November Saturday Gallery Club: Wonderful Woolliness
2023
CANCELLED
Children: 4 - 14
Bring an item of clothing from home that you would like to transform with a patch of woolly wonderfulness!
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Join our Saturday Gallery Club and embark on an exciting artistic journey inspired by the current exhibitions on display in our Homestead Galleries.
Designed for children to discover new art techniques and explore different art forms, our Saturday Gallery Club activities are suitable for ages 4-14 years and provide a regular opportunity for creative expression and connection.
To become a member, simply attend one of our Saturday Gallery Club sessions, and you’ll receive an official Saturday Gallery Club Passport* to gather stamps in every time you participate. Collecting stamps will earn you special rewards over time such as:
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PLUS all parents or guardians of official Saturday Gallery Club members receive an exclusive 10% discount for purchases in our Gallery Shop.
*Passports and Certificates will not be posted and must be received in-person.
Our Saturday Gallery Club sessions are completely free, thanks to our generous supporters.
Suitable for ages 4-14 years, all children must be accompanied by a guardian at all times.
Bookings are essential and spaces are limited. Be sure to book your spot by emailing: bookings@ceac.org.nz
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Saturday Gallery Club experiences require no fancy machinery, so you can continue your artistic practice from home.
By becoming an official Saturday Gallery Club member you’ll be part of our supportive artistic community at Corban Estate Arts Centre, where friendships flourish and inspiration is everywhere!
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November Saturday Gallery Club: Wonderful Woolliness
2023
CANCELLED
Children: 4 - 14
Bring an item of clothing from home that you would like to transform with a patch of woolly wonderfulness!
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October Saturday Gallery Club: Crotchet Collage
2023
FULLY BOOKED
Children: 4 - 14
Learn to crochet or knit a simple chain stitch without hooks or needles.
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September Saturday Gallery Club: Exploring Watercolour
2023
FULLY BOOKED
Children: 4 - 14
Join us for a children’s watercolour painting workshop inspired by 'All-at-once-ness', an exhibition by Jana Wood.
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August Saturday Gallery Club: Amazing Abstract
2023
FULLY BOOKED
Children: 4 - 14
Join us for a children’s abstract painting workshop inspired by 'BLUE DUCK', an exhibition by Christian Dimick and Ruby Wilkinson.
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Saturday Gallery Club: Holiday Hounds
2023
1 Jul
10:30AM - 12:00PM
3 - 15 Jul
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Children: 4 - 14
Woof! (Hello!)
It's Macky here, resident canine-in-charge at Corban Estate Arts Centre. Lover of the arts, professional sunny-spot seeker and fine sausage connoisseur.
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June Saturday Gallery Club: Pukapuka Whakawhetai
Sat 10 Jun 2023 10:30AM - 12:00PM
In time for Matariki; inspired by conversation and whakatauki about gratitude, children will design their own visual Pukapuka Whakawhetai (gratitude journal) to take home and add to over the coming year.
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May Saturday Gallery Club: Weaving Textile Treasures
2023
FULLY BOOKED
Join us for a children's upcycling session inspired by the kaupapa of EcoFest. Bring along a container from your recycling bin to repurpose into a useful vase or pen holder.
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April Saturday Gallery Club: Hand-formed Vessels
Sat 15 Apr 2023 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Children are invited to join us in the Homestead Galleries to make their own hand-formed vessels using airdry clay.
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March Saturday Gallery Club: Dreams for Aute
Sat 11 Mar 2023 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Inspired by a r a p e t a’s exhibition Kei whea te Aute, join us in the Homestead Galleries for a mark-making session on Aute/Tapa cloth, using natural pigments from plants, soil and clay.
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February Saturday Gallery Club: Cloud Sculptures
Sat 11 Feb 2023 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Make your own sculpture inspired by resident artist, Kevin Osmond.
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December Saturday Gallery Club: Petite Pot Painting
Sat 10 Dec 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Inspired by the group exhibition Her heirlooms in my garden, join us to design and create your own miniature terracotta pot, all ready for a plant in your garden or on your windowsill.
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November Saturday Gallery Club: Gilded Gold Assemblages
Sat 12 Nov 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Inspired by the vibrant landscape paintings in Dr Leonie Ngahuia Mansbridge’s new exhibition, join us to create your own colourful assemblage artwork within a gilded gold frame.
