Workshops and Events
Join artist Kathie Najar in this drawing and watercolour design workshop.
Learn how to stylise native flora to create beautiful contemporary artwork based on traditional Arabesque patterns.
Two-hour workshop $66 (includes all materials)
Ages 13 to adult
Saturday 17 October 2 pm – 4 pm
BAROMETER GALLERY, 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW 2021
IMAGE CREDITS: Kathie Najar, Tasmanian Laurel, 2020, watercolour and gold paint on paper, 25 x 25cm.
Clear your lounge room, balcony or hallway and groove along with this live DJ stream from under the Solar Junk Chandelier installation at White Rhino Artspace. This performance by OSCAR JAMO will take you on an hours musical journey inspired by Kathie Najar's Solar Junk Chandelier.
For the full sensory experience you can view, hear and inhale Solar Junk Chandelier from 9 - 26 September 10am - 4pm at White Rhino Artspace, 62 Atchison St, St Leonards.
For further details and the full program of workshops and event visit www.kathienajar.com
In this 2 hour creative workshop led by arts programmer and artist Kathie Najar you will make your own Polish paper chandelier, know as pajaki, hear a bit about the history and even how to pronounce the word Pajaki!
Come have fun and be inspired by personalising your own pajaki using unusual papers from the artists personal collection, and learn some paper folding techniques, under the lights of the Solar Junk Chandelier installation.
Ages: Adults and Teenagers 13 years and above
Date: 1 - 3pm, 19 September 2020
WHITE RHINO ARTSPACE, LVL 1, 62 ATCHISON ST, ST LEONARDS
fun and relaxing environment | no experience required | all materials provided | refreshments provided | take home your artwork
Further information and bookings (essential) can be found here
Join me and the White Rhino Team at their September Makers Meeting at White Rhino Artspace on Wednesday, 2 September from 10.30 to 12.30pm.
You will have an opportunity to contribute to my installation work Solar Junk Chandelier which will be on show at White Rhino Artspace from 9 to 26 September 2020.
Come along to this free workshop and work with me to create components yourself to add to the chandelier and contribute to this Project. We'd love to see you!
Further information and express your interest here
These Jungle Walls with secret windows and door and colourful fabric vines were created in my studio. Studio A artist added the next layer of colour to the growing Jungle, leaving room for children to play inside and out, adding even more layers with paint pens to complete these dense Jungle Walls.
Children’s Festival, North Sydney Council, 2019
These articulated puppets were based on the drawings by artists Catherine McGuiness and Lauren Kerjan from Studio A, for North Sydney Council’s Children’s Festival 2019.
These Jungle Walls with secret windows and door and colourful fabric vines were created in my studio. Studio A artist added the next layer of colour to the growing Jungle, leaving room for children to play inside and out, adding even more layers with hidden secret messages to these dense Jungle Walls.
Children’s Festival, North Sydney Council, 2019
Saturday, 1 June 2019, 10am to 1pm
NATIVE ARABESQUE DESIGN
Join artist Kathie Najar in this design and drawing workshop and learn how to stylise native flora to create beautiful contemporary artwork based on traditional Islamic geometry. Learn repeat pattern making in a fun and relaxing environment. Take home a watercolour design and drawing to use in your art or to frame.
All materials will be supplied, refreshments provided
Image left: Design by Kathie Najar
Saturday, 1 June 2019, 10am to 1pm
Cost: 3 hour workshop $ 95 (booking fees may apply)
Book now: Limited spaces, Age 16up
To purchase tickets via website, visit: www.whiterhinoartspace.com.au and click on "workshop event" or go directly to www.eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nativearabesque-design-art-workshop-with-artist-kathie-najar-tickets-61147351374
Sunday 10 March 2019, 1pm - 4pm
The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability
This creative workshop facilitated by Kathie Najar will teach you how to stylise native flora and create a contemporary 2D artwork which can also be applied to a wide range of design applications.
Ages: 16+
Bookings essential www.trybooking.com/BAJGU
Art Space on The Concourse, June 2017.
North Sydney Council’s Children Festival, 2018.
