Pine Street Creative Arts Centre
Innovative and Progressive
Community Arts
64 Pine Street, Chippendale
Ph: 9245 1503
The City of Sydney's Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is a unique inner-city arts centre situated in Chippendale. We offer a dynamic program of high quality, innovative and progressive arts workshops, forums, events and exhibitions aimed at all sections of the community. Our studio workshop program offers courses to adults, youth and children in a range of mediums.
Click on the links to the left to find out more about our art programs for adults (general), youth and children, our outreach program, gallery space and events/exhibitions.
View our BRAND NEW FLIP BOOK 2012 Catalogue
This is an overall "who we are, what we do" publication. For full details of each Term Program use the link to the Term Program in the yellow section below.
NOTE: to enlarge the flip book, just double click on any page.
If parts of the page are cut off, click on the button 5th from the left on the
bottom left of screen. This will enable full screen viewing. |
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Term 1 2012 Program
30 January - 31 March 2012
Bookings for Term 1 opened on 17 October 2011
Classes fill very quickly - call early to avoid missing out!
NOTE: All ceramics classes are now full except the one-day porcelain class) |
IMPORTANT BOOKINGS INFORMATION!
Please call the centre on 9245 1503 to check availablity,
then complete the booking form below. Alternatively we can take your booking and credit card payment details over the phone.
(Go to children's page for booking information for younger age groups)
Please type into the shaded fields and click boxes, and save the document.
Completed forms can be sent via email to pinestreet@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Or fax to 02 9245 1500
Or post to GPO Box 1591 Sydney NSW 2001
Or dropped in person to our first floor office at 64 Pine Street Chippendale. |
Pine Street Courses - 2012 Term Dates
(please note that children's courses start one week after general courses.
See Children's link for term and holiday dates)
Please note that in Term 2 2012, there are two public holidays.
Wednesday 25 April is Anzac Day and Monday 11 June is the Queen's Birthday.
As a result, Monday and Wednesday classes will run a week past the other classes.
Term 1: |
Monday 30 January |
Saturday 31 March |
Term 2: |
Monday 23 April |
Wednesday 27 June |
Term 3: |
Monday 16 July |
Saturday 15 September |
Term 4: |
Monday 8 October |
Saturday 8 December |
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Please note that unfortunately Pine Street Gallery (first floor) is not wheelchair accessible. We regret any inconvenience caused.
Usual gallery hours are: Monday – Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm, Saturday 11:00am – 4:00pm, Sunday Closed. Please note however that the gallery is not open on a Saturday unless there is an exhibition on.
Click here for Image Gallery
An Amnesty International Human Rights Innovation Fund 2010 Grant Project |
MANUWANGKU
Under The Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheersekara
Curated by Sandy Edwards
17 - 29 January 2012
Launch: Tuesday 17 January, 6.30pm
RSVP by Friday 13 January
Contact Natalie Wasley 0429 900 774 or natwasley@gmail.com
Open Mon to Fri: 9:30am-5:30pm
Sat 21 and 28 Jan: 11am-3pm
Public holiday 26 Jan: 11am-3pm
Click here for Exhibition Invitation |
Artist Statement (Jagath Dheersekara)
Muckaty is situated on Warlmanpa country, 120 km north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. Traditional Owners call the area "Manuwangku". Nomination of their traditional land as a domestic nuclear waste dump site in 2007, coupled with proposals for Australia to "lease" uranium and take back radioactive waste from overseas nuclear power operations, have generated justifiable fear and concern amongst the Aboriginal communities in and around Muckaty (Manuwangku). They have responded to the nomination with ongoing protests to defend their right to live in a clean and safe environment, free of hazardous waste. The photo project “Manuwangku, Under the nuclear cloud” for which I received Amnesty International Human Rights Innovation Fund Grant in 2010, is focused on this community under threat. Living with them and experiencing their socio-cultural life and activism, I attempted to document the spirit, connection to land and the collective voice of this community as they try to resist institutionalised racism manifesting in this instance in a move to convert their traditional lands to a dumping ground for nuclear waste.
