Winter / Spring Term

3rd January – 30th March 2012

Weekly art activities for children and young people at Kingsgate Community Centre

Arts @ Kingsgate is back again! Your budding artists aged 5-11 years old will work with experienced and skilled local artists to create imaginative worlds using the mediums of animation, painting, felting, puppetry, mixed media and ceramics.

‘[I learnt] Art is fun! How to make useful things.’

‘[I learnt] a lot! How animation works is fascinating. It is great to be able to use my imagination and put it all into my pottery work.’

‘Fantastic – really stretched the children’s imagination. The activities were very advanced for the kids, but they managed everything really well.’

‘The teachers’ engagement with the students is wonderful. The materials are very interesting and my daughter loves the classes.’

‘Brilliant, staff are great and our son loves it. Will recommend to others.’

New Term Dates and Course Fees (per term)

Activities follow the school term, running for 10 to 12 weeks.

Animation Workshops

Monday 9th January – Monday 26th March, 4pm – 5.30pm (11 sessions)

Camden Residents £33; Concessions £16.50,

Non-Camden Residents £44; Concessions £22

Painting & Printmaking Workshops

Tuesday 3rd  - Tuesday 27h March, 4pm – 5.30pm (12 sessions)

Camden Residents £36; Concessions £18,

Non-Camden Residents £48; Concessions £24

Fabric Collage Textiles & Puppetry Workshops

Thursday 5th January – Thursday 29th March, 4pm – 5.30pm (12 sessions)

Camden Residents £36; Concessions £18,

Non-Camden Residents £48; Concessions £24

Fun with Clay

Friday 13th January – Friday 30th March,  4pm – 5.30pm (11 sessions)

Camden Residents £33; Concessions £16.50,

Non-Camden Residents £44; Concessions £22

*  Classes do not run during the half term week (Monday 13th – Friday 17th February 2011).

How to register

To register your child(ren), please visit us or contact Louise Gibson by email on louise@kingsgatecc.org.uk or by phone on 0207 328 9480 to reserve places. You will need to complete a registration pack and bring with you:

Full payment for the course(s) in cash or cheque only. Cheques should be made payable to Kingsgate Community Association.

• Proof of address.
• Proof for concessions rates required (e.g. Housing Benefit, Job Seekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Family Tax Credit).
• Address of GP for your child(ren) and any relevant medical information.

The Artists

Artist: Maybelle Peters presents Animation

Maybelle is a writer, producer and director working in the medium of animation, with commissions for BBC2 and Channel 4 to direct a range of films.  Her work has been screened in Berlin, Martinique, Ottowa and in The Cutting Edge Exhibition,  Barbican Centre, London. Working mainly with stop motion techniques, Maybelle has developed a range of workshops for young people. Her workshops provide an opportunity to develop animation skills including storyboarding, model making and sound design, focusing on traditional narrative structures.

An experimental project that uses the creativity and imagination of those involved with the aim to expess mood, memory and a sense of place by creating an animated video with a documentary style.

Artist: Barbara Bayer presents Painting & Printmaking

Barbara is a visual artist with many years experience. She has developed her sculptural work over the last 15 years and has exhibited in Britain, Germany, Norway and other European countries. Within the last few years she has developed a great interest in printmaking. Barbara has worked on a variety of community based commissions and has been involved in teaching children of all age groups and abilities and adults alike.

This course will look into various drawing and painting techniques to encourage the self expression of the children. We will touch on a variety of materials and a variety of subjects, ranging from charcoal and ink drawing to collage and mixed media approaches.

Artist: Avigal Rachel Pommert presents Fantastic Felting goes 3D

Avigal Rachel Pommert is a felting and puppetry artist with over four years experience of working with a wide range of children’s and adults’ arts community groups. She has designed costumes for the Deptford Albany Theatre which toured nationally in many different schools, and her work has appeared in the Hackney Gazzette, the Mercury and the JC. Her clients include the Little Angel Theatre, The Barbican Centre, and museums and galleries accross London. Avigal Rachel exhibits nationally, and runs her own puppet theatre, “Textile Stories”.

This term we shall be focusing on creating more fabulous 3D structures with felt and textile technique. Add your piece to our big
patchwork story quilt, build a felted birds’ nest or enjoy working on larger themed mural pieces in a group or individually. We will be learning some exciting new decorative techniques to finish off these projects. Each project will last roughly two weeks to ensure plenty of variety! All beginners welcome.Winter has never been so fun.

Artist: Claire Bevacqua presents Fun With Clay

Claire studied ceramics and metalwork at Camberwell College of Art, after graduating in 2000 she completed an apprenticeship with one of the UK’s most renowned potters and then continued her research in Faenza, Italy and Paterno, Sicily. On returning to the UK she set up her own studio where she makes and sells her own sculptural work and teaches privately. Claire has been involved with teaching art and ceramics in the community since 2002.

The fun and creative clay workshops give children the opportunity to use their imaginations and develop building skills. Working in groups and individually, themes will be used as a springboard for the development of ideas. This course will cover a wide range of techniques such as coiling, slab building and slip decoration, including masking and printing.

Arts @ Kingsgate is funded by: