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Student Success Story: Kimberly Schmid

Art had long served as a therapeutic outlet for Kimberly, a way to process...

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Student Success Story: Ella Hayward

“Gel printing for me was really therapeutic, and it gave me space and time for...

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Student Success Story: Heather Miller

What Heather found through Tara Axford's gel plate printing course was not only...

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Nature's Textures

Inspired by the richness and intricate complexity of the natural world, this...

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Student Success Story: Amy Donovan

Before enrolling in Art & Design with Tara Axford, Amy didn't see herself as an...

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Community spotlight: Janet Leckie's 80th birthday exhibition

Artist (and Take Two student) Janet Leckie recently celebrated a milestone...

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When the world feels uncertain art can support your self-care

In times that feel a little heavier, your creative practice can offer calm,...

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Renewal: Unfolding Light

A student exhibition that celebrates the beauty of renewal, and finding the...

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Community Spotlight: Bridget Macklin

"I see part of my role as an artist as raising awareness and creating space for...

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Student Success Story: Annegret Fauser

"I realised I was using the wrong medium. Once I shifted to paper, I could do...

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Student Success Story: Donna Towers

"I went from trying to figure it out… to being able to say, comfortably, I’m an...

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Student Success Story: Carla Vermeend

"I’m not only a photographer anymore - I’m also a mixed media artist.” explains...

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In the Rhythm of Becoming

An exhibition journey where landscape and language meet, where lived experience...

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Community Spotlight: Mardi Busby

"Looking back, I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to create – to draw,...

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The Soft Ontology of Things

This collection brings together fibre sculptures that consider the quiet...

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Student Success Story: Tanja Gawin

"I'm onto my seventh course, and everyone feels like unwrapping a Christmas...

Letters are my friends - Denise Lach

In this Take Two short documentary, Denise reflects on the years of practice...

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Student Success Story: Liz May

“I’ve now got that confidence to go out as an artist and show my work where I’m...

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Beyond Technique – Tier Two

Tier Two offered participants focused small group mentorship. These works...

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Student Success Story: Lucy Dundon

"The biggest change was learning to think like an artist - not just a maker,"...

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Student Success Story: Melinda West

"If my art nourishes me, it will likely nourish others," says Melinda West.

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Emergence

Through shifting light, layered surfaces, and changing perspectives, these...

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Transformation

Drawing on layered techniques and personal reflection, these works explore the...

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Student Success Story: Karen Harmon

"I let go of that idea that I have to be something specific to be considered an...

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Student success story: Tammy Murdock

"I needed something new but I didn't know that embroidery was what I needed. So...

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Student Success Story: Susanne Lange

“Even though I’m still at the beginning, I feel this type of creative design...

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From the archives: Dorothy Caldwell and Claire Benn respond to land in textile

We're on the planet only once – we might as well get a feel for the place. –...

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Outer Sensing, Inner Seeing

These works emerge from close sensory observation of place shaped by a joyful...

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Gathered Strands

This exhibition celebrates the beginnings of each student stepping into a...

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Uncharted

Challenging convention and stepping beyond traditional formats, these works...

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The Canary & the Parrot - Nicky Ilsley’s solo exhibition

For textile and mixed media artist Nicky Ilsley, the past three years have been...

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Moving Memories

Inspired by meaningful objects and the memories they hold, these works reflect...

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Community Spotlight: K.C. Chilton

We’re back with a Community Spotlight and this month it’s shining on artist and...

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Seasonal Abstraction

Inspired by seasonal ingredients and sensory experience, these abstract works...

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Traces

Working with earth pigments and cloth, these pieces explore the subtle and...

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From Marks to Meaning

Beginning with the simplest elements of dot, line, and mark, these abstract...

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How to choose the right art course for you

When deciding to enrol in an online art course, there some steps we recommend...

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Student success story: Katy Olson

Take Two devotee Katy explains why she enrolled in Cas Holmes’ course Making...

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Community Spotlight: Marielle Peters

At Take Two, we’re constantly inspired by the dedication and depth our students...

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Holding Stories

Inspired by the stories held in trees and landscapes, these works explore how...