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Abstract Painting
With Julie Moselen
2 days
Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 March
10 am - 4 pm
Adults
This workshop offers 2 glorious days of fast-paced, exciting, structured painting.
Featured
With Julie Moselen
2 days
Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 March
10 am - 4 pm
Adults
This workshop offers 2 glorious days of fast-paced, exciting, structured painting.
Adults
Experimental Figurative Painting in Oils
With Jean Stewart
6 weeks
Tuesday evenings
19 February - 26 March
7 pm - 9 pm
Adults
Learn the basics of oil painting in this fun experimental style.
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Adventures in Abstract Painting
With James Lawrence
8 weeks
Thursday mornings
14 February - 4 April
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Adults
*FULLY BOOKED* This term class with James explores abstract painting concepts and techniques utilising acrylic paints, gels and additives.
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Marama Pendant
With Maha Tomo
1 day
Sunday 24 February
10 am - 4 pm
Adults
Learn about the practices associated with Māori arts whilst creating a marama (moon) taonga in this 1-day workshop.
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Clay Explorations
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks
Thursday evenings
7 March - 11 April
6 pm - 9 pm
Adults
Whether it is functional or sculptural, this class offers the opportunity to experiment with a variety of modelling techniques under the guidance of the experienced tutor Kairava Gullatz.
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Abstract Painting
With Julie Moselen
2 days
Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 March
10 am - 4 pm
Adults
This workshop offers 2 glorious days of fast-paced, exciting, structured painting.
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Children
Drawing is Fun!
With Julie Moselen
6 weeks, Monday afternoons
Monday 18 February – Monday 25 March
4 pm – 5.30 pm
Children: 6 - 14
This class is full at present. Please call us if you'd like to be put on the waiting list.
This class is designed to give children a broad understanding, knowledge and skill base in order for them to learn how to draw.
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Eye-Popping Butterflies of NZ
With Jean Stewart
6 weeks, Tuesday afternoons
Tuesday 19 February – Tuesday 26 March
4 pm – 5.30 pm
Children: 6 - 12
Learn how to paint a butterfly with its shadow. First, we will create our favourite New Zealand butterflies out of paper clay, then light these models and create an observational painting looking very closely at the shadows and the light.
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Giant Squid Dessert Bowls
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday afternoons
Thursday 7 March – Thursday 11 April
4 pm – 5.30 pm
Children: 6 - 14
Anything unusual is good enough for our designs! You will make your very own special dessert bowls from soft white clay.
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Painted Pizza Platters
With Kairava Gullatz
1 day
Friday 25 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 4 - 9
Hands on soft clay! We will make a very special plate, decorating it with a colourful painting once we have shaped it.
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Totally Tropical Prints
With Gabrielle Binks
1 day
Friday 25 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 6 - 12
Print your own T-shirt in this tropical print extravaganza!
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Under the Sea
With Andrea Gerbic
2 days
Thursday 24 – Friday 25 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 7 - 13
Drawing inspiration from New Zealand artists Pat Hanly and Claudia Pond-Eyley we will create a mixed media collage and painting that reflects the special character of the plants, water and creatures living under the sea.
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Whale’s Tooth Bone Carving – Rei Niho
With Maha Tomo
1 day
Wednesday 23 January
10 am - 3 pm
Youth: 13 - 18
Create your own whale’s tooth out of bone in this tikanga based contemporary workshop.
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To Infinity and Beyond
With Andrew Hall
1 day
Wednesday 23 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 6 - 12
The “usual pile of interesting stuff” is ready to be transformed by your powers of creativity into creatures, machines & instruments.
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We are the Champions
With Kairava Gullatz
2 days
Wednesday 23 – Thursday 24 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 7 - 14
Be inspired by a champion’s winning cup and shape your own, fully functional goblet from clay.
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Creative Drama
With Tessa Mitchell
2 days
Wednesday 23 – Thursday 24 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 6 - 12
Have fun with classic drama games and exercises which explore movement, the voice and telling stories through theatrical scenes.
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Embellished Self-Portraits
With Sarah Ormsby
1 day
Tuesday 22 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 7 - 13
Create a painted and embellished self-portrait in this fun workshop inspired by modernist and contemporary artists.
