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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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A: 3 hours, $57 per guest ($65 per guest when you book for 6+ guests, $63/guest for 6+ guests, $60/guest for 6+ guests, $57/guest for 6+ guests)
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Contemporary collage for the creatively curious
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3 hours
6 to 20 guests
$57
($65 per guest when you book for 6+ guests, $63/guest for 6+ guests, $60/guest for 6+ guests, $57/guest for 6+ guests)
What you'll do
This 18+ workshop will be held at Montsalvat Arts Centre, Eltham VIC.Need some time out? Need an escape? Then become the creator of your very own visual journey where you get to dabble in what some artists may call the dark arts of contemporary art, i.e. collage.Why? Because have you ever been told not to cut up books? Exactly!In this workshop, you’ll be encouraged to do just that! But instead of destroying things, you’ll get to create a whole new world of your own – almost like a dream, but on paper.What to expect:
- Bring along yourself and/or a playmate – be it your bestie, secret-not-so-secret crush, visiting family/friends, date or loved ones and surprise yourself with the always-unexpected result of the most unique piece of art straight from your imagination!
- You’ll be presented with an eclectic collection of a specially curated selection of paper paraphernalia (vintage children’s books, encyclopaedias, National Geographics, calendars from olde, etc) and led through a step-by-step approach.
- The deeper we go into the workshop, the more freedom you’ll have, but I’ll be there to gently guide you all along the way, without being invasive.
What you'll get
- Free entry to Montsalvat
- ALL materials included (except lefties, please bring your scissors along!)
- Tea/coffee/snacks (please list serious dietary requirements)
- A colourful folder of your choice to take your art home in
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly to expert. All levels are welcome.
What to bring
- If you’re a leftie, please bring along your leftie scissors.
- Bucketloads of curiosity!
- Water bottles are highly encouraged. Please make sure they can safely close to avoid spillage on paper materials.
- Although light refreshments will be provided, including basic tea/coffee-making facilities, you’re welcome to BYO plate/preferred drink(s) to share.
- Any words (poems, lyrics, letters, literature) and photos/prints/paper materials you may wish to incorporate into your art piece. However, the wide, eclectic selection of visual material we'll provide will be more than enough if you choose to come as a clean slate (the latter highly recommended)!
Add-on available for this class
- Collage Mystery Pack ($25)
Suitable for
This class is great for a birthday or hens party.
Location
Storyholding Art Studio (White Barn Studio) - Montsalvat Arts Community, Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham VIC
Just google "Montsalvat How to get there" and it will provide you with all the relevant information.
Your teacher can also travel within 50 kms of Eltham, to a venue of your choice for a private class.
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Recent reviews of Sip and Snip Collage Workshop
- 5/5 from Veronica (Wonky) Passmore, attended Nov 2025: Love love love … such a gentle supportive and inclusive space to play, discover and laugh
- 5/5 from Alison Thompson, attended Nov 2025: Thank you for such a lovely time in this collage class at Monsalvat. The teacher was friendly and welcoming, and the whole setting was gorgeous — it’s hard not to feel inspired in a place like that. The studio was set up beautifully, with everything we needed ready to go, and the other participants were kind and easy to connect with. The food was fantastic too, which made the evening feel extra special. I really enjoyed the creative process and loved having the freedom to explore the medium in my own way. I left feeling refreshed and inspired.
- 4/5 from Margaret Lambert, attended Nov 2025: Rochelle was very friendly and chatty. She gave good information on collage work and had heaps of resources. I really likes the small group size.
- 5/5 from Anne Cook, attended Aug 2025: Rochelle's energy is so passionate and inspiring! I had done some collaging previously but her ideas were so fresh and varied. The resources provided were also incredibly varied and abundant - no end of opportunity for creativity. The company of the class was beautiful too so it was a wonderful way to spend a winter's evening. Looking at my finished piece today and loving it more and more. Highly recommended this workshop
- 5/5 from Claire Georgiou, attended Jul 2025: This workshop is the perfect way to spend a Saturday night!!! Artist Rochelle is amazing - she walks you through how and what to do - has so many examples to inspire and is so supportive through the whole thing. I love being in the creative space (as someone who was quite hesitant at first) and now keep booking in again and again! Her studio is dreamy and in the most beautiful location of Montsalvat and all her resources are amazing!!! Got to walk away with these artworks I had no idea I was able to create and seriously the best Saturday night! Thanks so much Rochelle! Highly recommend this workshop to everyone :)
Your teacher
My name is Rochelle Van Der Merwe, a multidisciplinary artist with a special interest in storytelling through the written word, contemporary collage, gelli plate printing and fine art photography. I practise and teach from my gorgeously enchanting mudbrick studio at the legendary Montsalvat (Eltham), which is Australia's oldest, still-running arts commune. As an Eltham (Melbourne)-based artist, I've been a fine art, intimate events and portrait photographer since 2013 and a contemporary collage artist since 2020.Born and raised in a small Zululand town in South Africa in the mid-70’s, I found solace and beauty in books, and the surrounding wild beaches and bushveld, a constant whilst growing up in a political landscape I could really never make sense of.My work creates a portal to a wondrous, fantastical world that celebrates the powerful healing nature of simple, mostly every-day pleasures, transcending external societal values, such as status, race and gender.Apart from national South African newspaper, The Rapport, my portraiture photography has also been featured in Australian media, such as The Age, The Weekend Australian Review and The Big Issue.I've also been a two-time winner of Montsalvat’s Art Festival Photography competition (2015 & 2017).With two solo exhibitions since (2022 & 2024), I have also enjoyed taking part in multiple group exhibitions and events.
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