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PUKEKOHE SANTA PARADE 2016

PUKEKOHE SANTA PARADE 2016

We are excited to be entering the Santa Parade again this year in Pukekohe excited to say we have a truck this year!

  • Date:  Sunday 4th December 2016, 2pm
  • Gathering time:  12noon-12.30pm, Home studio for face painting  or 1.10pm at Market Car Park, Massey Avenue
  • Meeting point: Home studio, 29 Roulston Street, Pukekohe
  • Contact for the day:  Anna Molineux – 0297 712 923

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Parade theme – This year is ‘Wheely Christmas’ and we will be creating some arty items over the next couple of weeks in class. We are going for an overall Pop Art theme and bringing along our giant pop art flower.

Old Bicycle Wheels– We are on the lookout for old bicycle wheels to create truck artwork if anyone has any or knows of any we would love to recycle them please.

Dress up (Optional but fun!) –We are going with a Pop Art style (polka dots/bright colours) or as Artists (ie, Dad’s old shirt with paint splashes on), a beret or brushes sticking in hair etc. If students arrive at our home studio for 12 noon we can face paint them in a pop art/Lichtenstein style before heading down to the market car park at 1pm to join the rest of the parade entries. We welcome students to bring along their favourite piece of artwork to show off on the day.

Old bike wheels – I am going to start a hunt for old bicycle wheels to make some creative projects with our classes, please ask around through your contacts also.

Driver – We are still on the lookout for a driver for the truck – please let us know if you know someone who would be keen with a Class 2 licence please let us know!

Parents assistance – We are required to have a certain amount of adults on the truck so we welcome some adults to join our team on the day if possible please.

PUKEKOHE SCAVENGER HUNT – Pukekohe Business association – This year we will be participating the Pukekohe Scavenger hunt and decorating a tree for a secret location within Pukekohe. Scavenger hunt forms to join the hunt are available from 28th November. For more details on this please see: http://www.pukekohe.org.nz/scavengerhunt

Please advise us if you will be attending so we can gather numbers on anna@youngatart.co.nz.

Any questions please feel free to contact us.

Best Regards

Anna Molineux

Young at Art Limited  Mob. 0297 712 923 www.facebook.com/YoungatartNZ   |   www.youngatart.co.nz

NEWSLETTER – TERM 4 2015

NEWSLETTER TERM 4 2015

For Term 4 we will be commencing after school art classes in POKENO with our talented tutor Sarah Quinlan and will be continue with our existing after school classes in PONSONBY and PUKEKOHE.  Please note all art classes commence in week 2 of term 4.

 Pukekohe After School Art sessions

Tutor Anna Molineux (Monday and Tuesday classes) and Leilani Casselle (Wednesday classes)
Classes week commencing Monday 19th October 2015 (week 2 of Term 4) and run until the end of term.
Pukekohe term fees for term 4 are $120.00 for Monday sessions (due to labour day) and  $135.00 for Tuesday and Wednesday sessions.

  • Monday, 3.30-4.30pm (6 years +)
  • Monday, 6.30-7.30pm (9 – 13 years +)   
  • Tuesday, 6.30-7.30pm (11 – 16 years +)
  • Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm (6 years +)

Pukekohe after school classes are based at ‘Sir Richard Taylor Weta Workshop’ within Franklin: The Centre, Massey Avenue, Pukekohe (same building as the Pukekohe Library) or our Home studio, 29 Roulston Street, Pukekohe.

Ponsonby After School Art sessions

Tutor Leilani Casselle
Classes week commencing Tuesday 20th October 2015 (week 2 of Term 4) and run until the end of term
Ponsonby term fees for Term 4 are $170.00 full term is payable in advance to secure a place.

  • Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm – Ponsonby Community Centre   
  • Tuesday, 4.45-5.45pm – Ponsonby Community Centre

Ponsonby after school classes are based in Ponsonby Community Centre, Ponsonby Terrace.

Pokeno After School Art sessions

Tutor:  Sarah Quinlan
Classes week commencing Monday 19th October 2015 (week 2 of Term 4) and run until the end of term
Pokeno term fees for Term 4 are $120.00 full term is payable in advance to secure a place.

  • Monday, 3.30-4.30pm (5 years +) – Pokeno Town Hall        

 

Nathan Homestead, Manurewa – CLAY after school classes

Tutor: Sue Rogers
In this clay class students will learn a variety of different clay techniques producing at least two items including an Ugly Mug and Shelf Bird. We then bisque fire their work ready for painting with under glaze. All work is glaze fired ready for collection.
Cost for this 4 weeks clay course is $105.00

  • Monday 19th October, 4pm – 5.30pm for 4 x weeks (7 years+)

 

CHRISTMAS CLAY Saturday Workshop –  Young at Art home Studio, 29 Roulston Street, Pukekohe

Tutor: Sue Rogers
In this clay class students will learn a variety of different clay techniques to produce a Christmas Santa, elf or snowman. We then bisque fire their work ready for painting with under glaze in the 2nd session. All work is glaze fired ready for collection prior to Christmas.
Cost for this 2 x Saturday clay class is $70.00

  • Saturday 5th and Sat 12th December, 10am–12noon. (7 years+)

For more information or to secure a place for your child please contact us.  Please note all our sessions have limited places available.

