Our courses for kids aged 5 to 12 years are structured for different age groups and stages. Kids learn about artists, art history and art genres while being in a relaxed and nurturing environment. While many of our young students come for fun, some use their Art Est portfolio to enter selective creative high schools.
Enrolments are now open for Term 1 courses, 2024. Running from 1 February – 27 March, there are a range 8-week courses on offer.
Our courses for kids aged 5 to 12 years are structured for different age groups and stages. Kids learn about artists, art history and art genres while being in a relaxed and nurturing environment. While many of our young students come for fun, some use their Art Est portfolio to enter selective creative high schools.
We are currently in Term 4. Late enrolments are welcome, where you can join a class that has already started at a reduced cost (the discount is applied automatically at check out).
Our next Term program is Term 1. Key dates for next term are below:
Priority Enrolment: 11 Dec (current students have early access to re-enrol)
Early Bird Enrolment: opens 12 Dec (classes are open to everyone)
Program dates: 1 Feb – 27 March
Terms
2024 Summer Art School: 3-14 January, weekends 21/22, 27/28 January + 3/4 February Term 1 2024: 1 February – 27 March Term 2 2024: 6 May – 1 July (*no classes Kings Birthday holiday Monday 10 June, make up class is Monday 1 July) Term 3 2024: 29 July – 22 September Term 4 2024: 21 October – 15 December
Note that we offer a Priority Enrolment Period for current students to reenrol in their term class one week before we open Earlybird Enrolments to new students.
Public holidays
Easter weekend: 29 March-1 April Anzac Day: 25 April Kings Birthday: Monday 10 June October Long Weekend: Monday 7 October
Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic workshop. You will be introduced to basic clay hand-building techniques to make your monster. Be prepared to get addicted! What will you achieve You'll sculpt a little monster in clay that will be fired and ready to collect in about 3 weeks time. Your sculpture will be bisque-fired and then...
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$95Limited
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Little Monsters Clay Sculpture Workshop
<p>Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic
<p>Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic
<p>Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic
Join well-known ceramicist Clare Unger in this unique hand-building class. You will create a handmade cup and spoon that reflects your own personal story through textiles and texture. Clare’s current work is inspired by an inherited collection of textiles, which she began stitching and looking for ways to incorporate into her ceramics practice. Her desire to tell her personal stories and connect with others through shared memories is a powerful driver in the making of her work. ...
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$325Limited
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Ceramic Cups + Spoons the Handstitched Way | Two-part Workshop with Clare Unger
Join sculptural ceramicist Stephanie Phillips over 2 days to create an architectural style geometric sculpture or sculptural vase. Learn some great coiling method tricks along the way. Some basic experience is recommended for this workshop. Stephanie’s ceramic work is bold, textural, architectural, and always sculptural. She playfully manipulates negative space in and around each piece, making forms that are abstract and jaunty while at the same time monumental. Texture is vital...
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$350Limited
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NEW | Bold and Textural Ceramics with Stephanie Phillips | Two-Day Workshop
Make a cute little hanging planter to put in your home or garden. Learn essential hand-building techniques like pinch-pot and coiling to make your shape, add the tail and head then decorate with underglazes painted on to give it a unique look. Designed for young creators, this hands-on workshop encourages exploration and self-expression through the tactile world of clay. Students unleash their imagination, learning the fundamentals of hand-building techniques to mould unique...
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$90Limited
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Ceramics | Beautiful Bird Hanging Planters | 9-12 years
<p>Make a cute little hanging planter to put in your home or garden. Learn essential hand-building techniques like pinch-pot and coiling to make your shape, add the tail and head then decorate with
A-ha me hearties, let's set sail on the high seas on a pirate's adventure. Learn to create your own pirate treasure map! Will your map lead you to a buried treasure chest or to discover the fairies hiding in the secret caves? Use your imagination and have fun experimenting while creating your map through drawing, ink and wash, and watercolour painting. What do we see under the sea, pirate ships, mermaids, sparkly treasure chests or something fishy? What will students take home? A...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Paint + Draw | Pirates and Treasure Maps | 5-7 years
<p>A-ha me hearties, let's set sail on the high seas on a pirate's adventure. Learn to create your own pirate treasure map! Will your map lead you to a buried treasure chest or to discover the fairies
Paint a beautiful Seahorse drifting among seaweed. Your tutor will show you how to draw the body of a Seahorse, then you will add paint and glowing inks to bring the painting to life! What will Students take home? A beautiful artwork of a Seahorse on canvas. Image: Linda Olsen School Holiday Information To ensure our students have a great time with us over the school holidays, we ask parents and guardians to please take note of the following: Students should bring a drink and a...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Ink Painting | Beautiful Seahorses | 7-9 years
<p>Paint a beautiful Seahorse drifting among seaweed. Your tutor will show you how to draw the body of a Seahorse, then you will add paint and glowing inks to bring the painting to life!</p>
In this two-day workshop with Archibald Prize Finalist Michael Simms, students will learn how to draw the human face with charcoal - one of the most versatile and expressive mediums. Michael will provide his unique tips and tricks on how to draw individual facial features and simplify the face into basic shapes to make portraiture fun and accessible. This is an excellent introduction to the elements of portrait drawing and drawing with charcoal. What to expect Day 1 : students...
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$300Limited
inc GST
Teens Masterclass | Portrait Drawing in Charcoal with Michael Simms
This 2-day workshop is for secondary visual art students in Years 9-12. Earlybird discount – save 10% when you enroll in any Teen Master class before 10 March
Hop along to this fun Bunnies or Bilby ceramics workshop. Have fun learning basic clay hand-building techniques to create your Bunny or Bilby body, then learn how to give your animal its characteristics to make it very cute and unique! Paint it with underglazes to give it colour and personality. Designed for young creators, this hands-on workshop encourages exploration and self-expression through the tactile world of clay. Students unleash their imagination, learning the...
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$90Limited
inc GST
Ceramics | Bunnies and Bilbies | 5-8 years
<p>Hop along to this fun Bunnies or Bilby ceramics workshop. Have fun learning basic clay hand-building techniques to create your Bunny or Bilby body, then learn how to give your animal its
Get loose in this energetic workshop where you’ll create a bright and bold artwork. Using magnificent hummingbirds as your inspiration, you’ll learn to make expressive artworks in a loose and fluid style. Kids will embrace freedom and fun to create beautiful large works on paper using gouache, ink, pencils and other drawing media. Image: Matthew P - Fine Art America What will students take home? Their own artwork of a Happy little Hummingbird on paper. School Holiday Information...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Drawing | Happy Hummingbirds | 5-7 years
<p>Get loose in this energetic workshop where you’ll create a bright and bold artwork. Using magnificent hummingbirds as your inspiration, you’ll learn to make expressive artworks in a loose and fluid
Let’s create Matisse’s Open Window painting. You will learn about space, shape and Matisse’s style. A sketch first finishing with Acrylic to create this masterpiece of colour and pattern. What will students take home? A finished acrylic painting on canvas to hang on the wall at home or give away to a favourite relative or friend. School Holiday Information To ensure our students have a great time with us over the school holidays, we ask parents and guardians to please take note of...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Painting | Matisse's Open Window | 7-9 years
<p>Let’s create Matisse’s Open Window painting. You will learn about space, shape and Matisse’s style. A sketch first finishing with Acrylic to create this masterpiece of colour and pattern.</p>