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Delicate Detail
With Leela Bhai
1 day
Tuesday 22 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 7 - 13
Let’s explore and work on small-scale pieces, concentrating on delightful details. Working first on a series of tissue paper collages, showcasing the softness and beauty of the medium we will then move onto watercolour postcards. Experiment with blending both concepts together, working to produce intricate and careful imagery full of delicate detail.
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Moonlit Forest Lightbox
With Sarah Ormsby
1 day
Monday 21 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 8 - 13
Students will design and build a glowing forest lightbox in this engaging one day workshop.
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Frogs to be Kissed
With Kairava Gullatz
2 days
Monday 21 – Tuesday 22 January
10 am – 2.30 pm
Children: 5 - 10
Sharing stories about special characters from books as well as animals that appeared in our lives, you will learn how to shape the soft material of clay into the creature of your choice using a variety of modelling techniques.
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Solar Stories: An intro to Solar Plate Printmaking
With Prue MacDougall
3 days
Tue 15 – Thu 17 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
This Workshop is now Fully Booked.
Please email info@ceac.org.nz or call 09 838 4455 to be put on the waiting-list.
Solar Plate is a simple and safe approach to traditional etching. Light sensitive plate is exposed with UV light and developed with ordinary tap water; there is no use of grounds, acids or solvents and it is an environmentally friendly technique.
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Waka Hoe: Introduction to Wood Carving
With Wikuki Kingi and Tania Wolfgramm
3 days
Tue 15 – Thu 17 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
This workshop will focus on the design, construction, and carving of traditional wooden paddles or Waka Hoe. Starting with an introduction to carving, participants will work from initial design through to cutting, grinding and sanding to create their own uniquely adorned paddle with an understanding of its use, form, and function.
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The Lost Wax Process: An Intro to Glass Casting
With Christine Cathie
5 days
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
This Workshop is now Fully Booked.
Please email info@ceac.org.nz or call 09 838 4455 to be put on the waiting-list.
This workshop is a basic introduction to the technique of lost wax kiln casting glass. Under the guidance of talented glass artist Christine Cathie, participants will make two simple forms by using various techniques to create their own unique works.
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The Novel: from Conception to Completion
With James George
5 days
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
This Workshop is now Fully Booked.
Please email info@ceac.org.nz or call 09 838 4455 to be put on the waiting-list.
(Storytelling) ... is a game for two players... it kicks into life when a reader’s imagination collaborates with that of the writer. - Lindsay Clarke
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The Magic Realism of Portraiture
With Liam Barr
5 days
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
Advance your drawing and painting skills and explore how combining the real and unreal can build original visual imagery and narratives.
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Shibori: Shaped Resist Dyeing
With Susanne Williamson
3 days
Mon 14 – Wed 16 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
Shibori is an inventive art, originating in Japan and involving patterns created on fabrics using folding, stitching and pole wrapping. This workshop is an exploration of Shibori vat dyeing techniques using cotton dyes and the bleach back shadow technique.
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Place Particulars: Discoveries in Abstract Landscapes
With Tom Voyce
5 days
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
This Workshop is now Fully Booked.
Please email info@ceac.org.nz or call 09 838 4455 to be put on the waiting-list.
Explore the ‘sense of place’ with UK artist Tom Voyce. Using Corban Estate as the subject matter, this workshop pushes the boundary between abstract and figurative scenes so participants can decide the focus of their artworks.
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A Sense of Place
With Tom Voyce
2 days
Sat 24 - Sun 25 November
10am - 4pm
Adults
Participants will have the opportunity to learn new skills and techniques, as well as refine their own practice through discussions and demonstrations that will cover the history and basics of landscape painting.
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Sterling Silver Jewellery
With Julie Moselen
2 days
Sat 3 - Sun 4 Novmber
10am - 4pm
Adults
In this workshop you will have the opportunity to use traditional silversmithing tools and techniques to produce a handmade sterling silver ring and earrings or pendant.