PRESCHOOL SESSIONS for TERM 4
We are taking expressions of interest for our PRESCHOOL sessions ‘ The Artful Splodgers’  for term 4 in Pukekohe, for more information or to express your nterest please contact us.

We are also taking expressions of interest for holiday workshops and after school classes in other areas.

For information or bookings for Young at Art please contact Anna@youngatart.co.nz
We look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,
Anna Molineux
Young At Art
Ph. 09 238 1939 / Mob. 0297 712 923
Website:   www.youngatart.co.nz
Email:       anna@youngatart.co.nz

Newsletter 2015 Autumn, Term 2

Newsletter 2015 Autumn, Term 2

We are hoping you enjoyed the holidays as much as we have at Young at
Art. We are very proud of the work our students have produced Auckland wide
these holidays.

TERM 2 AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES

Classes will commence in Pukekohe for term 2 on Tuesday 28th April, the 2nd
week of term as usual. We have an action packed programme planned kicking
off with watercolour techniques, landscapes, our emphasis will be on
composition, papier mache and our artist study being American artist Wayne
Thiebaud amongst other exciting projects.

As usual our existing student’s places roll on to the next term unless I am
informed otherwise.

After school Art class details:
Monday (6 years +) 3.30pm – 4.30pm WETA workshop
Tuesday (9 years +) 3.30 – 4.30pm WETA workshop
Tuesday (10 years plus) 6.30-7.30pm HOME studio *
Wednesday (6 years +) 3.30pm – 4.30pm WETA workshop

If you would like to reserve a place for your child please contact Anna on 09
238 1939 / mob. 0297 712 923 to register for this class, places are limited.

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS

We will be holding the following clay and craft workshops during term 2 and
may follow with some more as the term goes on. If you find these times do
not suit due to Winter sports please let us know as we may look at reviewing
the times.

MOTHERS DAY Bath Bomb making workshop (5 years+)
Saturday 9th May, 2015, 11am–1pm
Cost : $25.00 *includes all materials

Pinch Pot Pets CLAY workshop (7 years+):
Saturday 6th and Saturday 13th June, 11am- 1pm.
Cost for both days $70.00 *Include all materials and kiln fees

The FLASH BANG SCIENCE Club

The Club kicked off to a bang last term. We will be running a 6 week after school class on Wednesdays for term 2 (3.30-5pm) in Pukekohe and are taking expressions of interest for other areas. For more info contact: admin@flashbangscienceclub.co.nz or check out information on the website: www.flashbangscienceclub.co.nz

Arty Parties, Face Painting & Entertainment

Don’t forget we also offer ‘Arty Party’s’, face painting, fairy, glam or gore
parties, balloon twisting & other entertainment through Magical Masquerade
Professional Face Painting. www.magicalmasquerade.co.nz.

Feedback

We love to receive your feedback to ensure we are on the right track, positive
or negative it all helps us grow. If you have any feedback from recent classes
feel free to contact anna@youngatart.co.nz

Recycled Treasure

We love to create projects from other people’s unwanted treasures. Please let
us know if you have anything exciting in your garage or shed which you would
like to dispose of our way.
For more information please contact Anna on anna@youngatart.co.nz or
phone: 0297 712 923.

Best Regards,
Anna Molineux
Young At Art Ltd

Easter Holiday Workshops 2015

Easter Holiday Workshops 2015

Please find the links below for the Easter holiday workshop details!  We also welcome our new venue BALMORAL along with The Flash Bang Science club holiday workshops.

Our apologies for late release as I am sure you can imagine we have all been very busy with last Saturday’s Franklin Children’s Art Festival organisation.  The event was a great success and we hope those who came along enjoyed it as much as we did.

PONSONBY

BALMORAL

PUKEKOHE

DRURY

FLASH BANG SCIENCE CLUB

For more information please contact Anna@youngatart.co.nz

Best Regards,

Anna Molineux

Young At Art Ltd

Ph. 09 238 1939 / Mob. 0297 712 923

Summer 2015, Term 1

Newsletter 2015 Summer Term 1

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

What a wonderful Summer we have all been having.  Our tutors are all energised, inspired and ready to go for another action packed year of creativity with our students.

