Fun art classes and workshops in Adelaide (South) - join us at Fleurieu Arthouse McLaren Vale for jewellery workshops, art classes and much more.

Here at Fleurieu Arthouse we are fortunate to house some of the regions’ best ceramicists and although we offer occasional pottery workshops, we can also point you in the right direction for some of the best regular ceramics classes in and around Adelaide.

A good photograph, or any other form of art is made all the more meaningful by the story behind it and so I would like to tell you the story behind the photographs I took in Jerusalem and the occupied territory of the West Bank in the first week of October last year, and which I’ve chosen to show at my exhibition entitled “Calm before the Storm”.

Christmas events, art classes, workshops and artist talks at Fleurieu Arthouse - what’s on at the Arhouse

Buy locally made, sustainable gifts for Christmas at Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale this season

Winter Fire Festival at Hardys Tintara and Fleurieu Arthouse this July - food, wine, music and fun in the grounds of Hardys. Fire pits, fairy lights and good times.

Sprout is a collaborative exhibition between Warren Pickering and Anna Small. 

Anna and Warren have a long partnership as artists and have worked together on their practice for the last 15 years. This work reflects the growth of their style and form. 

Plants are a form that they return to again and again in their explorations. 

Anna has a fascination with trees and Warren with leaves which is reflected in the pieces in Sprout.

Pre Covid, co-working spaces had been busily springing up across Australia. Older buildings and warehouses were regularly being requisitioned for freelancers of all disciplines.

Covid did put a brief dampener on things but you can’t keep a good entrepreneur down and it wasn’t long before artists, writers and designers were once more safely installed in studios and offices up and down the country.

Paint and sip evenings are pressure-free painting lessons with a glass or two of wine! Often, there are light snacks to be had and you have guidance from an experiejnced art teacher.

Usually, all participants work on the same subject matter which could be a portrait, still life, landscape or maybe an abstract piece. Having everyone work on the same piece is a fun way to create an atmosphere of camaraderie - you can share tips and progress with your fellow painters!

The idea of a gallery which also hosted resident artists had been germinating in the minds of Anna Small and Warren Pickering for some time and when the venue at Hardy’s Tintara, 202 Main Road in McLaren Vale became vacant, they knew it was the perfect location.

A large, old industrial process building which had originally been used to make and store cherry brandy amongst other things, the space came complete with massive, weathered old barrels and antique presses too large to move.

South Australian Sculpture at The Fleurieu Arthouse - A Small Art Factory, Joy Levins, Wendy Lee, Geoff Bromilow and more. Metal sculpture Adelaide - ceramic sculpture and glass.

Fleurieu Arthouse gallery, studios and design space stocks a wide range of handmade pottery, paintings, sculpture, jewellery, glass and more. Enjoy a barista made coffee and browse a diverse collection of work from the Fleurieu region