Cessnock Regional Art Gallery School Holiday Programs
This is an archived event
Date: 5 to 14 July 2010
Category: Art Classes
CESSNOCK REGIONAL ART GALLERY: School Holiday Programs July 2010
All programs are held at 27 Vincent Street, Cessnock.
For bookings please contact the Education and Public Programs Manager at Cessnock Regional Art Gallery on
02 4991 6619 or email robina.booth@crag.net.au
Please book early to ensure your child has a place in a class
Finger Painting Frenzy!
Monday 5 July 10am - 12pm
Ages: 2 - 5
Cost: $15
Teacher: Kim Barnes
In a lead up to starting the big Finger Painting Frenzy! we will be reading the story Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox. We will also sing some counting songs exploring the numbers 1 to 10 while playing enthusiastically on percussion instruments. Fingers will then get a workout with some colourful playdough before we get down and busy with beautiful gloopy paint using our hands to draw colourful lines and trails across big sheets of white paper.
Please wear old clothes or a painting shirt and bring a snack and drink.
Ponies and Princesses / Pirates and Racing Cars!
Monday 5 July 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Ages: 5 - 7
Cost: $15
Teacher: Kim Barnes
This is a 'must do' for all young pony and racing car enthusiasts wishing to have an original painting of their favourite horse or motor on the wall! Young enthusiasts learn to use tracing paper to create a design around this theme and then transfer these ideas onto a real artist canvas. As they stand at an easel, they will see their picture brought to life under the guiding hand of an experienced teaching artist from the Gallery.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
Kite Making
Tuesday 6 July and Thursday 15 July 10am - 12pm
Ages: 6 - 12
Cost: $15 per class
Teacher: Di Stackpool
Learn how to make your own kite using simple materials. We will use paint and a range of materials to decorate our kites. All materials are supplied but bring any other light-weight and decorative materials you may have at home with you to class. A suitable day and location will be organized by the teacher for students to get together and fly their kites.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
Mask Making
Tuesday 6 July and Thursday 15 July 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Ages: 6 - 12
Cost: $15 per class
Teacher: Di Stackpool
Learn to make masks and explore the techniques for plays as well as just making them for fun at home on a weekend. Materials to bring: ribbons, egg cartons and buttons.
Please bring a drink and snack and an apron or old shirt.
Screen Printing
Wednesday 7 July and Wednesday 14 July 10am - 12pm
Ages: 6 - 12
Cost: $15 per class
Teacher: Di Stackpool
Learn the technique of screen printing and how this can be used to create your own cards, bookmarks and colourful boxes. You can also create your own roll of wallpaper. Please bring small boxes and some cardboard to the class.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
The Colours of the Lollypop Shop
Wednesday 7 July 2pm - 4pm
Ages: 7 - 12
Cost: $15
Teacher: Dorothy Compton
Learn how to make a picture using paint, collage, felt-pens and with lots of colour. Children will create a picture of their favourite lollypop shop.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
Compiling a Visual Arts Diary
Thursday 8 July and Friday 16 July 10am - 2pm
High School Students: Years 9 - 12
Cost: $15 per class
Teacher: Adrienne Crouch
This is a structured workshop for high school students in years 9 - 12 studying Visual Arts and preparing for their HSC. Learn how to develop the potential of your own ideas and present these concepts in a cohesive and visually exciting diary format as well as learning skills in drawing, painting and collage. This four hour workshop also provides Visual Arts students from a range of local high schools with an opportunity to mix and talk about ideas around art.
Nature in Clay
Friday 9 July 10am - 12pm
Ages: 5 - 8
Cost: $15
Teacher: Penny Walton
A fun two hours of rolling, molding, pinching and punching clay to sculpt small animals and the shapes of the bush.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
Illustrate Your Own Book
Friday 9 July 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Ages: 8 - 12
Cost: $15
Teacher: Penny Walton
This is a great opportunity for students to make their own picture book under the guidance of Penny Walton who is a professional children's book illustrator. Bring a photograph of a special person, place or pet that can be used as the theme for your book.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
All About Me!
Monday 12 July 10am - 12pm
Ages: 3 - 5
Cost: $15
Teacher: Kim Barnes
All children attending this school holiday program will love finding out what makes them such special and delightful people to be around. We will be talking and singing songs about how special we are, playing with the colour parachute and then expressing ourselves through the mediums of play-dough, pastels and paint.
Each child will take home a unique self-portrait that is personally painted by them at an artist easel. This is a great class for awakening the little artist within and also to develop self confidence and self esteem!
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
How to draw a horse
Monday 12 July 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Ages: 7 - 12
Cost: $15
Teacher: Kim Barnes
Children will learn about the different shapes and lines that can be used in making drawings of this wonderful animal. We will be looking at pictures of horses and discussing the ways they move. Students will have fun making experimental drawings in charcoal of horses galloping or still.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
Ceramic Art
Tuesday 13 July 10am - 12pm
Ages: 7 - 12
Cost: $30
Teacher: Vicki Birt
Paint your own egg & toast plate with your own individual design. Ceramic art is fun and you have a lasting memento that you can use for years to come! All materials including the plate and non-toxic glazes are supplied. The teacher finishes the final glazing and firing and the plate is ready to be picked up the following week.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.
Fantasy Fun with Picture Making
Wednesday 14 July 2pm - 4pm
Ages: 7 - 12
Cost: $15
Teacher: Dorothy Compton
Children learn to extend their own imaginative ideas about the world by picturing it in fun and fantastic ways. Children can learn how any creative idea can be expressed on paper. This is a great class for young kids with wild imaginations who want to get their ideas down on paper using paint, pastels and collage.
Please bring a drink and snack and wear old clothes or a painting shirt.