Past Online Classes

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Past Online Classes

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How to Achieve a Fulfilling Career and Love your Mondays with John (Online)

Do you love Monday mornings or dread them? Let’s face it, we all desire a career that gives us a sense fulfillment, purpose and satisfaction. We want to be recognised for our expertise and value as well as being financially rewarded at the level we truly deserve. Unfortunately, many people get stuck in jobs far…

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Dry Felting 101: Easter Edition with Heather

What’s it all about?   Needle felting is the simple process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle. It’s a very easy craft which doesn’t require extensive equipment and you can make toys, ornaments and decorations - it's a very fun and tactile hobby. In this beginner class we'll be learning…

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Free Your Creative Writing Voice with Liliane (Online)

Bust the ‘talent myth’, overcome 'writer’s block', and learn three strategies that are guaranteed to produce powerful writing! Whether you've been writing privately for years or haven't written since your school days, this confidence-building course will guide you in accessing your creative voice and learning how to maximise the impact of your written work. Don’t…

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Shibari: Creating Deeper Intimacy and Connection with Harli

Shibari is the erotic practice of traditionally informed Japanese rope bondage. Join us for a guided journey into this exciting world! This class will cover the basics of Shibari knot tying, but with a specific focus on the art form's potential for facilitating profound intimacy, connection and trust building with partners. In all of our…

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Queer Social Darebin: DIY Screen Print a Tote Bag with Maddy

This introduction to screen printing is a hands-on workshop where we will get our hands dirty making original, fun tote bags - perfect to take to the market! This class will cover techniques needed to start you on your way to screen printing success and how to bring your ideas to life with easy techniques.…

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Shibari 101: Rope Bondage with Harli

Shibari is the erotic practice of traditionally informed Japanese rope bondage.  Join us for a guided journey into this exciting world! We will learn the important foundations of safety and rope-craft before learning some basic yet effective knots and techniques for both the tie-ers (Riggers) and the tie-ees (Bunnies) All welcome.  The lesson structure is designed so that…

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Summer Scrubs and Skincare with Lily

It's Summertime and scrubs are a must! Lily's organic skincare class is educational, practical, and extremely effective. Using simple products that are good for you and the environment Lily will guide you through the use and creation of eco-friendly, vegan and natural beauty products for your face and body. With no harsh or polluting chemicals, and reduced single-use…

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Watercolour for Beginners: Colourful Cats with Emilie (Online)

Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a beautiful image of your cat, or your neighbour's or a fictional one from your imagination! What will we cover?…

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Beginner’s Hula Dance with Alia

Looking to try an inspiring and enjoyable dance-form and exercise? Try Hula from The Hawaiian Islands. Hula means “dance” in the Hawaiian language, and is the gentler form of Polynesian dance, with a rolling hip action that expresses the motion of the ocean, while the hands tells the story. You will be taken on a…

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Make your own Organic Hair Products with Lily

Are you looking for healthier, more natural haircare products? Or something vegan? Or more environmentally friendly haircare?   Come along and make your own natural haircare products. Lily will cover all your bases, so you can avoid harsh polluting chemicals and live more sustainably by learning how to make haircare products yourself! This hands-on class…

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Beginner Watercolours: Starting a Creative Sketchbook with Emilie (online)

Watercolour is an easy way to pick up painting skill and is the perfect companion to start a sketchbook!   In this class, Emilie will share with you her tips to start a regular creative practice through sketchbooking. You don’t need any experience to start filling in a sketchbook with easy watercolour illustrations! In this…

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Kantha: Indian Embroidery and Quilting for Beginners with Manjari

What’s it all about? Kantha sewing originated from the West Bengal region of India and is now popular all over the world. Kantha is the simplest of sewing techniques which provides a lot of scope for exploration, imagination and expression. This form of quilting comes from rural India, where resources were few, but imagination and…

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Ex Libris Stamp Making with Tish

