Art, Summer for Me!
When: Thursday, September 1, 2011
Times: 9am – 4pm. Bring a bagged lunch.
Ages: 5 – 10 years
Where: The Arts Station (601 1st Avenue)
Cost: $50 per child
The Arts Station has a most spectacular art extravaganza planned that is sure to be an amazingly fun and messy day for children ages 5 to 10! With this special day being led by three amazing facilitators – Lesley Graham, Jodie Parker and Michelle Senior – art adventures are sure to satisfy!
Kids will have a blast and get dirty participating in colourful activities focused on their amazing summer memories! The kids will spend the day in a series of activities that focus on creativity and learning. Mediums to include clay, felt, found objects, and paint amongst others. The children also get the opportunity to experience the unique learning spaces (gallery, clay and painting studios, theatre, and verandah) that The Arts Station is home to by not only having special visits to them but also creating art in them!
The little artists will be creating art and taking home reminders of their awesome summer adventures! So whether they went camping, hiking, biking, visiting or swimming the kids are sure to have a fantastic art-filled day!
Please register at THE ARTS STATION by Friday, August 26 in order to ensure that this great day is a success!
Submission Drop-Off: Friday, August 26 until 3pm
Judging and Prizes: Sunday, August 28 at 2pm
At The Arts Station
The Arts Station is pleased to be hosting its first Kids Art Contest on Sunday, August 28. Kids aged 5 to 11 are encourraged to subit art in any genre showing us what you love! The Arts Station, in conjunction with the Sunday Socials, is holding its first-ever “We Heart Art – Show Us What You Love!” colouring and painting contest for Fernie and area youngsters up to and including the age of 11. “We Heart Art – Show Us What You Love!” is for young people to colour, draw, paint, sculpt, felt or somehow show their favourite pet, person, possession or scene (real or imaginary) and show it to the world. It’s an opportunity for kids to let their creativity shine for the world to see. The three age categories for ‘We Heart Art’ are five and under, six to eight, and nine to eleven. Contact Courtney at 250-423-4842 or assistant@theartsstation.com for more info.
Artwork is to be handed in by 3:00 pm, August 26 at the Arts Station and all submissions will be displayed and prizes awarded at the Arts Station on Sunday, August 28 at 2:00 pm.
Beat the Heat! this summer in the cool Pottery Studio at The Arts Station.
No limits on age or creativity!
Projects to be worked on include:
Pinch Pot and a Slab Built Plate
Wall Hanging Name Plate
Wind Chimes
Hand Built Eric Carle’s Hungry Caterpillar
Amazing Group Project! Shhh….this one is a secret…..
Who: Children of all ages!
When: Wednesdays, July 6 to August 24
Times: 11:00 to 12:30
Where: The Pottery Studio at The Arts Station
Cost: $10/child and visit OR buy a 4-Visit Punch Card for $34!
For more information contact Courtney at The Arts Station:
250-423-4842 or assistant@theartsstation.com.
