This week, students enrolled in the CUA10320 Certificate I in Visual Arts developed skills to create their own designs and screen print their unique designs on to materials.

Eylene Farrell from Minyerri developed two screens overlapping her design and making great use of colours incorporating her dreaming “brown snake" and her dad's skin name 'Balung". She designed the t-shirt for her dad, but it also included bush medicine which she remembered her mum used to give her when she was younger.

Learning to screen print enables students to have another skill to produce their artwork on and to be able to do this back in the community. Eylene was excited about using her fabric she printed to make a bag and was looking forward to her family purchasing a sewing machine so she can use the fabric to make items for herself but also to sell.

2024 will see an increase to screen printing workshops on Batchelor Campus with the introduction of our new Indigenous dress making short course.

A new UV light exposure box was purchased through the VET Equipment Grant funding by the Department of Industry Tourism and Trade. This piece of equipment assists our students to expose the screens ready for pirnting their designs.

To find out more about our 2024 Course offerings including the New Indigenous Designs Screen Printing Short course, Contact our student enquiries team on 1800 677 095 or email us at enquiries@batchelor.edu.au