Ballarat Town Hall
Ballarat Town Hall
Ballarat Art Gallery
Ballarat Art Gallery
Ballarat Art Gallery
Ballarat Art Gallery
View of Ballarat 
from the apartment
View of Ballarat
from the apartment
View of Ballarat 
from the apartment
View of Ballarat
from the apartment
View of Ballarat 
from the apartment
View of Ballarat
from the apartment
View of Ballarat 
from the apartment
View of Ballarat
from the apartment
View of Ballarat 
from the apartment
View of Ballarat
from the apartment
Arch of Victory
War Memorial
Arch of Victory
War Memorial
Arch of Victory
War Memorial
Arch of Victory
War Memorial
Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens
Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree
Lake Wendouree
Original site of 
Ballarat Art School
Original site of
Ballarat Art School
New South Building
Camp Street
New South Building
Camp Street
Camp S
Camp S
Camp Street Campus
Camp Street Campus
Camp Street Campus
Camp Street Campus
Law Courts Building
Law Courts Building
Old Post Office Gallery
Old Post Office Gallery
Jimmy Pasakos at the
Old Post Office Gallery
Jimmy Pasakos at the
Old Post Office Gallery
Print Studio
Print Studio
Print Studio
Print Studio
Print Studio
Print Studio
Drawing Stones
Drawing Stones
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
First Etch
Washing Out and Rolling up
Washing Out and Rolling up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Rolling Up
Second Etch
Second Etch
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
First Etch on Aluminium Plate
Proofing
Proofing
Proofing
Proofing
Proofing
Proofing
Proofing
Proofing
Rolling up
Rolling up
Rolling up
Rolling up
Printing
Printing
Printing
Printing
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Pulling the first proof
Printing
Printing
Printing
Printing
Printing
Printing
Pulling the second proof
Pulling the second proof
Pulling the second proof
Pulling the second proof
Pulling the second proof
Pulling the second proof

Ballarat School of Art

Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Introduction to Stone and Plate Lithography 23 & 24 August 2014

In August 2014 I was invited by Jimmy Pasakos to visit Ballarat School of Art - part of The Federation University. The School occupies a number of buildings on the Camp Street campus, on the corner of Lydiard Street and Sturt Street in the centre of the town - including the Old Post Office, the former Magistrates Law Court, the Old Library and in two modern buildings called The New North and The New South. The second oldest art college in Australia- the school offers courses in Fine Art, Design, Theatre and Performance Studies.

The print workshop is well equipped and has facilities for etching, relief printing, stone and plate lithography. Jimmy Pasakos who manages the studio is keen for artists to visit, to make work, give lectures and teach workshops. The School's Artist in Residence scheme provides accomodation in the 'penthouse appartment', which has fabulous views of the town from the top floor of the old law court building.  Jimmy Pasakos is also director of Goldfields Printmakers and a committee member of The Print Council of Australia

Ballarat is an interesting town, approximately 70 miles north west of Melbourne, about an hour and a half on the train from Southern Cross Station. The town grew rapidly during the Nineteenth Century as gold was discovered and the wealth generated resulted in handsome Victorian architecture. The Art Gallery of Ballarat which is next door on Lydiard Street is considered to have one of the best public collections of Australian Art outside Sydney and Melbourne. The gallery also has a extensive collection of prints, drawings and rare books.