Rātā Studios

Mixed-Media Collage Workshop with Brighid Jamieson

Strathmore Park, Wellington

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 only

Adults

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Scots College Creative and Performing Arts Centre, Drama | 1 Monorgan Road, Strathmore Park, Wellington

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Warmly welcoming everyone (From absolute beginners to professional artists)

Course Overview

Welcome to a studio space where curiosity and creativity replace pressure. This one day workshop is designed to be a judgment-free playground to energise your creative spirit. Whether you are picking up a pair of scissors for the first time or you are a seasoned professional looking to break out of a creative rut, you will find a supportive home here.

Mixed-media collage is the ultimate low-pressure creative outlet to explore, experiment, and express yourself. Because we work by gathering, rearranging, and reimagining existing papers and textures, there is no intimidating blank canvas to contend with. Together, we will discover how everyday materials can become meaningful art, embrace the joy of simple mark making techniques, and help you find your own unique visual storytelling voice.

You Will Explore

● Crafting Painted Papers: Create your own custom palette of colourful, beautifully imperfect papers to use as the foundational building blocks for your work.

● Composition and Visual Language: Explore balance, focal points, and scale in a relaxed, approachable way, letting colour, texture, and marks guide your story.

● Understanding Adhesives: Discover which glues, gels, and mediums work best for different weights of paper, fabric, and found treasures.

● Mixed-Media Fusion: Playfully integrate acrylics, inks, charcoal, thread, and pastels into your layers. Our focus is on process over perfection, allowing you to thoroughly enjoy the act of making.

● Personal Storytelling: Explore methods to weave story and personal narrative into your artwork.

By the time our day together draws to a close, you will have a beautiful collection of your own painted papers, a finished artwork, and the confidence to keep creating, trust yourself, and feel excited about where your creative journey takes you next.

Who This Studio Day is For

Our studio offers a supportive nurturing environment to unwind from the week, reconnect with your creativity, and simply enjoy the process of making. We focus on experimentation and play, allowing space to discover your personal style and develop ideas at your own pace.

● If you are a Beginner or Returning to Art: Welcome! You belong here. Collage requires no prior experience, drawing skills, or formal training. It is the perfect, gateway to art-making. All you need to bring is your curiosity and a willingness to explore and create.

● If you are an Experienced Artist: This day is a gift of pure, analog play to refresh your perspective. It is an invitation to step away from expectations, loosen your practice, spark new ideas, and fall in love with the tactile rhythm of making art just for yourself.

Materials Fully Provided

● High-quality substrates (heavyweight archival paper and wood panels)

● A beautifully curated archive of vintage magazines, historical texts, specialized papers, and textiles

● Professional-grade, non-toxic acrylic mediums, gels, and adhesives

● All necessary cutting tools, mats, brayers, and mark-making supplies

Note: You are warmly encouraged to bring along a small personal stash of imagery, old family photos, photocopies, or meaningful paper or fabric scraps to integrate into your pieces.

Start and Finish Times

10-3pm

Scots College Creative and Performing Arts Centre, Drama | 1 Monorgan Road, Strathmore Park, Wellington

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Fee Policies and Procedures.

Fees are payable at the time of enrolment. Failure to pay fees may result in the loss of the enrolment space.
No discount applies for missed classes following either enrolment or the attendance of any class.

Refund Policies and Procedures.

After commencement of classes, no refund will be given to students unless the class is cancelled for the entirety of the term, by Rata Studios management.

If a tutor is ill and unable to teach a class, you will be contacted and we will endeavour to schedule a make-up class. We will always try and find a replacement tutor in the first instance, but if this is not possible, a refund for the cancelled class will be provided.

