Workshops at Belco Arts

Our dynamic and continually refreshed suite of workshop opportunities opens pathways for your next creative adventure, fuelling your love of and engagement in the arts.

Devised and delivered by professional independent artists and practitioners, workshops at Belco Arts support arts development and lifelong learning. Our venues cater for the absolute beginner or curious hobbyist, through to the professional artist wishing to further refine their repertoire of skills.

We endeavour to include the full breadth and richness found across the arts, whether through regular weekly dance and movement classes, one-off intensives through to lengthier seasons of artistic investigation.

Resident Company Programs

Presented at Belco Arts


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Jewellery workshops

Join us at Belconnen Arts Centre in Canberra to design, make and walk away with two of your very own handmade sterling-silver or solid 9ct gold rings.

CIT Solutions

Arts and Craft Short Courses

Proudly presented to you by the Recreational Short Courses team from CIT Solutions, we are excited to have found a brand new home for our range of creative workshops at Belconnen Arts Centre.

Marie-Cecile’s Music

Music Teaching

Marie-Cecile Henderson director of Marie-Cecile’s Music provides services in performance, teaching and musical direction.

Outreach Workshops

Presented by Belco Arts around Canberra


Thursday Creative Space

12 Oct - 14 Dec

Join Gungahlin Arts and carve out some weekly time for creativity in a safe and supportive environment. 

Dance for Wellbeing – Gungahlin

Tuesdays during term time

ZEST: Dance for Wellbeing classes are designed for adults who want to keep their body and brain active and healthy, regardless of their mobility, skill or age

Basketry Basics

Saturdays 25 Nov and 2 Dec 2023

Learn the foundational techniques of basket weaving including: making a starter circle, stitching variations, coiling, shaping and finishing.

Drawing with Ballpoint Pens

7, 9 and 14 Dec

You don’t need expensive art materials to create beautiful work! In this workshops, you’ll learn how to build up a finished, rendered image with the humble ballpoint pen on paper.

ACT Fibre Basket Weavers Arts Exchange

10am-12pm Saturday 17 February 2024

Join the ACT Fibre Basket Weavers for an exchange of weavers and their weaving practices at Belco Arts.

Adult Classes & Workshops

Presented by our hirers at Belco Arts


ZEST: Dance for Wellbeing

Tuesdays & Fridays

Designed for adults who want to keep their body and brain active and healthy, regardless of their mobility, skill or age.

Mindfulness Stretching

Mondays & Wednesdays

Mindfulness Stretching is the perfect antidote to the tension, stress and chronic pain that can build up as we churn through our lives

Nia with Amanda

Mondays

Leave your shoes and concerns at the door, quiet your mind and be guided into the sensations of your body.

West Coast Swing

Tuesdays

West Coast Swing is a street partner dance taught exclusively in Canberra by Audacity Dance

Simply Meditate

Wednesdays

Be guided through two relaxing meditations, each 15 mins long. Receive a short teaching and practical meditation tips to build your confidence.

Spinal Healing Chi Gong

12-1:10pm 21 October - 16 December 2023

Come Join Nancy of Tremoremedy as she gently guides you on a somatic journey within.

Tai Chi Fundamentals

1:15-2:30pm 21 October - 16 December 2023

This Tai Chi Fundamentals Course has been developed by Rehabilitation Specialist Chris Radnedge after 20+ years of training in both Western and Eastern healing methods. 

For Kids and Teens

Presented by our hirers at Belco Arts


Theatre Ensembles Years 4-9

Wednesdays & Fridays

Theatre Ensembles Years 4–9
Wednesdays + Fridays

Placing the imagination of young artists front and centre, these weekly workshops will develop skills in theatre-making and performance.

Blueberries

Multiple days

Dance, music and drama program for toddlers & parents, brought to you by Dance Central