Greatmore Studios runs a variety of workshops as part of its programming. Past workshops have included mentoring workshops in animation, video and graphic design as well as technical workshops in watercolour, mosaics, business and critical writing.
Previous Workshops
Visiting Artist Photoshop Workshop - October 2011
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Visiting Artist Photoshop Workshop - October 2011
This October Greatmore visiting artist, Satadru Banduri hosted a Photoshop workshop. Mainly aimed at artists looking to acquire basic Photoshop skills for image editing to create or update their portfolios, the workshop also served as an introduction to how Photoshop can be used as a medium in itself, in illustration, web design and for publications. Due to overwhelming response to the call, the sessions were split and Satadru worked with two groups of a day.
Sharing his skill with a dozen eager students per session didn’t faze him at all; in fact he seemed quite disappointed he couldn’t accommodate more. Over 12 sessions the participants were taken through a range of Photoshop applications and emerged confident and eager to test their new found skills.
“It’s been exciting to see designers, sculptors, ceramicists, photojournalists and filmmakers show such enthusiasm for this class. It’s been very encouraging,” says Banduri.
"The sessions whizzed by very quickly but I learnt much, much," Nosana (editor, publisher). "Before this workshop, I had been doing my layouts on Word and it was a hassle. I must say, the whole experience has given me a confidence to try out new things."
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The One Minute Workshop 2011
This year, the One Minute Foundation, an international organization, is focusing on Africa with an awards ceremony in Egypt. Facillitator Kitty Dörje took this opportunity to get submissions from ten artists from diverse backgrounds in Cape Town. The artists spent a week conceptualizing, shooting and editing their one minute submissions in an interactive group environment.
Participants were able to workshop ideas and concepts together, and were provided with basic equipment needed to shoot and edit their videos, as well as assistance and instruction on various videomaking techniques and tools wherever needed.
Click here to watch the One Minute Workshop videos on our youtube channel
"The One Minutes Africa competition is a co-production of Townhouse Gallery and The One Minutes foundation and is meant to specifically showcase the work of video makers in Africa. All videos submitted to The One Minutes Africa competition will also be automatically submitted to The One Minutes Global competition. The One Minutes Africa is made possible through the support of Arts Collaboratory."
