X’mas 2023 / New Year 2024 Holiday Workshops

Pick Your Week:

Week 1 :  20 – 22 Dec 2023
Week 2 :  27 – 29 Dec 2023
Week 3 :  3 – 5 Jan 2024

For Festive Delights for adults & families, see details at the bottom.

Saturdays: 18, 25 Nov, 2, 9, 16 Dec 2023

The Gingerbread Man

(Mixed Media 3D Sculpture)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 4 – 6 yrs

Fees : $2,100
Pick Your Week:
Wed – Fri, 20 – 22 Dec
Wed – Fri, 27 – 29 Dec
Wed – Fri, 3 – 5 Jan
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Giant gingerbread men have run all the way from fairy-tale land to Colour My World this holiday season! Young artists will craft their own oversized biscuit from papier-mâché, then introduce colour and texture with paint, beads, and “icing”. Finally, they’ll add the finishing touch with a stencilled candy cane accessory.

IN DRAMA…

“Run, run, as fast as you can.
You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!”

Bring the story of “The Gingerbread Man” to life by rehearsing and performing a fun and festive scripted play. Develop your acting and storytelling skills as we run towards Christmas!

A Feast for the Eyes

(Acrylic Painting on Wood)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 7 – 10 yrs

Fees : $2,500
Pick Your Week:
Wed – Fri, 20 – 22 Dec
Wed – Fri, 27 – 29 Dec
Wed – Fri, 3 – 5 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Cook up a festive feast with a mixed media painting of a lavish Christmas dinner, taking inspiration from Vic Vicini’s retro American diner scenes. Mix line and shape, add a dash of acrylic and a splash of printing finesse; it’s the perfect recipe for a tantalising artwork.

IN DRAMA…

Join us this Christmas and bring along your best festive lingo. Craft your own poem inspired by “The 12 Days of Christmas” as a gift to your family and friends. Put your writing and reciting skills to the test this Christmas!

Sugar Coated

(Oil Painting on Stretcher Canvas)

VISUAL ART only for 10 yrs +

Fees : $2,800
Pick Your Week:
Wed – Fri, 20 – 22 Dec
Wed – Fri, 27 – 29 Dec
Wed – Fri, 3 – 5 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Bring in your favourite festive chocolates and candies to photograph and paint. Be inspired by the artwork of Douglas Newton who, through observing reality, explored translucency, reflections and luminosity transformed by light. You will learn oil painting techniques using smooth brushes and thin layers to depict toffees and sweets as well as their reflections in the delicate wrappers. Create a portrait of your favourite sweet treats that captures light, shadow, and volume.

Festive Four

(Comics)

SPECIALIST WORKSHOP for 8 yrs+

Fees : $1,800
Pick Your Week:
Mon – Tue, 18 – 19 Dec
Tue – Wed, 2 – 3 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Create your own four-panel yonkoma (short comedic comics). Illustrating with pencil and ink, create original characters and chuck them into a sticky situation or a funny gag. You will learn how to find the right balance of text, image and pacing to deliver the perfect punchline for some seasonal belly laughs!

Small & Sweet Photography

(Digital Photography, Post-Production Edits)

SPECIALIST WORKSHOP for 10 yrs+

Fees : $1,850
Pick Your Week:
Mon – Tue, 18 – 19 Dec
Tue – Wed, 2 – 3 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Dress a miniature set, position atmospheric lighting, and photograph a scene filled with warm emotions and the fragrance of candy! Inspired by the meticulous compositions of Minimiam’s miniature photography, you’ll recreate a tiny winter wonderland that plays with scale and light for a whimsical effect.

FESTIVE DELIGHTS

Private group workshops for adults, friends & families.

Ceramic Ornaments

(Limited enrolments, first come, first served.)

FESTIVE DELIGHTS for 8 yrs+

Fees : $800/pax
Pick A Day: Sat, 18, 25 Nov, 2 Dec
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm OR 4:00 pm – 5:00pm

Take Home : 4x Ceramic Ornaments per pax
Note: these will be collected 2 weeks following Potter’s firing only.

Looking for some extra-special Winter holiday decorations for your home or Christmas tree? Hand-decorate your own beautiful, fired ornaments using ceramic glazes. Bring home a personalised collection of your choice of reindeer, snowmen, fir & pine, sleigh and baubles!

The Graceful Angel

FESTIVE DELIGHTS for 8 yrs+

Fees : $800/pax
Group of 2 pax: (1 adult & 1 child) $1,400
Pick A Day: Sat, 18, 25 Nov, 2, 9, 16 Dec
 3:30pm – 5:00 pm

Take Home : 1x Angel tree topper per pax

Bring poetry to your tree with this angelic vision. With wings of embossed copper, its body warmed by merino felting wool, and robes embellished with beads, this decorative pinnacle angel will bring joy from the top of your tree, this Christmas and many to come.

