2020 classes for young artists Thursdays 4:00- 5:30 Venue: The Otago Pioneer Women's Building 362 Moray Place Dunedin Classes are held in five week blocks each school term $150 for 5 weeks, all materials and two experienced art educators included Term One: February 20- March 19 Thursdays 4:00-5:30 Painting: 'Paint, Paint Paint ' A painting programme that investigates painting on found objects related to painting- using paint tin lids and old paintbrushes we will paint two small artworks, one a retablo inspired work, looking at the art of Frida Kahlo and other artists, and the other a small painted sculpture on a discarded paintbrush. We will look at artists who work on found objects as their canvas. Children will draw to develop their own ideas for their painted creations. Term Two: May 7 - June 4, Thursdays 4:00-5:30 SCULPTURE 'Creating with Clay' Young Artists will create a clay Bird sculpture, using a variety of techniques. We will find out about the work of SCULPTORS who work with clay and other 3-d materials to create artworks. Young artists will draw to develop their understanding of what makes a bird a bird, then respond to a special New Zealand bird or one from their imagination when creating a clay sculpture. Term Three: August 27-Sept. 24, Thursays 4:00 - 5:30 Big WILD Painting: Paint like Jean Michel and Keith... Inspired by the art of Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, young artists will create a large painting. Children will draw to develop their own ideas for their Big WILD paintings. We will learn about Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat and other artists who work on a large street art scale. Term Four: November 12 - Dec 10,Thursdays 4:00-5.30 'Collage 2021' Working on a 'secret project' young artists will create a collage/mixed media artwork each week. Every week we will learn about a new artist who works with collage and mixed media and this will inspire our creations for that week. All artworks will become a small art collection by the end of 5 weeks. |
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About our Young Artists Workshopstheartdept's Young Artists workshops are the ideal way to enhance your child's creativity. theartdept offers ideal teacher:student ratios with small class numbers of up to 15. Each five week programme involves a freshly generated topic that reflects the current New Zealand Arts Curriculum.
All visual art programmes have a rich knowing about art component; the children look at and talk about the work of artists when developing ideas for their own artwork. A special effort is made to include the work of contemporary New Zealand artists. In every programme, drawing in a number of ways is used to develop and extend ideas and links with painting and or printmaking, collage and working with clay. theartdept programmes also have a rich language focus; art ideas are introduced and expanded using picture books and class discussions. Pamela and Kerry are registered teachers and visual art educators who have a wide experience of working with primary aged children. Both are practising artists who aim to spark life-long learning in the arts. We look forward to working with your children to unleash their inner creativity. For more information please contact Pamela or Kerry |
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