Creative Circle Woodend (Term 4 2025)

What's it all about?

Creative Circle Woodend gives you space to lose yourself in creative play while connecting with like-minded people.

Enjoy project prompts, inspiring visuals, on-hand advice, an artist talk, and more. Explore a variety of mediums – ink, pencil, paint, paper, collage, and print. This class isn’t about perfect outcomes or formal drawing skills; it’s about discovery, expression, joyful aesthetics, and following your intuition.

For the first eight weeks, a different project will be explored in two-week blocks. The final two weeks focus on an individual project. Participants can expect to produce up to six projects throughout the term.

Come together for wellbeing and creative fun – no experience needed.

Who will be leading the session?

Penelope is a Trentham-based artist with a deep love of nature, particularly plant life, and a passion for patterning and Japanese design. She often combines traditional art techniques with digital technologies to create works with rich layers of meaning and high aesthetic appeal.

Born into a family of artists, Penelope has been immersed in visual culture throughout her schooling and tertiary studies. She studied graphic design at Monash University and textile design at RMIT University. She has lectured in interior design at Holmesglen Institute and continues to share her expertise, most recently guiding primary school students in multimedia art projects.

Find Penelope on Instagram: @penelope.cato

Term 4 2025 Information

Creative Circle Woodend runs for 10 weeks, from Tuesday 7th October to Tuesday 16th December (no class on 4th November due to Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday). Classes are held between 10am–12noon in the Undercroft of the Woodend Neighbourhood House. The room is to the rear of the House, and can be accessed by the path to the left hand side of the House, or via the gates next to the Skate Park, off Margery Crescent.

The full term costs $350.

Projects are mostly two-week blocks, so participants are welcome to book a two-week trial for $70 before committing to the full term.

You can also join after the course starts, depending on availability.

Recommended start dates are: 7th October, 21st October, 11th November, 25th November. The final two weeks (9th and 16th December) feature single-session projects.

Class sizes are 5–10 participants to ensure a supportive, hands-on experience.