2018 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
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Term One: March 1- March 29  4:00-5:30 
'Drawing, Painting and Sculpting A World of Our own'
Inspired by a range of contemporary artists we will create artworks that relate to our own environment....there will be lots of looking, drawing and talking to create our own ideas for artworks.


Term Two: May 3 - May 31, 4:00-5:30
'Superheroes' - a sculpture project
Transforming bits of  Barbies and Action Man figures into our very own superhero sculpture, using 'sculptie' and found objects and fabric.


Term Three: August 30-Sept. 27, 4:00 - 5:30
Artists and Their Pets - a painting project 
We will work on our own painting using our ideas and inspired by the 'retablo' paintings of Frida Kahlo and other artists who loved to paint themselves with their pets.


Term Four: November 15 - December 13,

Christmas Art Extravaganza 
Involving lots of drawing and making about Christmas celebrations. We will design and create a Christmas sculpture using cabbage tree leaves, and wool. Come and make a Christmas Angel, Reindeer, Bird or any other Christmassy creature, for your house or garden. 

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2018 The Year of the Dog will be celebrated throughout our ART year, dogs will sneak into each of our art projects!

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About our Young Artists Workshops

theartdept'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