These July school holidays we are pleased to inform you that we will be back in the studios, with a limited number of classes delivered online in our Virtual Zoom Art Room.
Be sure to check the venue in the class information before you enrol.
Studio classes will have extra measures in place for everyone’s safety and well-being including:
additional hygiene processes
increased cleaning and sanitation
kiss and drop zone when you bring your Kids – no need to sign your children in, we will do this for you
smaller classes
and unfortunately we are not having any family classes these holidays but we hope to bring them back for Spring.
Using your Creative Kids Voucher for online school holiday activities
You can still use your 2020 Creative Kids voucher for any of our school holiday workshops -in studio or online – and save $100!* All you have to do is claim your Creative Kids Voucher from Service NSW, choose your workshops (minimum 3 workshops per child or 2 day masterclass for teens), call us on 95641519 or email us your Creative Kids voucher, your enrolment details and preferred classes, and leave the rest to us. Please note: our web checkout does not allow you to do an online enrolment using your voucher, so you will need to call us or email us first. We cannot retrospectively apply the Creative Kids Voucher if you have already enrolled and paid.
Using your Credit from Easter Holiday bookings
If your previous holiday bookings were cancelled due to Covid-19, you can enrol via the website as usual and any credit you have will be applied at the checkout.
Checking your Art Est account
Did you know you can login to your account via our website to check all your current bookings, history, payments etc? Choose MY ACCOUNT at the top of our home page, enter your details then select forgot password the first time you do this to set up your account. Children and parents/guardian will be linked in the one account. Try it and see!
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