Workshops & MASTERCLASSES
VAS Winter Workshops
Our workshops are the perfect opportunity to expand your practice by trying a new technique or digging into an intensive. In these one-off sessions, artists can learn from some of the best Australian artists, including our regular VAS teaching artists and guests. These are intensive courses running in the VAS Studio. The lineup of workshops is always different: previous workshops have included still life in oil, watercolour basics, collage and plein air painting among many others. See our upcoming workshops and book in below!
MASTERCLASSES
Join some of Australia's most exceptional artists in these hybridised workshop/demonstration classes.
Our masterclasses are held in our upper galleries. Participants can enrol in the class to paint along - but non-participant observers are welcome for free!
Masterclasses are recommended for artists with some experience in the medium.
Self Portraiture Masterclass with Zoja Trofimiuk: The Art of Paraphrasing – A Dialogue Across Time
Zoja Trofimiuk
Tuesday 22 Jul 2025, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
From $ 150.00
10:30 am – 3:30 pm
In this masterclass, artists will step "into shoes" of famous self-portraits, and experiment with paraphrasing by rendering the author's idea in new form and, preferably, in another structure.
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.