After School Art Classes
At Auckland schools & venues
3.00pm - 5.00pm (Art starts 3.30pm)
We welcome children travelling from other schools
Our after-school art classes are designed to help children build both creative skills and confidence over time through consistent weekly practice.
Children explore a wide range of techniques including drawing, painting, colour mixing, design, and mixed media. Based on the chosen theme each month (more info below). They learn how to use different materials such as inks, watercolours, acrylics, oil pastels and collage to express their ideas.
Alongside these practical skills, children develop creative thinking, problem solving and the ability to make independent choices in their work. They learn to experiment, take risks, and trust their ideas in a supportive environment.
Over time, this regular creative practice helps children build focus, resilience and confidence — skills that extend far beyond the art room.
Our experienced educators guide children through a variety of creative exercises and techniques, encouraging them to problem solve and trust in their own creative abilities and authentic, expressive voice.
All bookings are for the entire term and should be made prior to term start in Week 2. If our sessions are not fully booked, we open late-enrollments. Late-enrollments must sign-up for the remaining sessions of the term.
Please check our booking link below for each venue and day or contact our administrator.
During the term:
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Children will work towards completing 2-4 projects or final artworks
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Sketchbooks can be purchased for $15 to contain all children's artwork each week, alternatively children will be encouraged to make a folder for their weekly process, sketches and artwork
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Some schools will allow an end-of-term art-gallery presentation. We will contact parents about this if so.
TIMINGS:
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3.00pm - 5.00pm
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Art starts 3.30pm - Supervised afternoon tea from 3-3.30pm
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We welcome children travelling from other schools
Free* Trials for new students:
We offer a single FREE* trial class for new students only for After-School art.
New students are students who have never attended a Creative Matters After-School or School Holiday Program previously.
More info & terms about our Free Trials can be found HERE
All free trial children must be pre-enrolled. Please book using links below or contact our administrator for assistance.
Parents must create a profile for themselves via Enrolmy and then enrol their children.
CLASS DETAILS
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3pm - 3.30pm supervised afternoon tea
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3.30pm - 5pm art class
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Children from other schools welcome
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For children aged 6 - 13
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Limited to 13 children per class
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Pick up at 5pm
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$31 per class (approx $279 per term depending on number of weeks)
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Classes start in week 2 each term
VISUAL ARTS SKILLS
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painting
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designing
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drawing
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using colour, shape and pattern
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composition and form
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oil pastel techniques
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ink techniques
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pencil techniques
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papier mache techniques
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collage techniques
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mixed media techniques
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sculpture
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3d building and cardboard models
THINKING SKILLS
- taking risks
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imagining
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observing
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making decisions
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arranging
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modifying
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discussing
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designing
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creating
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experimenting
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connecting
Term 2 2026 Bookings now open
Tell Me A Story
Artists tell many stories in many different ways.
This term we will explore and experiment with ideas of stories in art inspired by artists Richard Killeen (NZ) James Rizzi (US) and John Pule (NZ).
We will create works of art that tell personal stories in different ways: of family, culture, important events and identity through the use of symbols such as objects, colour, scale, composition, scale, line, shape and pattern. We will explore and develop visual arts skills and techniques such as painting, colour making, drawing and designing - using inks, dyes, acrylic paint, pencil, oil pastels, watercolour pencils and mixed media.
TO BOOK: Click on the button in your preferred venue
8-10 weeks of Classes in Term 2
Classes start in week 2