X’Mas 2022 / New Year 2023 Holiday Workshops

Pick Your Week:

Week 1 :  19 – 21 Dec 2022
Week 2 :  28 – 30 Dec 2022
Week 3 :  4 – 6 Jan 2023

For Private group Festive Delights workshops for adults, friends & families, see details at the bottom.

Weekdays: 14-18 Nov / 28 Nov – 2 Dec / 5-9 Dec / 12-16 Dec 2022

Saturdays: 19, 26 Nov, 3, 10, 17 Dec 2022

Celebrate this winter holiday in the spirit of creativity. This year, our festive camps are all designed to kindle familial warmth and kindness through illustration. For those aged 4-6 yrs and 7-10 yrs, check out our Art & Drama combo camps. For those aged 10+, see our Visual Arts offer. Friends and families may enjoy our ‘Festive Delights’, private group workshops offering either Pour Art or Ceramic Decorative Ornament for adults (during mid-week) and families (Saturday afternoon).

Exploding Festive Card

(Illustration)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 4 – 6 yrs

Fees : $2,050
Pick Your Week:
Mon – Wed, 19 – 21 Dec
Wed – Fri, 28 – 30 Dec
Wed – Fri, 4 – 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Surprise your loved ones with a festive exploding box card infused with warm greetings. Celebrate the winter holidays and showcase your illustration abilities. Learn about layout design as well as colour and media selection.

IN DRAMA…

“ ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…”

Come explore your favourite festive poems and stories, putting your acting skills to the test. Hone your imagination, physical expressivity, and vocal projection. Through role-play and storytelling, interpret drama and finish off the workshop with a Christmas carol to wow your family and friends.

Warm & Cozy

(Illustration)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 7 – 10 yrs

Fees : $2,350
Pick Your Week:
Mon – Wed, 19 – 21 Dec
Wed – Fri, 28 – 30 Dec
Wed – Fri, 4 – 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

What places do you visit every year during the holiday season, who do you see there? Recall those festive memories and create a diorama artwork. Illustrate the exteriors of these special places onto a card, and think about how colour can convey contrasting feelings of frostiness or warmth. Open up the card to see the cozy interiors and the people inside them.

IN DRAMA…

This winter holiday, give your family a special message. Pen a letter accompanied by a video presentation of the performance. In our modern era of text, chat and email, we shall instead handwrite expressions of peace and love to our loved ones. Work on our presenting skills, as well as vocal and movement, to perform and revive the art of communication and give our family and friends a heartfelt festive gift.

Miniature Street Art

(Illustration | Maquette Building)

VISUAL ART only for 10 yrs +

Fees : $2,550
Pick Your Week:
Mon – Wed, 19 – 21 Dec
Wed – Fri, 28 – 30 Dec
Wed – Fri, 4 – 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Become a (miniature) mural artist to bring seasonal joy and warm wishes into your mini neighbourhood. Construct a model of a building from your neighbourhood and decorate the exteriors with your own artwork inspired by the Glasgow mural trail. Consider the unique challenges of street art and learn new techniques such as stencilling and pasting. Design and apply your unique ‘artist’s tag’ to your creation, as you rejuvenate and revitalise your community with splashes of colour for the new year.

FESTIVE DELIGHTS

Private group workshops for adults, friends & families

Weekdays: anytime between 11:00am-1:00pm on 14-18 Nov / 28 Nov – 2 Dec / 5-9 Dec / 12-16 Dec
Saturdays: anytime between 2:30pm-4:30pm on 19, 26 Nov, 3, 10, 17 Dec

Festive Delights: Pour Art

Fees : $750/pax
Group of 3 pax: (2 adults & 1 child) $1,850
Group of 4 pax: (2 adults & 2 children) $2,200
Duration: 1 hour

Take Home :
50x60cm Pour Art Canvas (adult size)
Or 40x40cm Pour Art Canvas (children’s size)
Note: artwork to be collected 48hrs following workshop.

Experiment with pouring colours and produce a marbled canvas that compliments the interiors of your or your loved ones’ homes. Go riotous with an abundant explosion of colour. Consider colour harmony and contrast, hue and tone.

Festive Delights: Ceramic Ornaments

(Limited to 20 enrolments, first come, first served.)

Fees : $750/pax
Group of 3 pax: (2 adults & 1 child) $1,850
Group of 4 pax: (2 adults & 2 children) $2,200
Duration: 1 hour

Take Home : 4x Ceramic Ornaments
Note: these will be collected 2 weeks following Potter’s firing only.

