If you have a passion for creating things that make an impact, our Visual Arts courses give you the opportunity to hone your skills and fine-tune your style. Visual Arts is such a broad field, covering everything from design, sculpture and textiles to painting, drawing and print-making. If you have an interest in a particular medium, Visual Arts Courses at TAFE offer a great opportunity to dive deeper under the guidance of experienced and reputable lecturers.Â
Visual Arts courses are not just for those who are seeking a career in the creative industries. Whatever your story is, visual arts training provides you with the opportunity to widen your perspective, build your focus and explore your inner mind. Not to mention it’s a great way to reduce stress and increase enjoyment!
Where do you want to go? Studies in visual arts can open the door to exciting careers opportunities in:
- public art,
- fashion design,
- art administration,
- events coordination,
- as well as self-employment opportunities as a ceramicist, illustrator and painter.
Areas of Specialisation
- Design
Study topics such as textile and fashion design, wearable art and decorative arts. - 3D Sculpture
Learn how to prepare surfaces and assemble sculptures out of materials such as paper, metal and fabric. - Visual Arts
Develop your skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, still lifes, landscapes, portraiture and architecture. - Mixed Media
Gain skills in 2D and 3D painting, mixed media creations, collage and fabric. - Recycled Luxe
Passionate about recycling and repurposing objects? Learn with us about deconstruction, reconstruction and redesign. - Textiles
Learn skills in hand and machine sewing, painting and printing on fabric, dyeing fabric and recycling fashion garments.
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Visual Arts Courses
Acrylic Painting Skill Set
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Ignite your creativity. Â
You will learn basic painting techniques to create paintings from simple ideas and design concepts. This course is suited to beginners and you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and to develop your creativity.Â
Kiln Formed Glass Skill Set
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Create beautiful glass objects.Â
In this course you will learn basic glassworking techniques to create glass objects from simple design concepts. You will have the opportunity to develop your own ideas to learn the technical skills to create your creative pieces. You will learn technical skills including moulding and casting.Â
Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts
Make a career out of making beautiful things.
This qualification will further enhance your skills and knowledge of visual arts to a para-professional level. Your skills in your chosen field will be further refined, and the only limiter to your arts career will be your imagination.Delivered at:
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Take your visual arts career to the next level.
Visual artists work within and across many mediums, and their practice may incorporate ceramics, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photo media, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design.
You'll develop technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a substantial body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision.
Employment outcomes as a paid artist and professional visual arts professional are endless. You may obtain work as a consultant or commissioned artist for private and public sector organisations.Â
Certificate II in Visual Arts
Make your art say a thousand words.
Try a broad range of areas of visual arts from drawing, to print-making, modelling and much more. Discover your passion and begin your journey to making it a career.Delivered at:
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Do you have a creative itch you need to scratch?
A Certificate II in Visual Arts may be just what you are looking for. Designed for people who are keen to develop a range of skills in the visual arts area and gain a foundation for further study in the field. It will also assist you in determining which area/s of visual arts you would like to pursue.
Certificate III in Visual Arts
Sculpt your skills and your career path.
Your career in Visual Arts in only limited by your imagination. Build on your current skills and knowledge in this course and expand your expertise across a wider range of visual art disciplines.Study modes:
Creativity starts here.
In this qualification you'll learn how to create two and three dimensional forms in a variety of visual arts areas.
Our training will help you visualise, develop and present ideas and images and give you the skills to design and produce paintings, sculptures, ceramics, textiles, printmaking and electronic art and experiment with materials and techniques. You will also develop knowledge of art history and theory and gain an understanding of current art issues and trends.
Certificate IV in Visual Arts
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Let your creativity flow.
This qualification reflects the role of individuals working at a pre-professional level who are beginning to develop their own artistic voice and command of techniques in a range of art forms. Practice at this level is underpinned by application of broad and integrated technical and theoretical knowledge and the ability to analyse and use information from a range of sources.
Diploma of Visual Arts
Your career in visual arts is in your hands.
This qualification will enhance your skills and knowledge in selected areas of visual art and craft, with options to focus on painting, print media, ceramics, sculpture and digital art.Study modes:
Turn your passion into a career.
Take on complicated art projects with a developed skill set and knowledge of various materials and mediums. You'll have the opportunity to focus on areas such as painting, print media, ceramics, sculpture and digital media and refine these skills in studio classes designed to bring your ideas to reality.
Visual artists may work in their own practice, or in a wide range of contexts across the arts, government, community or commercial organisations.