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 3 courses, 2024. Running from 29 July -22 September, 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.
Terms
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.
Christmas is nearly here, time to get festive and make a centrepiece for your Christmas table! Make a bright Christmas tree using basic clay hand-building techniques. Add some candy canes or stars to decorate your tree and make it special! What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before bisque firing, we...
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$90Limited
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Ceramics | Christmas Trees | 8-12 years
<p>Christmas is nearly here, time to get festive and make a centrepiece for your Christmas table! Make a bright Christmas tree using basic clay hand-building techniques. Add some candy canes or stars
Create your very own silhouetted Santa and his reindeer in this fun, detail-oriented workshop! Paint a beautiful, tonal background on canvas using acrylics, then use Posca pens to add Santa’s sleigh and reindeer in striking silhouette. With step-by-step guidance, you’ll finish with a unique holiday artwork on canvas to keep and cherish. Perfect for young artists wanting to get festive and creative! What will students take home? A completed artwork on canvas to proudly show off at...
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$70Limited
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Painting | Santa and Reindeers in Silhouette | 5-9 years
<p>Create your very own silhouetted Santa and his reindeer in this fun, detail-oriented workshop! Paint a beautiful, tonal background on canvas using acrylics, then use Posca pens to add Santa’s
Learn how to draw an angel, then paint your angel using metallic gold paint. Decorate your painting with collaged stars and sequins. Make your angel bright and beautiful, add embellishments and make your artwork really stand out. Students will use paper, watercolour, collage techniques and more. What will students take home? Students will take home a mixed media artwork on heavy watercolour paper. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers
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$70Limited
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Mixed Media & Collage | Angels Inspired by Klimt | 8-12 years
<p>Learn how to draw an angel, then paint your angel using metallic gold paint. Decorate your painting with collaged stars and sequins. Make your angel bright and beautiful, add embellishments and
Use your imagination and be inspired by Christmas to sculpt a reindeer from clay and then paint it in bright colours of your choice, so that everyone's artwork is unique. What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before bisque firing, we then glaze the work and fire again in our kiln. We will send you an...
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$90Limited
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Ceramics | Santa's Reindeer | 5-9 years
<p>Use your imagination and be inspired by Christmas to sculpt a reindeer from clay and then paint it in bright colours of your choice, so that everyone's artwork is unique.</p>
Come and join Cartoonist Sam McNair and learn how to draw some of your favourite holiday things. Students will have professional step by step instruction as well as ample challenges where they can unleash their creativity. Cartooning has a wide range of conventions and rules and this workshop offers students insight into how to use these to their advantage. Each class will be catered to the student's interests and will be varied within each session. What will students take home?...
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$70Limited
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Cartooning | Christmas Cartoon Slam | 8-12 years
<p>Come and join Cartoonist Sam McNair and learn how to draw some of your favourite holiday things. Students will have professional step by step instruction as well as ample challenges where they can
<p>Come and join Cartoonist Sam McNair and learn how to draw some of your favourite holiday things. Students will have professional step by step instruction as well as ample challenges where they can
Christmas is nearly here, time to get festive and make a chubby Santa for your Christmas table. Learn some basic clay hand building techniques as you sculpt your Santa. Add colour when you paint it with underglazes ready for bisque firing in our kiln. What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before bisque...
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$90Limited
inc GST
Ceramics | Santa Sculpture | 5-9 years
<p>Christmas is nearly here, time to get festive and make a chubby Santa for your Christmas table. Learn some basic clay hand building techniques as you sculpt your Santa. Add colour when you paint it
Get an elf on your shelf, but this one will be ceramic! Kids will learn basic clay hand building techniques to create their elves and paint them with underglaze in Christmas colours. Learn how to give your elf facial features to make him or her unique. What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before...
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Come and join Cartoonist Sam McNair and learn how to draw some of your favourite holiday things. Students will have professional step by step instruction as well as ample challenges where they can unleash their creativity. Cartooning has a wide range of conventions and rules and this workshop offers students insight into how to use these to their advantage. Each class will be catered to the student's interests and will be varied within each session. What will students take home?...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Cartooning | Christmas Cartoon Slam | 5-9 years
<p>Come and join Cartoonist Sam McNair and learn how to draw some of your favourite holiday things. Students will have professional step by step instruction as well as ample challenges where they can
<p>Come and join Cartoonist Sam McNair and learn how to draw some of your favourite holiday things. Students will have professional step by step instruction as well as ample challenges where they can
This fun workshop will teach kids how to hand build a jar from clay! Draw up your festive design adding Christmas decorations or themes. Kids will then learn methods in coil building and making pinch pots, then have fun decorating their pot with crazy shapes and add a splash of colour! Image: Pavilion Gift Company What will students make? A twice fired clay sculpture of your own present jar. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their...
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Get an elf on your shelf, but this one will be ceramic! Kids will learn basic clay hand building techniques to create their elves and paint them with underglaze in Christmas colours. Learn how to give your elf facial features to make him or her unique. What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before...
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