Event Type: Workshops

Workshops :
Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10:00am – 12:00noon
Thursday 23 January 2025, 10:00am – 12:00noon

Duration : 2 hours (per session)
Doors Open 15 minutes prior 

All Ages / Family -Friendly Workshop

Tickets :
Participant Tickets: $65 per session. Limited to 10 spots per session, participants will work directly with Penny McDonald and Jacob Golding, receiving personalized guidance in applying Alexander Technique principles.
Audit Tickets: $25 per session. Auditors will observe the process, gaining valuable insights into Alexander Technique and its application in performance and well-being.

Experience the transformative power of Alexander Technique in this exciting Masterclass with Penny McDonald and Jacob Golding. Designed for performers and anyone eager to learn, the event offers participation and audit options. With limited spots available, don’t miss this unique opportunity to explore Alexander Technique in Hobart.

Alexander Technique: LIVE! brings the transformative practice of Alexander Technique to the iconic Peacock Theatre in Hobart. Led by Penny McDonald, alongside Jacob Golding, this Masterclass provides an incredible opportunity to experience and witness first-hand how Alexander Technique enhances movement, presence, and well-being, particularly in the performing arts.

This event follows the widely used Participant/Audit format, a structure that offers deep learning opportunities for everyone involved. Participants work directly with Penny and Jacob, receiving personalised guidance as they explore Alexander Technique in action, while auditors observe the process, gaining valuable insights from a broader perspective.

This format has been successfully utilized by leading acting coaches around the world, including Howard Fine, a world-class acting coach renowned for integrating Alexander Technique into his Masterclasses. Howard’s approach demonstrates how Alexander Technique can empower performers to unlock their full creative potential, a philosophy echoed in this Masterclass.

With only 10 participant spots available, this is a unique opportunity to engage directly with the work live on stage or enjoy the equally valuable experience of auditing.

Wednesday 22 & Thursday 23 January 2025
Full Performance & Workshop Schedule available via The SESSIONS Project website

The SESSIONS Project is more than an arts event – it’s a celebration of local Tasmanian talent, creativity, and community. After a 12-month hiatus, The SESSIONS Project is relaunching at the Peacock Theatre in January 2025 with a 2-day series of specialised events. Discover unforgettable performances that inspire connection and celebrate Tasmania’s thriving arts scene.

This milestone event marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for The SESSIONS Project. From unforgettable live performances to inspiring collaborations, we thrive on creating spaces where our creativity can shine and audiences feel connected to the heartbeat of Tasmania.

Whether you’re a longtime supporter or new to The SESSIONS Project, this is your chance to experience the magic of Tasmanian talent like never before. Explore the full lineup on the website and join us in celebrating the incredible depth of artistry our island has to offer.

This weekend is designed to offer during the first day a FREE Workshop with the Director of Drama of The National Drama School. This Workshop will explore some of the activities included in training at the National Drama School.

The second day is for Auditions for the 2024 Advanced Diploma of Acting.

Both the Workshop and Auditions are FREE, but Registrations are ESSENTIAL

Participants must be aged 17+

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DAY ONE : Workshop :
Saturday 14 September 2024, 10:30am – 3:30pm

DAY TWO : Audition :
Sunday 15 September 2024, 10:30am – 3:30pm

Workshop Dates :
Sunday 6 October 2024, 10:00am – 3:00pm AND
Sunday 13 October 2024, 10:00am – 4:00pm 

NOTE: If you’d like to only do one Sunday you can come along a single day class. There is $40 discount to book into both days.

Price :
$215 for a Single Day
or $390 for both Days
Includes all materials and personalised tuition.

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Sydney based fibre artist, Catriona Pollard, will be Salamanca Arts Centre’s Artist in Residence during October and will be holding a Workshop and Exhibition during her Arts Residency.

In this Workshop you will be learning and exploring four of Catriona’s favourite basketry techniques with materials you can easily access after the class so you can easily keep on weaving :
• random weaving with cane + inclusions;
• random weaving with long leafy plants;
• twining with jute with a pattern;
• looping with paper string;
• BONUS string / cordage demonstration.

By the end of this course you will be confident in multiple basketry techniques. Tapping into your creativity, like all of Catriona’s Workshops, it is so much more than just learning techniques, it’s an opportunity to tap into powerful creativity that is ready to surface. Learning at your own pace, in this hands on, practical workshop is all about exploration and experimentation not perfection. While learning basketry techniques, you will be reconnecting with your imagination and creativity.

It’s a small class so you get hands-on tuition from expert weaver, Catriona Pollard.

Suitable for beginners, or weavers who are looking to learn these techniques. If you’ve never done weaving before – perfect! You’ll love it and leave with finished basketry sculptures and the confidence to do more.

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About Catriona Pollard

Catriona Pollard is a contemporary artist who uses traditional fibre techniques to transform foraged plant fibres and recycled metals into evocative sculptural works which investigate human’s personal connection with the natural world.

Her practice has been recognised as a skilful exploration of ideas around nature and human’s relationship, the invisible forces and the movement of energy within it. Central to her work is the investigation of transformation and humanity’s connection, dependence, and the possibility of harmony with the ecological world.

