Spend the day sculpting small scenes to depict a wish, a favourite moment, or a wild fantasy.

Finished off with bold painted backgrounds, this inverted mask will reveal the thoughts inside your child’s head!

In this two-day mixed media workshop, we’ll be using a wide range of materials and tools to construct a feathered friend found in Aotearoa.

This captivating and educational 2-day workshop combines the enchanting world of mythology and with the tactile joys of clay sculpting.

Inspired by legends from both Colombia and Aotearoa, design your own mythical creature and let your imaginations soar!

Using magnifying glasses, explore the abstract patterns of bark, leaves, cobwebs, and moss. How does the detail that you see inform a design of your own?

Playful experimentation using a range of mediums, layering crayons, pastels, and dyes, and producing a series of rich patterns.

In honour of this year’s Auckland Heritage Festival’s theme of Peace, Love & Protest, arts educator Kate Hart will take your child on a journey to discover the symbolism of the dove in particular reference to the 1985 sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

In the spirit of activism and freedom of speech, join us for a fun badge-making session where we'll be designing our very own badges to speak out about what matters most to us.

Students will become more experienced with the qualities of watercolour as they enter the lair of this mythical creature.

Explore repetitive motif and freestyle pattern making on a large series of card.
Warning: This workshop will leave our fingers stained with colour!

Become a recycling warrior and expand your understanding of what paper can be!

Make several sheets of unique paper, works of art in themselves, or the beginning of another creative process such as printmaking or painting.

Embark on a day of sensory delight and creative exploration! In this one-day workshop we'll be fully immersed in artistic expression through the use of a variety of tactile mediums.

With a focus on drawing exploration, we'll begin by moulding and squishing bright coloured plasticine to create interesting shapes for our drawing inspiration.

In this unique painting workshop we'll produce our own painted artworks inspired by artist Naomi Faifai’s visual compilations of symbols, motifs, bright colours and paint layering.

Following Faifai's practive of incorporating elements of her Samoan and Māori heritage while intertwining what she's thinking or feeling that day, we'll also take inspiration from our heritage and current states.