Individual Music Lessons

Rata can offer a catch up lesson to students taking individual lessons, on the following conditions:
Catch-up lessons can only be given if you advise us by 7 pm the day before your lesson of your intended absence unless exceptional circumstances are involved.
A maximum of 1 catch up lesson can be given per school term.
A catch up date and time will be offered to you. We may need to shuffle times to accommodate the tutor's schedules. We will be in touch to confirm an appropriate time.
We cannot guarantee the regular weekly teacher will deliver the catch up lesson but in most cases it will be with your regular teacher.
If contact is not made by the student within a week, to accept the offer of the catch up lesson, then the catch up lesson is forfeit. We will always be flexible if reasonable circumstances prevent this from happening.
_{Catch up lessons are not available to group and band participants.}
_{We strive to provide a relief teacher on the day of the lesson. If we cannot, then a catch-up lesson will be offered or an account credit will be given.}
_{For the catch up lesson, we may need to shuffle times to accommodate the tutor's schedules. We will be in touch to confirm an appropriate time.}
_{If no suitable time for catch ups can be found, then Rata Studios will issue full refunds or credits for the missed lesson(s).}

Communication

Communication of class cancellations or any other information required by the students, will be made directly by Rata Studios Manager, Jackie James and/or Mark Bobb for the Music School courses. It is the responsibility of the student or student's caregiver to ensure that the Rata Studio Manager has your current contact details.

Health, Safety, Injury & Medical Conditions Policies and Procedures.

Rata Studios takes all practical steps to ensure the safety of all individuals who participate in our courses. Any injury sustained through misconduct or inappropriate behaviour is the responsibility of the individual.
Rata Studios will aim to provide a safe learning environment to reduce the risk of injury.
Rata Studios provides qualified and experienced tutors, who actively promote safe practice.
All Rata Studios tutors have been vetted by the NZ Police as required by law under theVulnerable Children Act 2014.
It is the students parents/caregivers responsibility to notify the tutor or Manager in the event of injury/medical condition prior to class.
A first aid kit is available in the Rata Studios Managers office. We do not provide anyone with Paracetamol or equivalent or administer students medication.
Rata Studios students are under supervision whilst in class time only. Whilst we endeavour to provide a safe environment, tutors and staff cannot be responsible for students outside their allocated class time.
Studentsare not be dropped off and left unattended for more than 5 mins before or after the class they are enrolled in.
In the event of an emergency all participants are required to follow the instructions of the Rata Studios Manager, or the Rata Studios tutor running the course at the time.
Contact lists are on site and accessibleto tutors in the event of an emergency.

Student Behaviour, Attendance and Punctuality.

Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the class they are enrolled in.
No student has the right to disrupt the learning of others and if they choose to act outside of the established expectations, they will be asked to sit out and parents contacted, if applicable. If the behaviour continues to be disruptive then the enrolment will be withdrawn and any remaining fee refunded.
No gum, or food is to be consumed in the teaching spaces, however students are encouraged to bring a water bottle.
It is expected that students mobile phones are turned off and put away during the classes.
It is expected that students arrive 5 mins before the class begins, to enable the class to start on time, without interruption.
If a student is unable to attend a class for any reason, it is essential that the Rata Studios Manager is contacted as soon as possible via email or text.

Observance.

Parents/caregivers are not permitted to observe the classes in action. Tutors may, from time to time invite parents to view 5 mins at the end of a class, if applicable.
Sometimes we hold informal showings or performances which parents/caregivers are invited to.

Photography, Recording and Filming of Students.

Photography, recording or filming of students in class and at concerts, if applicable, is permitted only if agreed to by all parties.

Privacy Act

Upon enrolment, Rata Studios collects personal information about you. Under the Privacy Act 1993, you are entitled to have access to and request correction of this information. It is held at the Rata Studios premises at Scots College, Monorgan Rd Strathmore, Wellington. This information may be shared with Rata Studios tutors,in the event of an emergency for contact purposes only.

Personal details will only be used by Rata Studios and will not be sold to any third party at any stage. We may disclose personal information that we collect and retain about you to third parties but only to which you have consented, or when we are required to do so by law.

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