Catriona has been selected for multiple solo exhibitions and exhibits extensively selected, group and touring exhibitions including the Australian Design Centre and Sturt National Craft Centre. She has been a finalist in many art awards including Australian Textile Art Award, International Art Textile Biennale, National Capital Art Prize, Environmental Art & Design Award, North Sydney Art Prize, Australian Fibre Arts Award, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and many more.

Her artwork is profiled across major art and design media and is featured nationally in galleries, high end design spaces and private collections. Watch her talk about her art at ABC TV and Gardening Australia and read in the feature in Good Weekend, SMH/The Age.  She is profiled in the Book: Woven Together: Weavers and Their Stories. See her website for more talks and media.

As a dedicated professional educator, she holds sold out sculptural basketry weaving workshops in Australia and internationally and teaches for design and craft centres. She holds demonstrations for organisations including Museums, and gives artist talks at galleries and community groups. She also established the online SchoolofBasketryArt.com with students from around the world.

Daily Opening Times :
Thursday 3 – Sunday 13 October 2024
Thursday – Sunday 11:00am – 4:00pm
Monday – Wednesday CLOSED

Contemporary fibre artist, Catriona Pollard’s tenth solo exhibition Where Stars Walk Upon The Mountain Top explores our spiritual connection to nature using woven sculpture to access the visceral and organic landscapes of spirit within nature.

The sculptures of foraged vines and recycled metal wire references the ancient basketry technique of looping that has been used across human cultures for tens of thousands of years. The looping creates patterns and a harmonious rhythm that the artist witnesses in nature.

The exhibition explores how the invisible, non-material realm can uncover the psyche of our place in the landscape, with the objective of reaching beyond the human narrative of the landscape.

By sharing dialogue with the materials and allowing them to inform the narrative of the artwork, it means that stories are formed and shared from the landscape in transformational ways – in a language that provides new meanings and relationships with spirit, nature, humans, and the landscape – and the interconnectedness of all.

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In conjunction with the exhibition and Arts Residency, Catriona will be running a Two Day Basket Weaving Workshop teaching four basketry techniques.

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About Catriona Pollard

Catriona Pollard is a contemporary artist who uses traditional fibre techniques to transform foraged plant fibres and recycled metals into evocative sculptural works which investigate human’s personal connection with the natural world.

Her practice has been recognised as a skilful exploration of ideas around nature and human’s relationship, the invisible forces and the movement of energy within it. Central to her work is the investigation of transformation and humanity’s connection, dependence, and the possibility of harmony with the ecological world.

Catriona has been selected for multiple solo exhibitions and exhibits extensively selected, group and touring exhibitions including the Australian Design Centre and Sturt National Craft Centre. She has been a finalist in many art awards including Australian Textile Art Award, International Art Textile Biennale, National Capital Art Prize, Environmental Art & Design Award, North Sydney Art Prize, Australian Fibre Arts Award, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and many more.

Her artwork is profiled across major art and design media and is featured nationally in galleries, high end design spaces and private collections. Watch her talk about her art at ABC TV and Gardening Australia and read in the feature in Good Weekend, SMH/The Age.  She is profiled in the Book: Woven Together: Weavers and Their Stories. See her website for more talks and media.

As a dedicated professional educator, she holds sold out sculptural basketry weaving workshops in Australia and internationally and teaches for design and craft centres. She holds demonstrations for organisations including Museums, and gives artist talks at galleries and community groups. She also established the online SchoolofBasketryArt.com with students from around the world.

Presented by PROTEA Impro

Dates and times

July 13 | 2:00pm

July 14 | 10:00am

Tickets: $50 per workshop

Two impro workshops with great interstate guests

Sat 13th.

Workshop 1: Impro with Kindness

Anna Renzenbrink (Improv Theatre Sydney)

This workshop shifts the focus from big offers to small gestures, from heightening to caregiving and aims to remind improvisers and their characters of the simple satisfaction that being kind can bring. Participants will need to be familiar with improvised scene work in either performance or workshop settings, be comfortable totake direction and side-coaching and be capable of initiating of offers.

Sunday 14th

Workshop 2: Monologues that Matter

Jason Geary (Thank God You’re Here)

This workshop focuses on character-based monologues, teaching you how to perform impactful and relevant monologues, exploring metaphor, simile, and character creation.

You will learn to ground characters in truthful moments. The workshop aims to equip improvisers with new tools for the stage and beyond. The skills of dialogue creation, character definition and scene-work will be practised through small group exercises, with a masterclass session in the last hour where participants can perform and observe others’ work.

PROTEA Impro’s 2024 season is supported by Salamanca Arts Centre

PLEASE NOTE our lift is currently undergoing maintenance and repairs. Wheelchair access to levels 2 and 3 of the arts centre is currently unavailable.

Sunday 7 July 2024

10am Session : suitable for Ages 7 – 10
12noon Session : suitable for Ages 10 – 13

TICKETS :
General Admission $30

Kids will collaborate to create songs through drawing and stories

Friday 28 – Sunday 30 June 2024

TICKETS : $215

Experience with magic of songwriting with one of Australia’s leading choral composers, Paul Jarman.

Saturday 6 July 2024 @ 10:30am

TICKETS :
General Admission $50
Concession $37

A short Workshop with the talented Jen Lush, turning poetry into song

Saturday 6 July 2024 @ 2:00pm

TICKETS :
General Admission $50
Concession $37

Joyful and totally unscary Workshop with Rose Wilson