Event
The Corban Estate Arts Centre is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated Kids Arts Festival 2025. This year’s festival is centred around the vibrant theme of Celebrating Colour and promises a day of creativity, fun, and inspiration for children and families alike. Best of all, the festival and its activities are entirely free.
As our signature annual event, the Kids Arts Festival is designed to foster a love for the arts in younger generations, encouraging them to explore, create, and connect. Through interactive workshops, hands-on art-making, and engaging performances, children will experience firsthand how the arts can enhance their lives and nurture their imagination.
The Kids Arts Festival 2025 showcases our commitment to making the arts accessible and enjoyable for all. Families can look forward to an array of free activities, from painting and sculpting to storytelling and interactive performances—all set against the beautiful backdrop of the Corban Estate Arts Centre.
Whether you’re a budding young artist or simply looking for a fun family day out, this festival offers something for everyone. Mark your calendars and prepare for a day filled with creativity, colour, and community spirit.
Join us in celebrating the transformative power of art and colour—see you there!
The Kids Arts Festival 2025 – Celebrating Colour is a fantastic community event, and we’d love your help to make it even more special! If you’re interested in volunteering, please email Megan at learningmanager@ceac.org.nz with your details. Whether you have experience or just a passion for creativity, we welcome all enthusiastic helpers to be part of this vibrant day.
Free
Whānau friendly. All welcome.
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Here’s everything you need to know to make the most of your Kids Arts Festival experience...
WHAT TO BRING
🚰 Pack a water bottle.
☕ Bring a keep cup to enjoy your cafe brew without the waste!
🛍️ Bring a paper bag or box to take kids’ artwork home in.
🧺 Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and your own picnic if you wish.
💵 Bring cash if you’d like to purchase kai from our community stalls.
GETTING HERE
Corban Estate Arts Centre can be accessed via 3 entry points - Mt Lebanon Lane, the Arts Bridge footbridge from Henderson Park, and via the footbridge rail underpass at the corner of Great North Rd & Henderson Valley Rd
🚲 Please consider using public transport, walk, bike or carpool.
🚘 Limited parking onsite, plan ahead if you are coming to see a specific performance
🚌 For buses and trains use the AT Journey Planner to plan ahead. The Henderson transit station is a short walk away.
WEATHER PLANS
☂️ We’re going ahead rain or shine! While we have plenty of space under cover, if it’s looking wet, bring an umbrella to get from place to place and to keep your artworks dry!
Upcoming
Events
The Vacant Spaces Pop Up Gallery
From Saturday 8 March 2025
The Vacant Spaces Pop-Up Gallery is brought to you by Eke Panuku Development Auckland and Corban Estate Arts Centre, and is part of the Henderson town centre revitalisation project. It is a celebration of art and culture in conjunction with CEAC’s year-long initiative Play, Create, and Learn.
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Printed Putiputi
With Penny Howard and Jean Stewart
Sat 8 Mar 2025 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Join us in Henderson's Catherine St Plaza for a free vibrant and creative community print workshop! Inspired by the beauty of Aotearoa's flora and traditional kowhaiwhai patterns, we'll guide you through the process of creating stunning foam board prints.
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Plaster Scene Relief Making
With Sofia Athineou
Sat 8 Mar 2025 10:00AM - 11:30AM
Children: 8 - 12
Hosted by our resident glass artist Sofia Athineou, you will be taught how to make a relief scene made from plaster by pressing natural and found objects into clay.
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