# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 12:00 am (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Step into a relaxed and inspiring 4-hour workshop where you’ll explore the joy of abstract painting. Guided by award-winning Tauranga artist Sue MacDougall, you’ll learn how to loosen up, trust your instincts, and create vibrant, expressive work.

This workshop is about letting go of perfection and embracing colour, movement, and spontaneity. Through simple techniques and guided exercises, you’ll discover how marks, layers, and colour can evolve into your own unique abstract artwork.

Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience
With Sue MacDougall
Sunday, 3rd May
10am - 2pm
The Creative Campus
$170

No experience needed—just bring your curiosity and willingness to play.

Learn intuitive mark-making techniques
Explore colour, layering, and composition
Build confidence in abstract expression
Enjoy a supportive and creative atmosphere

By the end of the session, you’ll leave with your own abstract painting and fresh inspiration to continue creating.

Spaces are limited to keep the workshop personal.

Sue Mac Dougall lives in Tauranga and is an abstract artist known for vibrant, bold and expressive paintings inspired by the ever-changing beauty of flowers and her garden. Working intuitively, she embraces spontaneous mark-making, allowing colour, movement and emotion to guide the process. Layers of energetic brushwork and lively palettes celebrate nature in full bloom. Her work has been exhibited widely across the Bay of Plenty, including the Tauranga Art Society Expo, where her painting Delighted To Meet You won the Supreme Art Award. She also hosts the Love My Greece Art Retreats each September on Aegina, Greece, where she shares creativity in an inspiring Mediterranean setting.  

You can follow Sue and her work on her socials: 
www.facebook.com/SueMacDougallArt
www.instagram.com/suemacdougallart
Check out her website here - www.suemacdougallart.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tauranga/bold-and-free-an-abstract-art-experience/200029930651421
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, business, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Tauranga
- **state**: BP
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: The Historic Village, 17th Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand 3112
- **lat**: -37.7043
- **long**: 176.14825
- **full address**: The Historic Village, 17th Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand 3112, New Zealand

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience being held?
  - **A:** Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience takes place on Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 12:00 am to Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 12:00 am at The Historic Village, 17th Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand 3112, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience?
  - **A:** Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience is organized by Creative Community Campus.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Tauranga, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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