What

We were inspired by the Picasso Kidz program that we found in Orakei Community Centre. If we were to make our own creative learning centre we would have something similar to Picasso Kidz as to us it seemed fun filled, well organised and something children and their families would enjoy going to on a weekly basis in their community. This programme also seemed to encourage community interaction as there was a ‘play, chat and coffee’ available after each session.

We propose creating a visual arts programme which is held on a weekly basis in the community centres around Auckland and would be for children and their families. Our project is not about making a unique art programme that is vastly different from others that are out there. We want a programme and a place for children to be creative and have fun with art. The programme would have some structure but also free for the children to do any art if they please. We want to promote both free expression and the learning about the background and techniques of art for example artists, brush strokes, blending of colour, eras of art.

We want to focus on visual arts because we noticed through our research of community centres that there were not many early childhood aged art programmes and art programmes for children in general.  We want to create a community programme to get more community involvement; to strengthen community ties and to discover and celebrate the diversity that is within communities.