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Egg Tempera Painting
With Jean Stewart
6 weeks, Tuesday afternoons
30 October – 4 December
4pm – 5.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
Come and discover the ancient technique of egg tempera. Mix your own paint from scratch for each class and learn to paint with the beautiful gloss and translucency of tempera.
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Creative Clay Projects
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks
Thursday evenings
Thu 25 October - 29 November
6pm - 9pm
Adults
Is there something you’ve always wanted to shape in clay? Whether it is functional or sculptural, this is the time to find support for your creative ventures.
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Tantalising Teapots
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday afternoons
25 October – 29 November
4pm – 5.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
*CANCELLED* All kinds of unusual and unique shapes of functional teapots will be made in this creative pottery class.
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Adventures in Abstract Painting
With James Lawrence
8 weeks
Thursday mornings
Thu 25 October - 13 December
9:30am - 12:30pm
Adults
This on-going term class with James explores abstract painting concepts and techniques utilising acrylic paints, gels and additives.
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Printmaking on Fabric and Paper
With Sarah Ormsby
6 weeks
Wednesday evenings
Wed 24 October - 28 November
6pm-9pm
Adults
Build or extend your knowledge of a range of printmaking processes onto paper and fabric; this includes screen printing, relief printing, and constructed textured collagraph prints.
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Art Journaling
With Julie Moselen
6 weeks
Wednesday evenings
Wed 17 October - 21 November
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Art Journaling is a fabulous way of getting creative for all those with limited time and or limited space.
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Big Eyes
With Kairava Gullatz
1 day
Fri 12 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 4 - 7
Play with clay and turn the soft material into a cute animal face. We will make 3D wall plaques and paint them with colourful slips, then all works will be fired and glazed to make them durable for hanging.
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Painting Around
With Ashlee Tawhiti
2 days
Thu 11 – Fri 12 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
Be inspired by the work of NZ artist Shane Hansen and images of vibrant native wildlife and unique flora and fauna in this fun painting workshop. Incorporate your own culture and style within your artwork while extending your drawing and painting skills. Learn basic colour theory and bring your visual stories to life with various textures on recycled wood rounds.
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Mindboggling
With Andrew Hall
1 day
Thu 11 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.***
Enter a room full of fantastical materials, saved from being carted off to the great garbage burial ground. Then with the aid of glue, screws, cable ties, wire, nuts and bolts, we will
conjure up a whole bunch of mindboggling creations.
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Personality Picture Frames
With Leela Bhai
1 day
Thu 11 October
10am - 2.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
Your child will re-invent a regular picture frame to reflect their own unique and personal style. It will be dismantled, carved, stained, collaged, painted and then put back together again!
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About Hobbits and Elves
With Kairava Gullatz
2 days
Wed 10 – Thu 11 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.***
With your creative imagination, choose a fairytale creature or character and turn it into a beautiful clay sculpture.
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Herb Foley Paintings
With Andrea Gerbic
2 days
Tue 9 – Wed 10 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
Participants will look at native plants and patterns to create a large, colourful painting in the style of NZ artist Herb Foley. Learn how to layer paint and have fun discovering scraffito to
build up layers and add details.
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Street Art
With Harry McNiven
2 days
Mon 8 - Tue 9 October
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
This workshop will introduce participants to historical and contemporary examples of street art and technique through practical and detailed demonstrations.
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Coral Reefs
With Kairava Gullatz
2 days
Mon 8 – Tue 9 October
10am – 2:30pm
Children: 7 - 13
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.***
Dive into your imagination and draw the colourful world of your reef and its inhabitants. Then form your image into clay wall plaques, painted with colourful slips.
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Matisse Madness
With Gabrielle Binks
2 days
Mon 8 – Tue 9 October
10am - 2.30pm
Children: 6 - 10
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.***
Explore mark making in this fun Matisse-inspired workshop. Over the two days you will create your own patterned collage materials using a variety of paints, pastels and dyes.
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Watercolour Cartoons
With Charlotte Maguire
1 day
Fri 5 October
10am - 2.30pm
Children: 5 - 10
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.*** In this workshop, Charlotte will introduce you to watercolours and cartooning. You will create a character of your own imagining and give it a name. Then we will learn to mix colours together and paint your cartoon on watercolour paper.
