In this fun and creative art class, students will experience being an artist for a week! At the end of the week – a garden party exhibition will showcase creations, giving students a ‘from start to finish’ ‘living as an artist’ experience! Encouraging the artist self to shine!
Artist for a Week
SCHOOL HOLIDAY ART PROGRAMMME 8 - 12 yr olds
‘I wish this was a school and I could go to it all the time!'
Arlo (age 10), First 'Artist for a Week' Program, Suter Education Room, 2017.
Artist For a Week SCHOOL HOLIDAY ART PROGRAMME (8 - 12 yr olds)
Dates: APRIL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Monday 6th April EASTER HOLIDAY (no class) Tuesday 7th April - Friday 10th April (inclusive) Time: 9am - 3pm Age: 8 to 12 yr olds
Location: Mina Arndt Education Room, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
Cost: $425 (5-day workshop, includes all course materials)
$345 (4-day workshop, includes all course materials).
The Garden Tea Party!
Students will immerse in creating for a week, experiencing life as an artist! At the end of the week – a garden party exhibition will showcase creations, giving students a ‘from start to finish’ ‘living as an artist’ experience!
Using the Queens Gardens as inspiration, students will develop various artistic skills. Sketching, painting, composition, perspective, tone and colour will be used. The real and the imagination combined. Three-Dimensional forms created.
Nature revealed, discovered and celebrated in a process that encourages artistic ‘license’. Planet friendly throughout, this class embraces the whakatauki ‘Manaaki whenua, Manaaki taangata, Haere whakamua’ ‘Care for the land, care for the people, so we may go forward’
The focus is on fun techniques while developing creativity and artistic skills
Students work will be showcased in the final exhibition / garden themed tea party
Tea Party / Final exhibition: 2 - 3pm Friday (end of the artist week)
Friends and Family invited!
Artist For a Week SCHOOL HOLIDAY ART PROGRAMME (8 - 12yr olds) Monday 6th April NO CLASS, (Tuesday 7th April - Friday 10th April)