Have you ever enthusiastically loaned a favourite book to a friend, housemate, family member and it never came back? You need an ex-libris! Ex-libris are stamps that are used to mark books from a collection, usually used by libraries.  In this class you'll learn how to design and make your very own custom ex-libris stamp!…

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Queer Social Footscray: Big Bold Polymer Clay Jewellery with Maria

Polymer clay is an accessible, colourful and versatile material - a lot of fun to use,  but even better with some introductory tips to get you going. There are different types of clays and bake times, and different techniques to create shapes, blend colours, emboss, and express your colourful polymer visions! We'll put this into practice and…

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Henna Art Magic: A Beginner’s Workshop with Chandani

Dive into the enchanting world of Henna art in Henna Art Magic: A Beginner's Workshop! Perfect for beginners, this workshop will introduce you to the beautiful and ancient art of Henna, a natural and temporary form of body art that has been adored for centuries across many cultures. Whether you're looking to uncover or express…

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Watercolour for Beginners: Picturesque Portraits with Emilie (online)

Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a pretty portrait! Emilie's classes are accessible and fun. No one is left behind and absolutely no prior experience is…

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Ethical Investment 101: Choose What Your Money Funds with Rachel and Morgan

As a bank customer, a super fund member or a shareholder you could be investing in companies that are expanding fossil fuels and is fuelling the climate crisis. But you also have an opportunity to change bank policy for the better and ensure your money is used as a force for good. Your teachers Rachel…

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Modern Dance and Movement with Océane

Is it time to shake out some stresses and reconnect with your body in an expressive way? Or maybe any sort of movement floats your boat? Dance for yourself or for the dance floor with Océane.  Océane applies her formal dance training to less formal styles of modern dance and movement. Her focus is to empower…

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Macrame for Beginners: Rainbow Planters with Maria

Macrame is a craft using knots and weaves to make beautiful homewares, clothing and more. Its origins are a bit unsure, some dating it back to the 13th century in Arabia using knot patterns to decorate textiles and others tracing it back to Babylonian times. It's a very relaxing and fun hobby and can be…

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Explore A Japan Less Travelled with Andrew

Dreaming of sushi, samurais, and sakura? Contemplating joining the many Australians who have made Japan the top tourist destination in 2023? Make your first trip as unique as the Land of the Rising Sun itself! There is more to Japan than Castles, Cat Cafes, and Cherry Blossoms - find out about everything from hiking, Japan's…

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SOLD OUT – Beginner Millinery: Braided Headbands with Louise

Make yourself a chic bandeau headband that you can wear simply anywhere. Melbourne Milliner, Louise Macdonald, is looking forward to teaching you a traditional ribbon folding technique and showing you how to apply it to a contemporary halo design. No worries if you're new to this – Louise will show you the ropes, teaching you…

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Feldenkrais: Ribs, Breath, Love with Ralph (online)

In Feldenkrais movement lessons to free up the ribs, upper back, shoulders and the breath. The movements help to open up the heart area to let your warm love flow. The movement explorations are enjoyable, relaxing, interesting and safe. This is even more impactful for singers, actors, teachers, public speakers, wind instrument players and sports…

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Intro to Resin: Serving Trays with Maria

Resin is a popular material that offers great variety in the projects you can make and the decorations that you can encase. Join us for an intro into resin where we will learn how to mix, colour and pour our resin into a prepared wooden tray to make and decorate our own spectacular serving trays!…

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Intro to Resin: Serving Trays with Maria

Resin is a popular material that offers great variety in the projects you can make and the decorations that you can encase. Join us for an intro into resin where we will learn how to mix, colour and pour our resin into a prepared wooden tray to make and decorate our own spectacular serving trays!…

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Stick “Fighting” for Movement and Mind with Jim

The simple stick is one of our earliest tools and weapons. As such, it’s attached to our basic movements and mindset. In this class we will look at Filipino systems of stick fighting - Arnis, Kali and Eskrima - in combination with Western martial arts approaches. We will learn to work with the stick for…

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