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October Saturday Gallery Club: Forgotten Vessels in Clay
Sat 15 Oct 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Inspired by Nature’s Gentleman’s works in 'Forgotten Vessels – Waiting for the Early Dawn', join us in the Homestead Galleries where we will be forming our own hue-shaped vessels from clay.
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September Saturday Gallery Club: Handmade Paper Collage
Sat 10 Sep 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Join us in the Homestead Galleries to create collage art with handmade paper inspired by our current exhibition, In Return.
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August Saturday Gallery Club: Knucklebone Poets
With Poet Trixi Rosa
Sat 13 Aug 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Inspired by the group exhibition Bodies of Woven Code, join artist Trixi Rosa to create your own set of knucklebones (jacks) from recycled and found materials.
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July Saturday Gallery Club: Matariki Manutukutuku
Sat 9 Jul 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
A free children’s workshop creating a cardboard Manutukutuku featuring designs that reflect the child's wishes and hopes for the Māori New Year to Hiwa i te Rangi.
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June Saturday Gallery Club: Stained Glass Windows
Sat 11 Jun 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
In celebration of our 20th Anniversary as an Arts Centre, come along to make your own stained glass window using cellophane and templates inspired by the grape-designs in the windows of the Homestead.
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May Saturday Gallery Club: Figures in Clay
Sat 14 May 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Inspired by Yeonjae Choi’s exhibition 인사 Greeting, come along and spend some time using your hands to build a unique clay figure of your own.
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April Saturday Gallery Club: Sustainable printed Wrapping Paper
Sat 9 Apr 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Join us in the Homestead Galleries to make your own roll of printed wrapping paper inspired by the current exhibition.
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March Saturday Gallery Club: Travelling Collage with Louise Stevenson
Sat 12 Mar 2022 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Drawing on her works in Someplace Else: A Travel Archive, artist Louise Stevenson will guide kids and caregivers in the making of a series of small collage works on paper that tell a story about travelling.
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September Saturday Gallery Club: Whimsical Collage
With Paula Friis
2021
Sat 11 September
Between 10:30am and 12pm
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown guidelines* Inspired by her exhibition Thought-Forms, join artist Paula Friis to create a whimsical textured card collage using Paula’s ‘library of shapes’ and your imagination.
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August Saturday Gallery Club: Woven Wall Hanging
2021
Sat 14 August
Between 10:30am and 12pm
Join us to create your own textile wall hanging using wool and traditional weaving techniques, inspired by the group exhibition What we do with our hands.
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July Saturday Gallery Club: Matariki Manu
With Penny Howard
2021
Sat 10 July
Between 10:30am and 12pm
Join artist Penny Howard to create your own vibrant bird silhouette filled with wishes using black paper and pastel to fly to Hiwa over the new year.
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Saturday Gallery Club #67: Knit a Quilt Square
2021
Sat 12 June
10:30am - 12pm
Taking our cue from the Give a Kid a Blanket exhibition and social art project, kids are invited to come and learn to knit a woollen square which will later be added to a quilt. The end result will be donated to GaKaB.
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Saturday Gallery Club #66: Clay Flowers
With Debbie Harris
2021
Sat 8 May
10:30am - 12pm
Inspired by her exhibition Blossom, Bloom, Blooming, come along and spend some time with Debbie Harris using your hands and fingers in clay to build a unique blooming flower of your own.
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Saturday Gallery Club #65: Finger Puppets
With Aasha-Samara Nimo
2021
Sat 10 April
10:30am - 12pm
Inspired by the installations in her exhibition Cats, Dogs and Madonna, join artist Aasha-Samra Nimo to create your own animal finger-puppet to take home, using felt and embroidery.
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Saturday Gallery Club #64: Portraits with Edith Amituanai
2021
Sat 13 March
10.30pm - 12pm
With her latest exhibition in mind, come and create your very own portrait alongside Edith, who is well-known for her creative portraiture.
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Saturday Gallery Club #63: Memory Collage
2020
Sat 14 November
10.30am - 12pm
Inspired by the work of Louise Keen, create your own recycled material collages and tell a story about your whānau and friends.