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In the Box
With Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa Dave Atai (Nesian Mystik) and Abraham Kunin (Homebrew)
2 days
Thu 4 - Fri 5 October
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
Do you want to gain a deeper understanding about songwriting? Learn how to write and arrange a song from scratch, identifying the different sections of a song and their practice.
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Springtime Moon
With Gabrielle Binks
2 days
Thu 4 – Fri 5 October
10am – 2:30pm
Children: 8 - 14
Inspired by UK artist Mark Hearld and using a range of materials including paper, card, inks, acrylic paints and oil pastels, create your own imaginative, colourful and expressive artwork that features animals, and flora and fauna or an image of your own choosing.
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Sketchbook to Wall
With Harry McNiven
1 day
Thu 4 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.***
Participants will learn about the history of the graffiti movement and be guided through the collaborative processes involved in creating a spray-painted mural, from sketchbook to wall.
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Toi Manawa Bone Carving
With Maha Tomo
2 days
Wed 3 - Thu 4 October
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
***This Class Is Now Fully Booked, please contact the office if you would like to be put on the waiting list.***
During these tikanga based contemporary workshops you will learn about the practices associated with Maori art, creating your own contemporary Toki bone carving, complete with binding and adjustable cord.
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Creative Drama
With Tessa Mitchell
2 days
Wed 3 – Thu 4 October
10am – 2.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
This drama workshop is about having fun with classic drama games and exercises which explore movement, the voice and telling stories through theatrical scenes.
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Magical Woodland Creature Stamps
With Sarah Ormsby
1 day
Wed 3 October
10am – 2:30pm
Children: 8 - 14
In this imaginative and inspiring workshop, we will design and make our own woodland creature stamps and combine them with dreamlike painted backgrounds.
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Happy Feet
With Susanne Williamson
1 day
Tue 2 October
10am - 2.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
This workshop will be an introduction to the art of Arashi Shibori, also described as Japanese tie dye. Design your own pair of unique socks, and a piece of fabric art.
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Your Style in Pattern
With Sarah Ormsby
2 days
Mon 1 - Tue 2 October
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
In this workshop you will design and create your own individual series of screen and block printed fabrics.
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Patchwork Painting
With Leela Bhai
2 days
Mon 1 - Tue 2 October
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 6 - 12
Participants will experiment with creating abstract textures and relief surfaces on a large collection of small squares. Using several layers of paint, they will learn numerous techniques of mark making, taping, smudging and scratching. They will then assemble and edit the collection to form one large piece.
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Patterns and Prints
With Katie Smith
2 days
Sat 22 - Sun 23 September
10am - 4pm
Adults
This weekend workshop offers an inspiring and instructive approach to screen printing onto fabric using simple hand-cut stencils. Learn some stenciling and stamping techniques, mix your own fabulous combinations of colours and take away several squares of printed cotton—perfect for whipping up into your own unique cushions or crafts.
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Art Clay Copper
With Simon Misdale
2 days
Sat 4 - Sun 5 August
10am - 4pm
Adults
Art clay copper is a clay material that can be used to make a range of jewellery. The copper clay compound allows for kiln firing and vastly reduces the firing time. Learn sculpting techniques and the basics of jewellery design as you create your own pieces using this unique form of copper. Over the two days participants will create a beautiful copper ring and pendant or earrings which can be set with a stone if desired.
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Creative Clay Projects
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday evenings
Thursday 2 August - 6 September
6-9pm
Adults
Is there anything you have always wanted to shape in clay? Whether it is functional or sculptural, this is the time to find support for your creative ventures. The class offers the opportunity to experiment with a variety of modelling techniques under the guidance of experienced tutor Kairava Gullatz. Students will discover their individual way of handling the clay, as well as enjoying a social creative environment. Surface decorations with slips and glazes are part of the teaching.
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Busts of Beasts
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday afternoons
Thursday 2 August - 6 September
4pm - 5:30pm
Children: 6 - 10
Our shapes will be clay busts featuring animals or movie characters. You will enjoy your creativity and explore a variety of pottery techniques, which will help you to realise your unique designs in clay.
