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Art Explorers - October school holidays

3 - 14 October 2022

10.30am-3.30pm

Monday 3, Wednesday 5, Friday 7, Monday 10, Wednesday 12, 

Friday 14 October

Ages 7-13 years

$40 per session

These hands-on art classes will expand your child’s knowledge of modern and contemporary art and introduce them to new materials and techniques.

In each session we will be inspired by an artist’s work or museum object to produce our own original pieces to take home.

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Here's the Art Explorers schedule for the October school holidays 2022:

Paper Power

10.30am - 3.30pm Monday 3 October

Explore the amazing art of sculpture and discover that paper can create amazing sculptural shapes as you create your own 3D artwork.

Learning objective: Students will create a 3D artwork exploring how paper can be manipulated- exploring line, shape, colour, individual components and how they combine to form a cohesive artwork.

This session links to Hamilton’s public art collection.

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Art Expression

10.30am - 3.30pm Wednesday 5 October

Explore expression in this abstract painting series. Taking inspiration from modern and contemporary paint, we will examine different techniques for creating form and colour, including painting to music, marbling, masking, and chance.

Learning objective: Students will think about the difference between chance and control in image making and combine two different techniques to create a finished abstract artwork. Key ideas include abstraction, expression, and modernism.

This session links to our exhibitions National Contemporary Art Award and Toi is Rongoaa.

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Playing with Pastel

10.30am - 3.30pm Friday 7 October

Soft, hard and oil pastels will be our medium today, with nature being our theme. These bright, colourful materials will create our take-home artwork.

Learning objective: Students will explore different types of pastel and their properties, looking at how colours can be shaded and toned, while also exploring some famous artists who used pastel as a medium e.g. Edgar Degas, Pierre-August Renoir, Jean-Francois Millet, Pablo Picasso and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

This session links to our exhibition National Contemporary Art Award.

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Plush Puppets

10.30am - 3.30pm Monday 10 October

Felt, fur, and stuffing will fly as we create out own soft karetao (puppets) as collaged stuffies. Drawing inspiration from contemporary textile artists Lissy and Rudy Robinson-Cole these tactile creatures are designed to bring joy and delight.

Learning objective: Students will think about fabric construction and work to transform a 2D ideas into a 3D forms. Key ideas include, upcycling and soft sculpture.

This session links to our exhibition Toi is Rongoaa.

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Wallpaper Wonders

10.30am - 3.30pm Wednesday 12 October

Old wallpaper books are our inspiration, as we recycle old papers into an art/craft work.

Learning objective: Students, using a reduce-reuse-recycle mindset, will create an artwork using wallpaper as a key medium. They will explore concepts of line and position, symmetry, tessellation and mixed media.

This session links to our exhibitions National Contemporary Art Award and Toi is Rongoaa.

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Surface Tension

10.30am - 3.30pm Friday 14 October

Investigate mark making and repetition through technologies of printing, inking and presses. Create bold a memorable artwork in high contrast colours.

Learning objective: Students will think about mark-making through relief printing, negative and positive images, texture and tone.

This session links to our exhibition National Contemporary Art Award and to artworks from the Waikato Museum collection.

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Images: Tongue of the Dog public art sculpture by Michael Parekowhai; stock image of paint palette; textile artists Lissy and Rudy Robinson-Cole with their artworks; stock image of wallpaper rolls.