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Saturday Gallery Club #62: Colours of the Earth
2020
Sat 10 October
10.30am - 12pm
In this SGC, we will be creating small postcard paintings using make shift non-toxic paints with colours from the back yard.
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Saturday Gallery Club #61: Basic Bunting
2020
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions*
Sat 12 September
10.30am - 12pm
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions* Using collage we will be creating bunting that help to share what you are passionate about, it might be your culture, your love for nature or even animals. Create beautiful bunting to hang up in your home.
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Saturday Gallery Club #60 - Crochet Chains
2020
Sat 8 August
Between 10.30am - 12pm
Come join the artists as they share their love of crochet and teach you how to create a small object using crochet techniques.
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Saturday Gallery Club #59 - A Stitch in Time
2020
Sat 13 June
Between 10.30am and 12pm
Using the textile works of Vicki Bradley and Margaret Chapman as a starting point, participants are welcome to come and learn about the wonder of hand-stitching through simple and effective techniques.
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Saturday Gallery Club #57 - This is My Home
2020
Cancelled
Inspired by the photography of Edith Amituanai and George Crummer, our young participants will be creating a collaged photograph scene that represents their own home and identity.
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Saturday Gallery Club #56 - Paint etc.
2020
Sat 14 March
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Choose an object to upcycle as we re-imagine it into a sculpture inspired by Cat Fooks.
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Saturday Gallery Club #53 - Kindness Rocks
2019
Sat 12 October
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Create a surprise for someone to find in a local park or outside area. Leaving messages of kindness and support for others to find has become a popular activity for families. Join us to create, seek and hide rocks.
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Saturday Gallery Club #54 - Alphabet Printing Workshop
2019
Sat 9 November
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Inspired by our current exhibitions, learn how to create a stamp of your favourite alphabet letter as well as simple printing techniques on paper.
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Saturday Gallery Club #52 - Imaginary Worlds
2019
Sat 14 September
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Exhibiting artist Laura Williams paints imaginary spaces in her latest work. We invite you to create a collage of your own imaginary universe using magazines and brightly coloured paper.
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Saturday Gallery Club #51 - Beautiful Fabrics
2019
Sat 10 August
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Create your own beautiful printed textile piece, inspired by our current exhibitions.
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Pencil to Paper - Still Life Drawing Club
2019
Sat 27 July
Sat 31 August
11am-12pm each session
The last Saturday of every month we will be exploring our latest exhibitions with a free 1 hour drawing club for adults.
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Saturday Gallery Club #50 - Kauri Project
2019
Sat 13 July
Between 10.30am and 12pm
Learn how you can help to protect our local Kauri. Come and create a seed bomb that you can use to grow something special in your garden.
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Saturday Gallery Club #49 - Stars of Matariki
2019
Sat 8 June
Drop-in between 10.30am and 12pm
Come and learn about the upcoming Matariki season and create your own star wall hanging in celebration of the special Seven sisters star formation.
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Saturday Gallery Club #48: 3D Landscapes
2019
Sat 11 May
Between 10.30am - 12pm
Inspired by artist Sena Park’s residency in Mongolia, come and explore the current sculptural installation and then create your own responsive 3D dreamscape of Mongolia.
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Saturday Gallery Club #47: Power Badges
2019
Sat 13 April
Between 10.30am - 12pm
We all have a voice and sometimes this voice can be heard through short but effective quotes! Come and create your very own badge to share your thoughts on living in Tāmaki Makaurau.
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Saturday Gallery Club #46 - Masi Making
2019
Sat 9 March
Ages: 4+
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Homestead Galleries
Free, all welcome
Learn about Masi (Fijian bark cloth) and traditional patterns with artist Railala Gade. Under her guidance you will create a piece to take home.
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Saturday Gallery Club #45 - Summer Lei
2019
Sat 9 February
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Free, all welcome
Drop-in activities for children (and their families)
Ages: 4+
Free, all welcome
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Saturday Gallery Club #44 - Seleka Club Workshop
2018
Sat 8 December
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Homestead Galleries
As our final Saturday Gallery club activity for the year we are visited by guest artists from Tonga. Join in and learn about a variety of drawing techniques from Seleka Club members Tevita Latu and Taniela Petelo.