From the Curator's Notes (Sandy Edwards)
Jagath spent time living with the communities documenting ‘their spirit, connection to land, and collective voice’. We are familiar with images of protest and action that have in fact taken place in the community however Jagath chooses to take a different approach. With great sensitivity and a nonintrusive camera (not an easy mode and one which can only be achieved with complete collaboration by those being photographed) he records the daily life of a broad range of community members, men, women and children. The images are disarmingly simple yet leave a strong impression ... Muckaty is a small community sitting in a low scrub desert landscape with the predominant colours created by soft red earth, long green grasses and blue cloud scudded skies. By contrast the built environment is striking for its vibrant primary colours in the walls of rooms and on people’s clothing. With a naturalistic eye Jagath records with great subtlety the relationships between family and community members. We see them in kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms as well as in the outdoor environment. Children play pool, women gather plants, make art and watch television, men are shown in relation to women and children. There is much revealed in body language. We experience a poignancy at viewing such normalcy of life knowing that it may well be destroyed for this tribal group. |
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My Human Family
Rescue Dogs Find a Home
Community Photographic Project 2012
Submission Dates: 1 January 2012 – 31 March 2012
Exhibition Dates: 4 – 14 July 2012
Open Day Launch: Saturday 7 July 2012, 11am – 3pm
With the aim of creating awareness about abandoned, surrendered and neglected
dogs, the My Human Family community photographic project invites our
rescued four legged friends and their humans to submit family photos and share
their personal stories.
Go to the Project webpage
In memory of Bindi, Bobby and Pound-Dog Billy |
Sustainable Chippendale
Sustainable Chippendale is a community initiative set up to support the
Sustainable Streets and Community Plan in our local area. If you are passionate
about sustainability, we'd love you to join us in getting behind this ground
breaking project to establish a practical model for sustainable inner city
living in Sydney. Click on the link below to find out more! Join us on Facebook and Twitter to support the plan and help empower our community. www.sustainablechippendale.com |
BOOKINGS, PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY
Bookings: At the time of booking, credit card details must be supplied. Payment will not be processed until we reach minimum numbers on your course. If you do not have a credit card, you must come into the Pine Street Office and pay in person (cash or eftpos) or send us a cheque within one week of booking your place. Payment can be in full or a minimum of 25% deposit. After one week, if no payment has been received, your booking will be cancelled and offered to someone on the waiting list. Only fully paid up and booked students are allowed into the studios.
Payment: Payment for courses must be made in full two weeks before the course starts. If full fee is not paid at least two weeks before the class starts then your booking will be cancelled and offered to someone on the waiting list.
Student Cancellations: Cancellations made up to two weeks before the course starts will incur a 25% administration fee. Cancellations made within two weeks of the course starting will not be refunded. Once classes have started, missed classes are the student’s responsibility and students are not eligible for a refund or credit.
Centre Cancellations: The Centre makes every effort to ensure advertised courses run. However the Centre reserves the right to alter the program either before or during the course and to cancel any program if insufficient enrolments are received. If the Centre cancels a course, you will be offered an alternative course or a refund if your payment has been processed.
No Credits: Once a course has started, missed classes are the student's responsibility and students are not eligible for credit or refund.
No "Make Up" Classes: It is the student's responsibility if they miss a class. As most of our classes are full, we cannot accommodate an extra person in a class that they have not booked into. Not only is an OHS risk but it impacts negatively on the tutor and other students who are legitimately booked into that class.
Concessions: City of Sydney residents who have a current benefit card are eligible to apply for a concession. Proof of benefit must be provided when booking. Concession rate is also available on our children’s courses - parents who have a current benefit card are eligible to pay the concession rate.
Payment Methods: Cash, eftpos, cheque/money order (made out to City of Sydney), Visa and Mastercard.
STUDENT FEEDBACK WELCOME!
Click here for our STUDENT FEEDBACK FORM: Feedback from our students is invaluable in programming future courses and making Pine Street an even better community facility. If you are a current student, you can complete and give the form back to your tutor. Or fax it to 9245 1500 or post to PO Box 1591, Sydney NSW 2001. Or email to pinestreet@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
STUDIO SAFETY / CLOSED TOED SHOES ESSENTIAL - FOR ALL CLASSES (INCLUDING CHILDREN):
It is an OH&S requirement that all students attending all courses at Pine Street (including our Darlington Centre) must wear closed toed shoes at all times. Students arriving with open toed shoes will not be allowed entry to the studios. Students will be inducted at the start of term on studio safety.
Click here to go to Pine Street's page on the City of Sydney website
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