AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL

MEDIA RELEASE

26 March 2007

Get art smart at Artstation

With summer coming to an end, and the school holidays on their way, Artstation has a fantastic range of activities to keep kids and teenagers busy and entertained.

Bookings are now open for the school holiday art workshops, which run from 10 to 19 April. Classes are run by practising artists in a safe and fun environment, and offer children the chance to develop their own unique talents.

Classes include a wide range of arts activities from pottery and photographic workshops to printing and the Flying Creatures workshop, where kids can let their imagination run wild using wire and papier-mache techniques to create flying dinosaurs, butterflies and dragons.

For teenagers there is an exciting three-day glass casting workshop, teaching students how to design and sculpt in glass. Artstation provides all the materials and kiln firing to enable students to create a unique sculptural piece.

Once the school term restarts, children have the opportunity to continue their art interests by attending after-school and Saturday art sessions focussing on clay work, drawing, 3-D construction and much more.

Artstation also offers Mucky Play, a weekly art group for preschoolers and their caregivers, and runs children’s birthday parties on Sundays, complete with a tutor and materials for fun arts activities.

All of Artstation’s skilled tutors are experts in their field. The sessions are in a professional studio situation, with tutors encouraging children to learn through having fun.

ENDS

Note to editors:
Artstation, Auckland City’s community visual arts facility, is located at the old police barracks at 1 Ponsonby Rd, Newton. It is easy to get to by public transport with the Link’s Artstation bus stop right outside.

Web address www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/artstation
Artstation gallery hours Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm
Sat 10am to 4pm

List of courses

Holidays

- Papier-mache Pinata with Andrea Gaskin

- Penguins and Icebergs - a pottery workshop with Kairava Gullatz

- The Shelly Beach- a pottery workshop with Kairava Gullatz

- Photographic Fun with Treve Dromgool

- Mixed Bag with Andrea Gaskin

- Flying Creatures with Natalie Couch

- Casting Glass Workshop with Nicole Lucas

Weekly and after school classes for Term 2

- Mucky Play Art Group with Andrea Gaskin

- Home School Art Studio with Andrea Gaskin

- Saturday Morning Art Club with Anna Rae

- Children’s Open Workshop with Tanja Nola

- After-School Art for Kids with Anna Rae

- The Painter’s Club with Andrea Gaskin

- Art Club with Andrea Gaskin

- Castles and Pyramids – Pottery Workshop with Kairava Gullatz

- Construction Studio with Andrea Gaskin

- Black and White Photography Open Workshop with Tanja Nola

- Open Workshop with Tonja Nola

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