2025 School Holiday Fun!

New Venue for July School Holidays!

We are so excited to announce that we have a new beautiful Art Venue for school holiday programs

WHERE: At The Heritage Collective- 40 Marine Parade Cottesloe (corner of Wharton and Marine Parade)

WHATS COMING UP: The Winter holidays are for creating! 

Spark their imagination and creativity with art activities this school holidays at The Heritage Collective.

Every class is different and taught by Karen Sabitay from ARTPOD - Creative Arts Centre, and is ideal for children and young people aged 6 to 15 of all creative abilities.

Magpie Madness
Jul
8

Magpie Madness

MAGPIE MADNESS

Embrace your inner magpie crafting a paintbrush from the natural treasures around you. Wander through The Heritage Collective gardens gathering twigs, leaves, and feathers to make a paintbrush, then paint a background filled with swirling colours, whimsical patterns and a magpie - of course!

TUESDAY 8 JULY

10:00 AM - 12.30PM

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Paint a Funky Vase
Jul
9

Paint a Funky Vase

PAINT A FUNKY VASE

Posca pens are highly pigmented, featuring bright matte colours that have great depth. Artists love their magical effect!  In this class, we will use these pens and paint on cardboard to create a bright, dynamic stand-up vase/modern artwork for you to take home!

WEDNESDAY 9 JULY

10:00 AM - 12.30PM

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Make and Fly a Kite
Jul
10

Make and Fly a Kite

MAKE & FLY A KITE            

Unleash your creativity by designing, crafting, and flying a colourful kite in the grounds of the Heritage Collective. This exciting hands-on skill also provides a wonderful opportunity to connect with nature and embrace the joy of flight.

THURSDAY 10 JULY 

10:00 AM - 12.30PM

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Birds on Wood
Jul
16

Birds on Wood

BIRDS ON WOOD

It's exciting to work on surfaces other than paper, and birds in nature provide wonderful subjects for artistic creation. In this class, we will embark on a mixed media project that combines wood, collage, paint, and Posca pen techniques to create bright and vibrant birds of your choosing.

WEDNESDAY 16 JULY

10:00 AM - 12.30PM

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Abstract Animals
Jul
17

Abstract Animals

ABSTRACT ANIMALS     

Select a black and white image of an animal and then bring it to life by transforming its shape with vibrant colours, rich patterns, and bold forms. Use a collection of Posca pens to skilfully create your vision on a sheet of textured brown paper, allowing each stroke to blend beautifully with the earthy background.

THURSDAY 17 JULY

10:00 AM - 12.30PM

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Hiss… Celebrating the year of the snake.
Apr
24

Hiss… Celebrating the year of the snake.

Hiss.. Celebrating the year of the snake

Hissss….Celebrating ‘Year of the Snake’ producing a graphic artwork with bright colours, intricate patterns and graffiti style shapes. 

Cost: $90

Age: Classes can be adopted to suit boys and girls of ages 6 – 15 yrs

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Frog on a Log
Apr
24

Frog on a Log

Frog on a log

Modelling a frog on a real log, then paint and decorate to make a fantastic sculpture to put in your garden.

Cost: $75

Age: Classes can be adopted to suit boys and girls of ages 6 – 15 yrs

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Blooming Good Times!
Apr
23

Blooming Good Times!

Blooming good times!

Painting & Patterning using a clever technique to paint onto acetate and highlighting in posca pens to create a truly impressive artwork.

Cost: $90

Age: Classes can be adopted to suit boys and girls of ages 6 – 15 yrs

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Birds of a feather, flock together
Apr
23

Birds of a feather, flock together

Birds of a feather.. Flock together

Mixed media artwork using a combination of commercially designed paper, paint & posca pen.

Cost: $75

Age: Classes can be adopted to suit boys and girls of ages 6 – 15 yrs

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HUNDERTWASSER PASTELS (Morning session)
Jan
22

HUNDERTWASSER PASTELS (Morning session)

HUNDERTWASSER PASTELS (suitable for ages 6+)

Ink and pastels on sugar paper - bright and dynamic!

BYO snack & water bottle. Aprons and all materials provided plus 3 hours of fun, connecting and creating. 

COST: $90

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Blooming good times! (Morning session)
Jan
20

Blooming good times! (Morning session)

 BLOOMING GOOD TIMES (Suitable for 6+)

Paint like a Master!

Create a MASTERPIECE and have it framed, following this easy but super effective technique . Bound to impress!

COST: $90

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Still On Holidays (Afternoon session)
Jan
8

Still On Holidays (Afternoon session)

 STILL ON HOLIDAYS (Suitable for 6+)

Time for Still Life!

Kids of all ages come and paint a still life in an easy way with great results, then create an interesting collage around the object. It feels good to slow down and notice what’s around. Kids have loved this activity!

COST: $90

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Still On Holidays (morning session)
Jan
8

Still On Holidays (morning session)

 STILL ON HOLIDAYS (Suitable for 6+)

Time for Still Life!

Kids of all ages come and paint a still life in an easy way with great results, then create an interesting collage around the object. It feels good to slow down and notice what’s around. Kids have loved this activity!

COST: $90

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Creative Blobs (Afternoon session)
Jan
7

Creative Blobs (Afternoon session)

 CREATIVE BLOBS (ages 6+)

What can you make from a watercolour blob?

Play with ideas to create an undersea school of fish, a field of flowers or a mob of monsters. Possibilities are endless with the finished artwork -  it could become a laminated placemat or a book cover or who knows? Fun and creative activity.

COST: $80

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Creative Blobs
Jan
7

Creative Blobs

 CREATIVE BLOBS (ages 6+)

What can you make from a watercolour blob?