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Saturday Gallery Club #43 - Pinch Pots
2018
Sat 10 November
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Homestead Galleries
Come along to our monthly art making workshop, inspired by Ōtautahi artist Caitlin Clarke. Learn how to make pinch pots out of clay and materials collected from around our site.
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Saturday Gallery Club #42 - Wearable Arts
2018
Sat 13 October
Between 10:30am - 12pm
Free, all welcome
Join us for a free Artweek activity. Using found materials and objects we create pieces of wearable art inspired by the artists in the Handshake 4 exhibition.
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Saturday Gallery Club #41 - Vase of Flowers
2018
Sat 8 September, between 10.30am and 12pm
An open-ended creative workshop for children to assemble their own still-life work using collage/paper cut-outs inspired by the floral works in the exhibition.
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Saturday Gallery Club #40 - Soft Sculpture
2018
Sat 11 August, between 10.30am and 12pm
Come and learn how to make soft sculptures that you can put in your home, as we take inspiration from the Give me Space artists who have created work to fit specifically in the gallery spaces. Make you own site-specific sculpture for your home!
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Saturday Gallery Club #39 - Archival
2018
Sat 14 July, between 10.30am and 12pm
Working with archival images from Linda T.’s collection, we will be making postcards. Using black and white photographs, these postcards will capture life around the wider Auckland region from the 1980s to 2018.
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Saturday Gallery Club #38 - Ipu Whenua
2018
Sat 9 June, between 10.30am and 12pm
Held by Stars, our latest Matariki exhibition, celebrates the lives of those who have passed. In celebration of new life, come and learn about Ipu whenua, a traditional process of Māori people which includes burying whenua (placenta of newborns) in a special place.
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Saturday Gallery Club #37 - Geisha and Koi
2018
Sat 12 May, between 10.30am and 12pm
This workshop explores Geisha and Koi imagery, inspired by the works of artist Dominique Baker, an artist in our major group exhibition #UPDATE.
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Saturday Gallery Club #36 - Weaving Colour
2018
Sat 7 April, between 10.30am and 12pm
Looking at the current exhibition by Toi Te Rito Maihi, we will be weaving bright strips of coloured paper to explore pattern and symmetry.
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Saturday Gallery Club #35 - Postcards from Aotearoa
2018
Sat 10 March
Between 10:30am - 12pm
This workshop is inspired by the painting style of artist Ayesha Green, where we will use simplified forms and images from the landscape in Aotearoa, to create postcards for friends and whanau.
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Saturday Gallery Club #34 - ART of Celebration
Sat 10 Feb 2018 10:30AM - 12:00PM
For the first Saturday Gallery Club event of 2018, we will be creating a fun collage inspired by some of the artists in current exhibition 15 Years on The Estate, which celebrates our 15th year as an arts centre.
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Saturday Gallery Club #33 - Beauty from the Pacific
Sat 9 Dec 2017 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Come and immerse yourself in a colourful exhibition that celebrates the beauty of the Pacific, whilst learning how to make something precious for yourself or a friend.
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Saturday Gallery Club #32 - Up-cycled Ceramics
With artist Niki Gribble
Sat 4 Nov 2017 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Learn how to up-cycle old ceramics with artist Niki Gribble, and create a special masterpiece to take home at the end of the workshop.
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Saturday Gallery Club #31 - Body Surface
Sat 14 Oct 2017 10:30AM - 12:00PM
This workshop, inspired by our exhibition of the same name, is one where kids will learn about performance art as it is today and what it means to use your body as the basis for an artwork.
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Saturday Gallery Club #30: Wrap yourself in paper
With Louisa Afoa
Sat 9 Sep 2017 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Join artist Louisa Afoa as she runs a workshop that explores identity through printing and collage on wrapping paper.
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Saturday Gallery Club #29 - The Art of Protest
Sat 12 Aug 2017 10:30AM - 12:00PM
In the spirit of our latest exhibition, come and make your own sign or object of 'Protest' to share your views and opinions on a current news story.
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Saturday Gallery Club #28 - Creative Portraits
Sat 8 Jul 2017 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Make creative portraits with props and objects as we learn about the Seven Stars of Matariki. A family-focused gallery activity, suitable for children 4+. Free, no booking required.
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