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Kids Club - art for children
11am and 2pm every Sunday
Sundays will never be boring once you come and join in on the fun at
the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Look, learn and create in special
workshops with Tutor, Kate Sellar and the Gallery
Guides.
Only $8 per child which includes all materials.
Ideal for all budding artists from 5 to 10 years.
Booking Information:
We advise booking to avoid disappointment
Telephone (64 9) 307 4540 between 10am and 5pm
or email kidsclub@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz
Workshops start promptly at 11am and 2pm so please arrive early to
confirm
your booking.
Workshops may be documented and images used by the Gallery for publicising
children and family activities. Please let Gallery staff know if do not
wish your child to be filmed or photographed.
Kids workshops
November | December
November
Sunday 1 November
11am to 2pm
Let's get cubist!
Picasso invented an amazing way of combining two views of a person into one face. So we are going to have a go and what better way than to be inspired than by the master himself – Pablo Picasso!
Focus artwork: Pablo Picasso Mère aux enfants a l'orange (Mother and children with an orange)
1951
Julian and Josie Robertson Promised Gift: An Exclusive Preview
Sunday 8 November
11am to 2pm
Where the wild beasts are
There actually was a group of artists called the Wild Beasts or in French – The Fauves! Their paintings shocked people with their very bright colours and bold brush stokes. Today we take inspiration from one them to create our own Fauvist masterpiece.
Focus artwork: André Derain Paysage à l'Estaque (Estaque Landscape) 1906
Julian and Josie Robertson Promised Gift: An Exclusive Preview
Sunday 15 November
11am to 2pm
Design your own waka
Imagine that you have to make a modern day voyage to a new land. Let's see what sort of amazing sea craft you can come up with. Just think of all the things you would need to take with you and most importantly what will it look like?
Focus exhibition: Picturing History: Goldie to Cotton
Sunday 22 November
10am to 4pm
Big Day Art
The whole family is invited to the special day of free events to mark
the opening of our new exhibition
Taste: Food & Feasting in Art. We have the crew from Sticky TV - Kanoa and Sam plus TK and Head Chef from Cool Kids Cooking. H and the lads from West Lynn Organic Meats are going to show us how to make sausages. Tim Aspinall carves a butter sculpture.
Loads of other demonstrations, where you could be called on to help - Cara Telle decorating a traditional German gingerbread house or Biljana Vraniqi with her delicious Yugoslavian food-making demo. Arno Sturmy shows us how to make simple homemade chocolate
and Renny Aprea, plated bread for home cooking with Gilles Petit preparing a French apple tart.
Plus face painting , an activity centre and Kate in the studio cooking up her usual art storm.
Best of all you don’t need to book and it runs from 10am to 4pm and the whole day.
Entry charge – one can of easy to prepare food for City Mission
Sunday 29 November
10am & *11am
* please note change of time due to The Santa Parade at 2pm
Howd'ya like ya fish?
Fish are definitely on the art menu today and we have plenty of fish artists to inspire us with dangling a line into our sea of imagination to create one beautiful chalk and dye art work – and this one won't get away.
Focus exhibition – Taste: Food & Feasting in Art
December
It’s a month of yummy programmes, inspired by our new show Taste: Food & Feasting in Art
Sunday 6 December
11am & 2pm
Funky fish
Make your own chocolate fish broach using Robert Jahnke’s amazing eatable artwork Koha as inspiration.
Sunday 13 December
11am & 2pm
Decorate the tree
It's that time of the year when our very talented Kids Club artistes get to make decorations for the Gallery Xmas tree as well as yours at home.
NEW – Summer holiday times – 10am & 11am
Sunday 20 December
10am & 11am
Xmas presents - fridge magnets
Still need to do Xmas shopping? Don't panic! Let the kids make something in Kids Club while you do the last minute shopping. Plus stick around for some mince treats.
Focus artists - Billy Apple & J Bourjinon
Sunday 27 December
10am & 11am
Fab food – fabric food
Learn how to make fabric versions of your favourite food, using the photographs of Peter Peryer.
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Holiday programme
Don't get bored during the school holidays!
The Auckland Art Gallery runs exciting holiday art programmes every school
holidays.
Ideal for all budding artists aged from 5 to 13 years.
10am to 12pm
Cost: $12 per child includes all materials and light refreshments.
Please note that for each programme each day is the same.
Limited to 25 per workshop
Summer 2010
Tues 12, Wed 13, Thur 14 January 10am to 12 noon
Programme 1 (for children aged 5 to 10)
Focus exhibition - Taste: Food and Feasting in Art
Art Lounge
Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 January 10am to 12 noon
Programme 2 (for children aged 5 to 10)
Focus exhibition - Taste: Food and Feasting in Art
Art Lounge
Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 January 10am to 12 noon
Programme 3 (for children aged 5 to 10)
Focus exhibition Taste: Food and Feasting in Art
Art Lounge
Bookings and enquiries call 307 4540 between 10am to 4.40pm or email
kidsclub@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz
Classes may be documented and images used by the Gallery for publicising
children and family activities. Please let Gallery staff know if do not
wish your child to be filmed or photographed.
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