Creative workshops for curious people.
Fusion Studio workshops are designed for curious beginners, returning makers, educators, community groups and people who learn best by doing.
Sessions are practical, generous and process-led, with a focus on creative confidence, experimentation, useful skills and satisfying outcomes.
Workshop areas include digital art and design, studio print, cyanotype, book and zine making, drawing, and professional development for educators, organisations and creative teams.
Digital Art + Design
Image-making, layout, vector graphics, digital collage and creative software workflows.
Studio Print
Relief print, drypoint, monoprint, gel plate process and experimental transfer methods.
Cyanotype
Sun printing, exposure, negatives, found objects, washing, toning and blue-print processes.
Book + Zine
Small-run publishing, artist books, pamphlet stitch, folded structures and DIY publication.
Drawing
Observational drawing, charcoal, graphite, mark-making, composition and visual confidence.
Professional Development
Creative education, inclusive teaching practice, digital confidence and arts-based facilitation.
Upcoming Dates
Confirmed sessions, calendar updates and upcoming workshop opportunities.
Space Hire
Creative workshop space in Timaru for artists, makers and practitioners wanting to host and teach workshops of their own.
Digital art + design.
Practical digital image-making, design process, layout, vector graphics, digital collage and creative software workflows.
Useful for learners, artists, small organisations and people wanting to make their digital work feel more resolved, confident and usable.
Digital tools become more powerful when people understand how to make creative decisions with them.
Studio print.
Relief print, drypoint, monoprint, gel plate process and experimental approaches to image transfer and editioning.
Low-pressure, process-led workshops with room for testing, failure, discovery and satisfying outcomes.
Printmaking gives people a way to slow down, test, repeat and discover through process.
Cyanotype.
Sun printing, exposure, negatives, found objects, image preparation, washing, toning and experimental blue-print processes.
A strong entry point for people interested in photography, print, textiles, botanical imagery or historical photographic processes.
Cyanotype is immediate, generous and magical enough to get people making quickly.
Book + Zine.
Small-run publishing, zines, pamphlet stitch, folded structures, artist books, page sequencing and DIY publication design.
For people who want to turn images, words, research, drawings or activism into something tangible.
Zines and artist books turn ideas into objects people can hold, share and circulate.
Drawing.
Observational drawing, charcoal, graphite, mark-making, composition, expressive line and drawing as a way of thinking.
Suitable for beginners, rusty returners and people wanting to reconnect with visual confidence.
Drawing is not just representation. It is attention, decision-making and confidence-building.
Professional development.
Professional development sessions can support creative education, inclusive teaching practice, design thinking, digital confidence, workshop design and arts-based facilitation.
Tailored for educators, community organisations, schools, teams and creative practitioners.
PD workshops are built around practical creative capability, not passive information delivery.
Creative workshop space for hire in Timaru.
Fusion Studio is available to artists, makers and creative practitioners looking for a welcoming space to run workshops, classes and small-group creative sessions in Timaru.
The idea is bigger than simply hiring out a room. Opening the studio to other practitioners brings different skills, processes and perspectives into Fusion, creating a more varied programme and helping to build a broader, more diverse creative community in South Canterbury.
The space is available for both one-off workshops and regular bookings, whether you're testing a new workshop idea, running a short series or looking for an ongoing place to teach and build your own creative community.
If you have a workshop, process or creative practice you'd like to share, get in touch to talk about the space, what you need and whether Fusion could be a good fit.
A creative community becomes richer when more people have something to bring to it.
Upcoming dates.
Workshop dates will appear here as they are confirmed. You can also subscribe to the public Fusion Studio workshop calendar.
The calendar feed is useful if you want new workshops to appear in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook or your phone calendar.
Custom workshops can be developed for groups, schools, organisations and creative teams, with content tailored to your interests, goals and experience.