Heliconia. You will also have the option of turning your drawing into a printed postcard, if you want. It will cost $40 for 60 postcards at TopEndPrint, this is a DIY component though –…
Find out more »March 2020
CANCELLED: An evening of Life Drawing with Shilo
This event has sadly been cancelled due to the current COVID-19 situation. Pre-payments are in the process of being refunded. CANCELLED: A Friday Evening of Life Drawing
Find out more »February 2020
Professional Development opportunity at MAGNT – with Kate Murphy
Thursday 20 Feb Time 3.30pm - 5.30pm @ MAGNT No charge Members and non members welcome! Working with groups in art galleries can be a fantastic way to engage students in active learning outside the classroom. During this informal session we will have an introduction to the Ned Kelly exhibition and spend some time investigating different approaches to engaging students with these works during a gallery visit. We’ll also discuss how these strategies can be applied to responding to any…
Find out more »2020 AENT invited to ‘Taksu’ CDU Gallery Exhibition
On Wed 5th Feb CDU Gallery Staff will host a floor talk of the current Taksu exhibition for AENT @ 3.20pm in the CDU Gallery. For the first time in many years, Darwin audiences have the opportunity to see the rich diversity and splendour of Balinese art in an exhibition at Charles Darwin University Art Gallery. Taksu: The Art of Bali profiles recent gifts to Charles Darwin University by two of Australia’s most prominent collectors and devotees of Balinese art,…
Find out more »November 2019
2019 End of Year Gathering for AENT
AENT are getting together on Friday 29th Nov to celebrate another fabulous year of Visual Art in the NT. Come and join us at the Darwin Ski Club from 5pm for nibbles and drinks – before we head over to the Therese Ritchie exhibtion opening after 6pm at MAGNT. Free to Members $10 for friends Please register below for this event for catering purposes. Register Here
Find out more »August 2019
Festival of Teaching 2019
https://ptant.org.au/festival-of-teaching-2019- Look out for these awesome AENT workshops: 1. Fantasy maps with Bronwyn Packwood 2. Create fun art using a gel press with Veronica Hodges 3. Top tips for teaching drawing skill in schools with Alison Dowell 4. Expanded materials: Art techniques that generate the unexpected with John Eaton from Oxlades
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