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Adventures in Abstract Painting
With James Lawrence
8 weeks, Thursday mornings
Thursday 2 August - 20 September
9.30am - 12.30pm
Adults
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* This ongoing term class with James Lawrence explores abstract painting concepts and techniques utilising acrylic paints, gels and additives. Demonstrations and discussions will cover colour, form and composition as each week is filled with discovery and painting adventures. Limited spaces available.
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Experimental Printmaking
With Sarah Ormsby
8 weeks, Wednesday evenings
Wednesday 1 August - 19 September
6-9pm
Adults
Extend your printmaking vocabulary, in this 8 week course which will include collagraph, relief, and intaglio printing, plexi-plate dry point etching, chine collé, and foam plate printing.
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From Here to There: Drawing
With Julie Moselen
6 weeks, Monday afternoons
Monday 30 July - 3 September
4pm - 5.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.* This class is designed to give children a broad understanding, knowledge and skill base in order for them to learn how to draw. Participants study light and shade, contrast, and rendering as well as a range of drawing styles; observational drawing, step by step guided drawing as well as imaginative free drawing.
Continue on from the previous term or start now to develop your drawing skills.
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Fantastical Botanical
With Charlotte Maguire
1 Day
Fri 20 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.* Join Charlotte for a painting workshop exploding with imagination, in which we learn all about fantastical painters Karl Maughan, Ayesha Green, Reuben Patterson and more. You will create a series of drawings depicting real and imagined botanical landscapes - one of which will be transformed into a painting on board.
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Puss In Boots
With Kairava Gullatz
1 Day
Fri 20 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 4 - 7
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.* Play with clay and turn the soft material into a unique wall plaque. Choose your favourite fairytale character for a 3D adornment onto your hand shaped tile. We will also have time to paint our works with colourful slips.
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In the Box
With Dave Atai and Abraham Kunin
2 days
Thu 19 - Fri 20 July
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
*PLACES FILLING FAST. CONTACT US NOW TO SECURE A PLACE* A workshop, for young people who are wanting to gain a deeper understanding about song-writing. Hosted by Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa, mentors David Atai of Nesian Mystik and Abraham Kunin of Homebrew.
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Puff the Magic Dragon
With Kairava Gullatz
2 Days
Wed 18 - Thu 19 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* Learn how to make a real fire breathing dragon from clay. Enjoy shaping the soft material with your hands into a stunning creature after your own imagination.
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Street Art: Sketchbook to Wall
With Harry McNiven
2 days
Mon 16 - Tue 17 July
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* This workshop will introduce participants to historical and contemporary examples of street art and technique through practical and detailed demonstrations from initial sketches to spray painted murals.
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Polymer Clay Miniatures
With Charlotte Maguire
2 Days
Mon 16 - Tue 17 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 7 - 13
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED. * Learn to make fun polymer clay miniatures. Will you make delicious donuts? Figurines? A character from your favourite movie? A garden or a cactus collection? The choice is yours.
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Whale Rider
With Kairava Gullatz
2 Days
Mon 16 - Tue 17 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.* Take a ride on the wild side and make a personalised sculpture from soft clay!
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Sketchbook to Wall
With Harry McNiven
1 Day
Fri 13 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 8 - 14
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.* Participants will learn about the history of the street art movement and be guided through collaborative processes of creating a spray-painted mural, from sketchbook to wall.
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Picasso Portraits
With Leela Bhai
1 Day
Thu 12 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 5 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* As one of the most influential artists of all time, Picasso introduced the world to Cubism over 100 years ago. We will examine how he explored ways to depict form, reducing it to a collection of two dimensional planes.
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Think It – Build It
With Andrew Hall
1 Day
Wed 11 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Robot + Alien + House + Car + Monster + Mouse + Cat + Bird + Dog, Hedgehog + Rocket + Flying Saucer + Helicopter + Truck + Aeroplane + Elephant + Frog. Pretty much whatever you can imagine!
