Short Courses

Note: there are only ever a couple of places for continuing education students in the general education courses.  For this reason it fills up quickly.   We suggest you enrol in one of the other painting courses Painting towards Abstraction or Painting Imaginarty Landscapes, so youcan apply to be on the waitlist for Studies in Painting. Waitlists are organised on a first-come-first served basis. 




Through paintings we can imagine other times, cultures,  psychologies. Practical engagement with painting as a creative form involves the individual in selective and particular imaginative, intellectual and perceptual processes. This course provides an introduction to ways of looking, seeing, thinking and using materials to make paintings. The course involves both theoretical and practical exploration of visual elements to construct form-space relationships within a two-dimensional field. Practical studies include the simple preparation of painting supports, the mixing of tones and colours and experience in using a range of basic materials. The subject includes a supervised excursion to the AGNSW.

A General Education course.
Participation as a Continuing Education student in a General Education course is a new initiative of COFA.  The UNSW COFA Continuing Education courses are non-accredited and therefore participants in “General Education” subjects do not receive formal assessment and UNSW Units of Credit.  Apart from this the experience will be exactly the same as a normal undergraduate student would receive and you will receive a UNSW ‘Certificate of Completion” signed by the Dean of the College of Fine Arts.

There are a limited number of places in the General Education courses for Continuing Education students.  If you are unable to gain a place you will be advised that you will be placed on a wait-list, because numbers frequently become available. 

Applicants should refer back to this website for updates.

Application Form

Tutor:

Mimi Tong, M.VisArt (SCA), BFA (COFA)

Tutor Information:

Mimi Tong has been recognised in both Australia and internationally through several artist residencies, four solo or two-person exhibitions and many group exhibiitions. she has been a casual tutor at Sydney college of the Arts, and is currently teaching in both the COFA's drawing/painting program and the architcture program of the Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW.

Materials Required:

Read the General Information on Material Suppliers page.

COFA Continuing Education /General Education classes
Students are expected to supply their own materials.
Materials lists for the course will be given first day of class.