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ABOUT KIDS ART LAB

Holiday Art Class @ Kids Art Lab
Photo source: Northern Star Newspaper
Photographer Credit: Brenden Allen

Kids Art Lab was established @ The Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore in 2005. KAL provides quality art instruction for students ages 3-18. Art theory and practice are both explored, with students gaining wide-ranging artmaking skills. Visual Literacy is developed by constant exposure to both historical and contemporary artists/artworks. Students exhibit their completed works locally and frequently visit galleries.

" Kids Art Lab offers kids' classes for children aged 3-18 through an expansive program that stimulates personal expression and creative development in various visual media. Children can do painting, printmaking, puppet-making and puppetry, sculpture using found objects, set design for live theatre productions, and go on art excursions."

(Lismore Regional Gallery , Autumn News, 2008)

Kids Art Lab aims to provide educational opportunities that have been outlined by the NSW Board of Studies K-10 Curriculum Framework as follows:

enable all students to develop positive self-concepts and their capacity to establish and maintain safe, healthy and rewarding lives
prepare all students for effective and responsible participation in their society, taking account of moral, ethical and spiritual considerations
encourage and enable all students to enjoy learning, and to be self-motivated, reflective, competent learners who will be able to take part in further study, work or training.
promote a fair and just society that values diversity
promote continuity and coherence of learning, and facilitate the transition between primary and secondary schooling.

Recently we have moved to larger premises which will allow us to expand upon our already diverse projects and includes darkroom facilities for printing black and white photographs/photograms.

Kids Art Lab Semester 3, 2010

Primary Students:

Wednesday & Friday    4.00 - 5.30 pm

High School Students

Thursday                     4.00 - 5.30 pm

Semester 3 runs for 10 weeks, commencing Wednesday July 21 and finishing Friday September 24.

* Booking for classes is essential.

* Private tutoring is also available to HSC Visual Arts Students. Group workshops in specific artmaking process are available for educators/parents/students.

For Bookings/Enquiries please contact us:
Ph: 0429 384677
email: admin@kidsartlab.com

JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLASS SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY JULY 7 - FRIDAY JULY 16, 2010

WED JULY 7 LANDSCAPE WITH OIL PASTELS
THURS JULY 8 PAINTING (IN THE STYLE OF JEAN MIRO)
FRI JULY 9 HAND PRINTED T-SHIRT (* T-SHIRT NOT PROVIDED)

MON JULY 12 SELF PORTRAIT WITH WATERCOLOURS
TUES JULY 13 COLLAGE
WED JULY 14 WIRE SCULPTURE
THURS JULY 15 PAINTING (IN THE STYLE OF THEA PROCTOR)
FRI JULY 16 MOSAICS (+ $5.00 MATERIAL FEE)

Classes run daily from 10.00 am - 12.00 noon and are held in a fully-equipped artmaking studio conveniently located @ The Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore CBD.

Tuition $16.00 per class (15.00 per class with pre-booking of four or more classes). Mosaics has an additional $5.00 material fee.

Bookings
ph 0429 384677
email admin@kidsartlab

About the Director of Kids Art Lab

Belinda Madden, BA, Grad. Dip.Ed., MA.

Belinda Madden, teacher and director of Kids Art Lab, applies her broad experience as an artist to direct children in her classes. Belinda is a qualified teacher and has worked in film, fashion and theatre (with a ten-year stint in New York ) and this wealth of experience feeds into the classes. Belinda's priority is to provide kids with an applied understanding of art that will enrich their lives and futures. Kids Art Lab is endorsed by Lismore Regional Gallery.

( Lismore Regional Gallery, Autumn News, March, April, May 2008. www.lismoregallery.org

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS BELOW, TO VISIT THE VIRTUAL GALLERY OF BELINDA MADDEN