TERM 1 AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES
Classes will commence in Pukekohe for term 1 on Monday 9th February, the 2nd week of term as usual.   We have an action packed programme planned kicking off with portraits with a difference, a collaborative project for installation at the Franklin Children’s arts festival amongst others.

New class for 10 years plus
Due to popular demand we now have a later art class for 10 years plus on a Tuesday evening in our home studio (6.30-7.30pm).   In this class we will be looking into art techniques in more detail and allow students to further develop their existing skills.

After school Art class details:    
Monday  (6 years +) 3.30pm – 4.30pm  WETA workshop
Tuesday (9 years +) 3.30 – 4.30pm WETA workshop
Tuesday (10 years +) 6.30-7.30pm  HOME studio *NEW*
Wednesday (6 years +) 3.30pm – 4.30pm  WETA workshop

If you would like to reserve a place for your child please contact Anna on 09 238 1939 / mob. 0297 712 923 to register for this class, places are limited.

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
We will also be holding the following clay and craft workshops during term 1.

Terrific Turtles CLAY workshop (7 years+):
Saturday 21st and Saturday 28th February, 10am-12 noon.
Cost for both days $70.00 *Include all materials and kiln fees

Paper making workshop (6 years+)
Saturday 14th and Saturday 21st March 2015, 10am–12 noon
Cost for both days: $50.00 *Includes all materials

FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S ARTS FESTIVAL
SAVE THE DATE!  Saturday 7th March 2015, 10am-2pm in and around Pukekohe Town hall.
This year the theme is ‘Arts around the World’ and we will be bringing a world of inspiration to the Franklin this year.  There will be masses of interactive arts, crafts, drama, music and movement workshops, International performances and entertainment.  Fantastic event for families with children of all ages.
Don’t forget it’s all FREE!
Check out our facebook page for more info and regular updates:
https://www.facebook.com/FranklinChildrensArtsFestival

*NEW Science club comes to Pukekohe –  The FLASH BANG Science Club
Have you some mad scientists in your midst?  Send them along to the new science club being held in our home studio, Pukekohe every Wednesday 3.30-4.30pm.
For more info contact: admin@flashbangscienceclub.co.nz or check out the website on www.flashbangscienceclub.co.nz

Arty Parties, Face Painting & Entertainment
Don’t forget we also offer ‘Arty Party’s’, face painting, fairy, glam or gore parties, balloon twisting & other entertainment through Magical Masquerade Professional Face Painting  (our sister company).www.magicalmasquerade.co.nz.

For more information please contact Anna on anna@youngatart.co.nz or phone: 0297 712 923.

Best Regards,
Anna Molineux
Young At Art Ltd
Ph. 09 238 1939 / Mob. 0297 712 923
Website: www.youngatart.co.nz
Email: anna@youngatart.co.nz

Term 2 May 2014 Newsletter

Download PDF version of Term 2 Newsletter here

Term 2 Classes

We will be kicking off term 2 with water colour painting, discover Optical art through our artist study of Victor Vasarely and learn some drawing techniques for the human face amongst other exciting projects.

At the end of term 1 we said farewell to our fabulous tutor Sharon Saunders.  We would like to thank Sharon for sharing her amazing skills with us all and look forward to seeing her again in holiday workshops in the near future. 

Anna will be returning as the tutor for Wednesday classes for term 2.

Classes will commence in Pukekohe for the term 2 on Monday 12th May, the 2nd week of term as usual.  If you would like to reserve a place for your child please email as soon as possible.

If your child was registered last term they will be re-registered this term automatically.  Please let us know ASAP if they do not require their place this term.

 

Class details:  After school Art and craft;         

   Monday and Wednesday groups (6 years +) 3.30pm – 4.30pm

   Tuesday group (9 years +) 3.30 – 4.30pm

 

We do have a couple of places available for these classes at present.  Please contact Anna on 09 238 1939 to register for this class, places are limited.

 

Housekeeping

Please ensure students wear old clothes to classes, school uniforms are expensive and some of our paints are not washable.

 

Feedback

We always love to receive feedback whether positive or negative – it all helps us to grow. If you have any feedback you would like to share with us please contact us on anna@youngatart.co.nz.  We would also love to hear of any classes your child is particularly interested in attending.

 

Arty Parties, Face Painting & Entertainment

All current Young at Art students can receive a 10% discount for our ‘Arty Party’s’ and also face painting, fairy, glam or gore parties & other entertainment available through Magical Masquerade Professional Face Painting (Anna with her other hat on!).  We also offer face painting and basic special FX workshops from time to time.  Please contact us for more information or check out www.magicalmasquerade.co.nz.

 

Recycling

We love to recycle at Young at Art!  If you have anything unwanted in your garage or home that may come in useful we would be very grateful!  Often the most random items can become an amazing inspirational project.

We wish you an amazing autumn and creative term 2.

For enquiries or bookings please Contact Us on 09 238 1939.

Best regards,

Anna Molineux

2014 Term 1 Newsletter

Download PDF version of Term 1 Newsletter here

TERM 1 CLASSES

Classes will commence in Pukekohe for the term 1 on Monday 10th February, the 2nd week of term as usual. If you would like to reserve a place for your child please email as soon as possible. 

If your child was registered last term they will be re-registered this term automatically.  Please let us know ASAP if they do not require their place this term.

This term we will be studying Picasso portraits for our painty project and many other exciting mediums.

We do have a couple of places available for these classes at present. Please contact Anna on 09 238 1939 to register for this class, places are limited.

Class details  – Afterschool Art and craft: 

Monday and Wednesday groups (6 years +) 3.30 – 4.30pm 

Tuesday group (9 years +) 3.30 – 4.30pm

Housekeeping

Please ensure students wear old clothes to classes as school uniforms are expensive and some of our paints are not washable.

Franklin Children’s Arts Festival

Our Franklin Children’s Arts Festival is now a bi-annual event so our next festival will be in March 2015. We will be recruiting volunteers in October this year. Please let us know if you are interested in being part of our positive and creative team. We require volunteers with all skills not just artistic ones. ☺

Santa Parade 2013

Fantastic result at the Pukekohe Santa Parade, a well deserved first prize!!
Congratulations to all our students in attendance on the day and a big thank you to the families for all your support. Our prize money has been spent on lots of new art products, brushes etc.

Arty Parties, Face Painting & Entertainment

All current Young @ Art students can receive a 10% discount for our ‘Arty Party’s’ and also face painting, glam or gore parties & other entertainment available through Magical Masquerade Professional Face Painting (Anna with her other hat on!).  We also offer face painting and basic special fx workshops from time to time,  Please contact us for more information.

Recycling

We love to recycle at Young @ Art!  If you have anything unwanted in your garage or home that may come in useful we would be very grateful!  Often the most random items can become an amazing inspirational project.

For enquiries or bookings please Contact Us on 09 238 1939.

We wish you a smashing summer and creative term 1.

 

Best regards,
Anna Molineux

Term 4 Newsletter

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TERM 4 CLASSES

Classes will commence for the term 4 on Monday 21st October, the 2nd week of term as usual.  If you would like to reserve a place for your child please email as soon as possible, places are limited.

If your child was registered last term they will be re-registered this term automatically.  Please let us know ASAP if they do not require their place this term.

This term we will be creating giant puppets and creations for the Santa parade, painting project and Christmas decorations.

This term we will again be running our specialist Six week CLAY course (7yrs+) on a Thursday in Pukekohe, 3.45pm – 5.00pm, classes commence on Thursday 31st October. Projects this term include pinch pot pets and monsters, Christmas bowls and tree toppers.  The cost of this class is $120.00.

Class details  

Afterschool Art and craft:    Monday and Wednesday groups (6 years +) 3.30pm – 4.30pm;  Tuesday group (9 years +) 3.30 – 4.30pm

Six week Clay class:   Thursday (7 years +): 3.45-5pm

We will also be running a Saturday Christmas clay decoration workshop in Pukekohe on Saturday 7th and 14th December, $60 for both Saturdays, price includes all materials and kiln costs.

Please contact Anna on 09 238 1939 to register for this class, places are limited.

Young @ Art Exhibition 2013

A big thank you to all the students who exhibited artwork in the Young @ Art exhibition in the school holidays.  We have received fabulous feedback and you should all be very proud of your young artists.

All work will be for collection from the Richard Taylor Weta workshop from next week (Monday / Wednesday 3-5pm).  If you cannot collect at these times please contact Anna to arrange another time.

Santa Parade 2013

This term our after school students will be working on fabulous creations for the Pukekohe Santa Parade.

Date for you calendar for Pukekohe Santa Parade this year is Sunday 1st December.  If your child is a current after school student please advise if your child cannot attend.

Arty Parties, Face Painting & Entertainment

All current Young @ Art students can receive a 10% discount for our ‘Arty Party’s’ and also face painting, glam or gore parties & other entertainment available through Magical Masquerade Professional Face Painting (Anna with her other hat on!).  We also offer face painting and basic special fx workshops from time to time, a Halloween one is commencing this week at Gracey’s Costume hire.  Please contact us for more information.

 

Recycling

We love to recycle at Young @ Art!  If you have anything unwanted in your garage or home that may come in useful we would be very grateful!  Often the most random items can become an amazing inspirational project.

For enquiries or bookings please Contact Us on 09 238 1939.

We wish you a refreshing Spring and creative term 4.