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Painting Dreamscapes
With Sarah Ormsby
2 days
Tue 10 - Wed 11 July
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* In this exciting and fun two day workshop we will explore and create our own world of fantasy characters and places, based on the study of cartoon characters and contemporary Japanese art.
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Cut-Cardboard Printmaking
With Ina Arraoui
1 Day
Tue 10 July (incorrectly listed in the programme)
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 5 - 10
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* Children will be able to design, construct and print a collection of art works using cardboard cut-outs and other relief materials glued onto a cardboard plate. They will play with layering and stamped images.
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All the World's a Stage
With Leela Bhai
2 Days
Mon 9 - Tue 10 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 8 - 14
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED.*
Inspired by the famous William Shakespeare line, your child will plan and construct a 3-Dimensional stage and the multiple elements of its set design.
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Creature Garland
With Sarah Ormsby
1 Day
Mon 9 July
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 5 - 10
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED* Create a garland to decorate your room with the wildest creatures of your imagination!
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Layer Upon Layer
With Julie Moselen
2 Days
Sat 23 – Sun 24 June, 10am-4pm
Adults
This weekend workshop will focus on creating prints using a layering process. Julie will cover a variety of printmaking techniques such as monoprinting, relief, stencilling, and etching whilst exploring and experimenting with natural and found materials to achieve rich textures and interesting abstract patterns.
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Patterns and Prints
With Katie Smith
9 Jun10 Jun10:00AM - 4:00PM
Adults
This weekend workshop offers an inspiring and instructive approach to screen printing onto fabric using simple hand-cut stencils.
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Basics in Manual Photography
With Maddy Stockford
Sat 9 Jun 2018 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Adults
This workshop is for those who want to learn to take photos in ‘Manual’ mode.
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Just the Two of Us
With Kairava Gullatz
6 weeks, Thursday afternoons
10 May - 14 June, 2018
4pm - 5.30pm
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
This workshop is now fully booked
Make two small figures from soft clay! Take your pick at who your best friend might be when we model ourselves as well as another person or animal.
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Mixed Media Mayhem
With Julie Moselen
6 Weeks , Tuesday evenings
Tue 8 May – Tue 12 June
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Adults
A fun and inspiring class which covers all aspects of mixed media including image transfer, mediums, texture, layering techniques and lots more.
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Making Molecules: 3D Sculpture
With Rangimarie McDowell
6 weeks, Tuesday afternoons
8 May - 12 June
4pm - 5.30pm
Children: 8 - 14
Art and science combine to create sculptural forms. Examine the ways you can transform a 2D image into a 3D object.
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It all starts here: Drawing
With Julie Moselen
6 weeks, Tuesday afternoons
8 May - 12 June
4pm - 5.30pm
Children: 7 - 13
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
This class is designed to give children a broad understanding, knowledge and technique base in order for them to develop their drawing skills.
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International Sculpture Day Workshops
Sat 28 Apr 2018 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Children: 5 - 12
Join us in celebrating International Sculpture Day 2018 and recognising the talented sculptors based at Corban Estate Arts Centre.
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Hipporaffes
With Kairava Gullatz
26 Apr27 Apr10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Invent an animal by merging two or three animals together, creating a unique never-before-seen creature. Creatures will be sculpted from soft clay as you learn techniques for clay creations.
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Textile Fun
With Katie Smith
26 Apr27 Apr10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 5 - 10
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
We are going to learn to tie-dye, dip-dye, hand-paint, stencil and screenprint onto fabric. Transform your very own pillowcase and t-shirt*.
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In The Box
With Dave Atai and Greg Davis
2 days, Mon 23 - Tue 24 April
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
A workshop, for young people who are wanting to gain a deeper understanding about song-writing.
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Big Pots with Dots
With Kairava Gullatz
23 Apr24 Apr10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 6 - 12
*THIS CLASS IS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Shape soft clay into salad bowls or containers for your plant friends. Our vessels will be decorated with patterns and dots and finished in a variety of clay colours.
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Watercolour Stories
With Charlotte Maguire
23 Apr24 Apr10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Create a unique picture book, zine, comic or graphic novel with your own artworks and original story. Bringing together writing and watercolour, inks and markers you will create our own characters.
