Wild Things is back for the summer holidays with 9 days of quality, inspirational art workshops in the January school holidays. There is a different workshop to choose from each day, led by wonderful, experienced and passionate teachers.
Please refer to programme listings for details of prices. Availability is visible on the booking site. Book Now
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 18th January 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $70 per child including materials
Back by popular demand! We’ll be constructing our own animal trash puppets from the Wild Things trash collection. This is a fun construction based class with lots of opportunity for problem solving and creativity.
Suitable for ages 7 -14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 19th Jan 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $65 per child including materials
In this workshop we will be drawing Lighthouses and colouring them with watercolours inspired by the classic story The Light House Keepers Lunch. Older students can draw more accurately from photos of NZ’s lighthouses.
Suitable for ages 5-14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 23rd Jan 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $65 per child including materials
A favourite from the last holiday program; will be taking inspiration from Aboriginal painterly techniques and story telling. Students will develop their own stories and explore using abstract mark-making and composition as tools for making art.
Suitable for ages 5-14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 24th January 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $70 per child including materials
We’ll be constructing Terracotta Bells that you can hang up at home. The bells will be underglazed then Bisque fired and can be picked up in Term 1.
Suitable for ages 7-14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 25th Jan 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $65 per child including materials
Inspired by the Balinese shadow puppet tradition students will be making a human figure out of card with moving parts. In the afternoon there will be the opportunity to make up a short shadow play with your friends.
Suitable for ages 5-14yr
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 26th Jan 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $65 per child including materials
In this workshop we will be practicing drawing Moomins in the style of Tove Janson. Students will make up a scene in Moominvalley and have a go at illustrating the action using coloured pencils.
Suitable for ages 5 -14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 31 Jan 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $75 per child including materials
We’ll be making 2 trinket plates with clay and then using the sgraffito technique to score our own designs into the underglaze. The plates will be bisque fired then glazed and fired and can be collected from the studio in Term 1.
Suitable for ages 5 -14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 1 Feb 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $65 per child including materials
Sketching with pencils and a variety of blending tools we will be bringing the power of Tangaroa to life in this sketching class. Students will learn about body proportions and using shading to form musculature.
Suitable for ages 7 -14
- Holiday Workshop
with Jemma Nissen
Course duration: One-day workshop
Start date: 2 Feb 2024
Location: Wild Things Art Studio, 548 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatu Peninsula
Time: 10am - 2:30pm
Cost: $70 per child including materials
It’s almost time to go back to school. In this workshop we’ll be at fashion school making collages of amazing outfits. Students will be able to make their own patterns and colours and draw from our archive of marterials.
Suitable for ages 5 -14