Summer Season for Kids at Down Arts Centre

Summer Season for Kids at Down Arts Centre

Down Arts Centre will be offering a series of exciting craft workshops for children aged between 7 and 12 years. On Saturday 7 May, tutor Diana Robinson will be hosting the first of six ‘Totally Creative’ workshops that are sure to keep the kids entertained. They will get their hands dirty from making papier mache, but will need a steady hand for glass painting and paper coiling. They will also learn how to decorate a picture frame with mosaic tiles and to weave a colourful table mat or bag and finally, discover that buttons are not just for keeping your trousers up; they can be put to all sorts of crafty uses.

Aine McKenna will be coming to the Down Arts Centre, to host eight weeks of Kids Pottery Classes beginning on Saturday 7 May. The children will get the opportunity to create sculptural forms, animal pots, explore texture and impressing in clay, make relief tiles and coil or pinch pots.

The summer holidays are fast approaching and Down Arts Centre is providing excellent Summer Schools. There will be three age groups for the summer school, Juniors 4 to 6 years taking place on Monday 1 to Friday 5 August, Intermediate 7 to 11 years taking place Monday 8 to Friday 12 August followed by the Senior Summer School.

The Senior Summer School is designed for 12 to 18 year olds to come along and experience taking part in a performance. The week will commence on Monday 15 August and will see young people put on a performance of ‘West Side Story’.  The Summer Schools will finish with ‘Rock Week’ on 22 August.

For more information on any of the classes or to book a place contact the Down Arts Centre on 028 4461 0747 or visit www.downartscentre.com