2022 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 2 May 3 - June 2 Thursdays 4:00-5:30 Celebrate 'the year of the Tiger' Sculpture & Painting Exploring terrific tiger imagery we will create a small soft sculpture and a large Tiger painting. Our Tiger soft sculpture made from natural fibre, wool and found materials. We will develop our painting over several weeks exploring adding to our image with under and over painting, employing a variety of painting skills. We will learn about artists who paint and make art about big cats. Term 2: June 9 - July 17 Thursdays 4:00-5:30 'A Beautiful Oops' drawing project - Draw, draw, draw! We will explore different ways of drawing with a variety of drawing materials. A series of large fabulous drawings will be the result. We will learn about other artists who love to play and explore line, movement and expression when drawing. Term Three: August 25 - Sept.22 Thursdays 4:00-5:30 Sculpture Inspired by Henri Matisse who drew with scissors, we will create a soft wind sculpture for your garden. We will employ collage and drawing when creating our sculptures. We will learn about artists who make outdoor sculptures so that art surrounds us. Term Four: November 3 - December 1 Thursdays 4:00-5.30 'A Surprise Christmas Project' Drawing, painting and collage will be the basis of our secret Christmas Project, to create a special artwork that may become a Christmas gift for your whanau. We will learn about artists who love to explore line, colour and texture when creating art. |
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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 experienced teachers and visual art educators who have a wide experience of working with primary aged children. Both are 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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