Play with ideas to create an undersea school of fish, a field of flowers or a mob of monsters. Possibilities are endless with the finished artwork -  it could become a laminated placemat or a book cover or who knows? Fun and creative activity.

COST: $80

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Masterpieces
Oct
2

Masterpieces

Masterpieces

Follow the steps and learn ‘tricks of the trade’ to create an incredible masterpiece painting using paint and posca pen on acetate. Take it home framed and impress everyone - even yourself!

Price: $100

Please pack your child lunch and morning tea.

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Hundertwasser Pastel
Oct
1

Hundertwasser Pastel

Hundertwasser Pastel

Explore using brightly coloured soft pastels on sugar paper and be inspiredby Austrian artist Hundertwasser, making city buildings come to life. Great activity for boys and girls of all ages

Price: $100

Please pack your child lunch and morning tea.

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Wild Flowers in a vase
Sep
30

Wild Flowers in a vase

Wild Flowers In a Vase

Get funky with these loose canvas paintings using a combination of paint, posca pen and stencils.

Creative, fun activity for boys and girls of all ages with really effective results. Inspired by the style of Margaret Preston, contrasting black and white with strong colour.

Price: $100

Please pack your child lunch and morning tea.

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Landscape Canvas Painting
Sep
25

Landscape Canvas Painting

Landscape Canvas Painting

Start with a black canvas and create a beautiful landscape painting using acrylics, dry brush technique and finger dabbing, inspired by desert artists of the Martumilli Mob. Heaps of fun! 

Price: $100

Please pack your child lunch and morning tea.

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Jungle Mania
Sep
24

Jungle Mania

Jungle Mania

Create a dynamic 3 dimensional collage of a jungle with animals and plants, by building up layers in the style of artist Lucy Cousins. Suits boys and girls of all ages. 

Price: $100

Please pack your child lunch and morning tea.

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Leopard in the jungle
Jul
11

Leopard in the jungle

Learn step by step how to draw and colour a leopard. Create a page of different tones of green in paint to use as leaf shapes in a 3D collage. The artwork becomes a 3D shadow box frame.

Cost $120

Suitable for 6+

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Blobs to blooms
Jul
10

Blobs to blooms

Blobs to Blooms

Paint a canvas starting with blobs of colour and then add finer details and patterns in paint and posca pen. See what happens as your blobs grow into blooms. It's so fun to work this way with colour and pattern!

Cost $80

Suitable for ages 6+

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Paint your world
Jul
10

Paint your world

Paint your world

Explore using different media to ‘take a line on a journey’ like the meandering lines of Australian artist John Olsen. On a canvas, create many different lines and then create your own world using paint, dye and black marker. Growing ideas in an expressive, loose way!

Cost $80

Suitable for ages 6+

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Frog on a log
Jul
9

Frog on a log

Frog on a Log

Learn to draw the crazy shapes of frogs like Australian artist John Olsen and then create a 3D “ Frog on a Log' using model magic. Continue to decorate with paint, hot glue and mixed media to bring it to life.

Cost: $120

Suitable for ages 6+

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Rebel Robots
Jul
8

Rebel Robots

Rebel Robots

Draw your Rebel Robot by combining shapes and then have fun ‘getting dirty’ printing textures using metal bits. Paint and collage into a magnificent artwork bound to impress and show your creativity.

Cost $120

Suitable for ages 6+

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Gelli Plate Cityscape
Jul
4

Gelli Plate Cityscape

Gelli Plate Cityscape

Have heaps of fun exploring techniques printing with Gelli Platers. Then cut and position shapes in creative ways to build your own cityscape collage. An enchanting ‘hands on’ experience!

Cost $120 includes all materials

Suitable ages for 6+

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Crazy Birds
Jul
3

Crazy Birds

Crazy Birds

Be clever and resourceful like a magpie, by collecting bits of nature to make a paintbrush and expressively paint a background, then overlap with a Messy Magpie or a Dabbling Duck.

Cost $120

Suitable for 6+

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Dotty Dogs
Jul
2

Dotty Dogs

Dotty Dogs

Learn cartoon techniques for drawing dogs and create a fun pop art style dog and pop in a frame to take home.

Cost $80

Suited for 6+

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Come fly a kite
Jul
1

Come fly a kite

Come Fly a Kite!

Look closely and draw the weird and wonderful shapes of wildflowers and the intricate patterns of butterlies. Have fun designing and creating your own kite to fly.Guaranteed to make you smile! Suits boys and girls and most ages.

Cost $120

Suitable for ages 6+

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Paint on wood!
Apr
11

Paint on wood!

Students will paint a background, an exotic animal motif in the middle ground and then add details in the foreground to create a dynamic painting on wood. Great skills and plenty of creativity to be developed with this activity!

Suitable for ages 6+

Create your artwork in the morning with Kaz and then fun and games with Emma in the afternoon.

Please bring a water bottle, snack and lunch.

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Animal print, metallic on black
Apr
10

Animal print, metallic on black

Draw, print and embellish a dramatic animal shape onto black paper using metallic paint and pens. Let it shine! Suitable for ages 6+

Create your artwork in the morning with Kaz and then have some fun and games with Emma in the afternoon.

Please bring a water bottle, snack and lunch.

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3D dragon models
Apr
9

3D dragon models

Dragons are intriguing beasts! Learn about the shapes and form of a dragon through drawing and then sculpt one in modelling clay. Great for fine motor development and engagement with all ages.

Suitable for ages 6+

Create your artwork in the morning with Kaz and then have some fun and games with Emma in the afternoon.

Please bring a water bottle, snack and lunch.

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