Wednesday 7 August 2024 , 9am to 4:30pm – individual sessions timings below.
4 art activities throughout the day with various artists tutors
£15 per single activity, 10% of for 2 activities, 15% for 3 activities and 20% off for 4 activities on the same day (whole day price per child is £48) .

These art sessions are for kids 7 years old and over.

Enjoy an totally arty day doing various activities (or choose only one to do).
During the day you’ll explore ceramics with Rebecca Maynard, Printing with Sarah Beeson and Drawing in Ink with Georgina Bouzyk.

Our artists tutors will guide, inspire and develop the Artist in everyone. Participating children who would like to, will be able to display up to 3 pieces in our August Exhibition entitled ‘Playful’ which is free for visitors to enjoy and appreciate from 9 to 25 August at City Arts Newbury, during the Art Hub Café opening hours.

Choose either individual sessions or various set combinations when you buy your tickets.
Times, topics and description of each of the sessions for 7 August 2024 are as follows:

• Session A – 9 to 10:30 – Tiles and Masks in Clay with Rebecca Maynard – Experiment with textures, pattern making and joining techniques in this fun workshop to produce your own decorative tile. Then move on to create a unique clay mask.
  Rebecca will support you in experimenting and finding a variety of surface decorations and joins which will enhance your ceramic tile and mask making projects
  
• 10:30 to 11 am Morning Break (while artists swap their tools) – there will be a small children activity run by a volunteer and a chance of having a snack (bring your own) to keep your energy going.
  
• Session B – 11am to 12:30pm – Seaside Tetra Pac Printing with Sarah Beeson – Make great use of recycled materials such as milk cartons to print seaside themed images using a pasta making machine. 
  Explore representing seaside themed prints and being environmentally friendly as Sarah guides you through this innovative print process
  
• 12:30 to 1pm – Lunch Break (while artists swap their tools) – Bring your own packed lunch and drink – there will be an informal children activity run by a volunteer.
  
• Session C – 1 to 2:30pm – Exploring Nature in Ink (I) with Georgina Bouzyk – Be inspired to try new ways of recording nature and developing your observational drawing skills using beautifully fluid inks in this playful session. 
  Using found natural materials and objects from the landscape, this workshop is designed to explore shape, composition, and mark-making with the expressive and fluid nature of working with ink. This playful session will inspire ways of recording nature and developing observational drawing skills.
  
• 2:30 to 3pm – Afternoon Break (while artists swap their tools) – there will be a small children activity run by a volunteer and a chance of having a snack (bring your own) to keep your energy going.
  
• Session D – 3 to 4:30 pm – Exploring Nature in Ink (II) with Georgina Bouzyk– Develop and extend different ways of recording nature. Use your observational drawing skills with a playful approach to working in inks. 
  Build upon and improve an understanding and expression of shape, composition, and mark-making with ink.
  

If staying for the whole day there will a few short pauses (30 minutes) at 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30
Bring a packed lunch and any drinks and snacks required for the day.

Dress for mess – bring an apron or clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

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Siblings get a further discount on second ticket – please book your full priced ticket and we’ll refund £3/session booked (up to £12 for the whole day).

Cancellation policy.

Please note that a ticketing fee of £2 (per session) is included in the price of this workshop and this is not refundable in any circumstance.

If you are unable to attend the workshop and you cancel your attendance more than two weeks prior to the workshop, the ticketing fee above will be retained.  If you cancel less than two weeks before the workshop no fees are refundable.

In the event of City Arts having to cancel the workshop due to participants’ numbers falling below the minimum requirement or government advice changes, we will refund the whole workshop amount.