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Paddock Friends
With Jean Stewart
23 Apr24 Apr10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 8 - 14
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO BE WAITLISTED* Do you like sheep, alpacas, horses or cows? In this fun experimental class learn how to capture these quirky characters in acrylic paint.
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Autumn Magic
With Julie Moselen
Fri 20 Apr 2018 10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 5 - 10
In this class children will create a mixed media artwork using printmaking, collage and painting and all things autumnal. Get busy with layers of loveliness; the perfect way to spend an Autumn day.
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Outside the Box
With Andrew Hall
Thu 19 Apr 2018 10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 6 - 12
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Plastic tubes and wooden blocks, a whole lot of fun, cable ties and glue gun. Outside the square, treasure is everywhere. Pull it apart, make amazing art! Fix it together, transform into anything whatsoever.
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Cartoon Crazy
With Charlotte Maguire
Wed 18 Apr 2018 10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 5 - 10
*This Class is Fully Booked*
Create and draw a cartoon version of yourself, made up characters, or animals in this fun workshop. Look at exaggerating features and mixing up body parts in crazy cartoons that are brought to life using watercolour and ink.
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Freaky Geeks From Outta Space
With Leela Bhai
Tue 17 Apr 2018 10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 6 - 12
Places filling fast! Book now to avoid disappointment. Build the face of a fictional inhabitant from outer space! Using cardboard to construct the shape of the mask and a mixture of paint and collage to finish it off, your child will be able to wear it home!
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Creative Drama
With Tessa Mitchell
17 Apr18 Apr10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 6 - 12
*Class fully booked. Please see our other classes or enquire to be waitlisted!*
This drama workshop is about having fun with classic drama games and exercises to explore voice, movement and create theatrical scenes and stories.
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Handbuilding with Slabs
With Suzy Dunser
16 Apr17 Apr10:00AM - 3:00PM
Youth: 13 - 18
*Class fully booked. Please see our other classes or enquire to be waitlisted!* Use clay slabs to build a mug, bowl, lidded box, vase, or planter - or design your own vessel.
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Vibrant Flying Birds
With Sarah Ormsby
Mon 16 Apr 2018 10:00AM - 2:30PM
Children: 8 - 14
*CLASS NOW FULLY BOOKED*
In this workshop we will explore a range of exciting printmaking techniques, and combine them to create our own hanging patterned bird sculptures.
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Art | Clay | Silver
With Simon Misdale
2 days
Sat 24 - Sun 25 March
10am - 4pm
Adults
Using a form of mouldable cork, participants will craft a collection of contemporary geometric shapes which will become the beginnings of their own, unique piece of jewellery.
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Experimental Printmaking
With Sarah Ormsby
2 Days
Sat 24 - Sun 25 March
10am - 4pm
Adults
Extend your printmaking knowledge, in this two day workshop which includes collagraph relief and intaglio printing, plexi-plate dry point etching, Chine-collé, foam plate printing, collage and lino cuts.
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Encaustic in 3D
With Nicki Stewart
2 days
Sat 3 - Sun 4 March
10am - 4pm
Adults
Discover the sculptural possibilities of wax and encaustic in this two-day workshop.
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Buzz and Bumble
With Kairava Gullatz
1 Day
Fri 26 January
10am - 2:30pm
Children: 4 - 7
Choose a hero from the insect world as a model to make a small container for your treasures.
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Contemporary Kōwhaiwhai
With Ashlee Tawhiti
2 days
Mon 22 - Tue 23 January
10am - 3pm
Youth: 13 - 18
Learn about traditional Māori Kōwhaiwhai symbols whilst researching the art of contemporary New Zealand artist Shane Hansen.
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Adventures in Abstract Painting | Summer School 2018
With James Lawrence
Daily, 10:00 - 4.30pm
Mon 15 -Fri 19 January, 2018
Adults
Please email info@ceac.org.nz to inquire about this class.
Summer School 2018. Explore abstract painting concepts and techniques utilising paints, gels and additives. Demonstrations and discussions will cover colour, form and composition. This workshop will emphasise process and discovery and will give students a base for further painting adventures.
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