Looking for some extra-special Winter holiday decorations for your home or Christmas tree? Hand-decorate your own beautiful, fired ornaments using ceramic glazes. Bring home a personalised collection of your choice of reindeer, snowmen, fir & pine, sleigh and baubles!

Pick Your Week:

Week 1 :  20 – 24 Dec 2021
Week 2 :  28 – 31 Dec 2021
Week 3 :  3 – 7 Jan 2022
 

While we may not be able to physically travel, our creativity knows no bounds. Celebrate the holidays with us through our wide range offers for all ages. Make this festive season extra cosy with a massive cocoa mug, a huggable stuffed animal, or a whimsical illuminated scene. Express yourself through expressive painting and passionate speeches. Learn about winter holiday customs around the globe, sing and act out to classic festive soundtracks, and to welcome in the coming year.

Wintry Hoothoot

(Soft Sculpture, Textile)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 4 – 7 yrs

Fees : $1,950
Pick Your Week:
Tue – Thu  21 – 23 Dec
Tue – Thu  28 – 30 Dec
Tue – Thu  4 – 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Tired of penguins and polar bears? You will craft an adorable linen owl that keeps you company during cold and warmer days, complete with patterned geometric shapes, fabric swatches, and other surface decoration to make your creation one of a kind.

IN DRAMA…

You will immerse yourself in the popular tale of ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’, re-telling the bravery story of the youngest reindeer in Santa’s sleigh team and of course his unique nose; whilst engaging in characterization and vocal expression which brings out your creativity and confidence.

Illuminated Scene

(Paper Box Sculpture, Light Design & Engineering)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 7 – 12 yrs

Fees : $2,150
Pick Your Week:
Tue – Thu  21 – 23 Dec
Tue – Thu  28 – 30 Dec
Tue – Thu  4 – 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Join us as we travel through our imaginations into the middle of nowhere and dream of fluffy white snow. We will be creating our own cottage scene lit-up in a box, escaping into a cozy place surrounded by trees, snow, and stars.

IN DRAMA…

We will focus on a different form of Performing Arts each day: Movement, Acting, and Music. Our performers will take inspiration from scenes from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and music from all of our holiday favourites, to fully engage in improvisation and performance.

Wood on Wood

(Impasto Painting)

VISUAL ART only for 12 yrs +

Fees : $2,300
Pick Your Week:
Tue – Thu  21 – 23 Dec
Tue – Thu  28 – 30 Dec
Tue – Thu  4 – 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Blur the lines between figuration and abstraction with your own take on a stylized wintery tree. Be inspired by Paul Klee’s exploration of visual language depicting trees, Pine Tree (1932). Learn to paint ‘Impesto’ before applying acrylics to create texture and feel. Instill a specific atmosphere and mood through colour and expressive impasto painting.

OUR EVER-POPULAR FESTIVE DELIGHTS DROP-IN WORKSHOP RUN FROM 20 DEC TO 7 JAN (For 6 yrs +)

Festive Delights Drop-in

VISUAL ART for 6 yrs + (Parents are welcome)

Pick Your Day / Workshop:
20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30 Dec, 3, 4, 6 Jan
2:00pm – 3:30pm daily

Hand-crafted Mosaics ($750) – adopt festive colours and clever patterns that gives exhilarating results.

Needle-felted EGGstravaganza ($750) – explore the elegance of needle felting raw fibres to create miniature Santa or Snowman.

The Wild Sheep Chase ($700) – use fingers and pliers as pencils to create a miniature 3D metal wire animal sculpture, complete with delightful decoration.

Fees are inclusive of 1.5hr workshop and specialist materials.

CREATIVE WRITING / PODCAST / TEDx PRESENTATION (For 8 – 12 yrs)

From contents creation to podcast and TEDx presentation, check out our fresh themed offers for Communication Arts.

 Christmas Around the World Radio Podcast

(Journalistic & Informative Writing | Interview & Broadcasting)

For 8 – 11 yrs

Fees : $2,000
Pick Your Week:
Wed – Fri  22 – 24 Dec
Wed – Fri  5 – 7 Jan
10:00 am – 11:15 am daily

How do you celebrate Christmas? What about people in France? In Mexico? Come create a podcast talk show and learn about yuletide traditions from different countries around the world. Describe your own customs and conduct an interview to make a fun and engaging podcast.

TEDx New Year Resolution

(Informative Speech | Public Speaking | Visual Presentation)

For 10 – 12 yrs

Fees : $2,300
Pick Your Week:
Wed – Fri  22 – 24 Dec
Wed – Fri  5 – 7 Jan
11:30 am – 1:00 pm daily

What are your resolutions for 2022? Writing down your dreams and goals is the first step to make them come true. Put pen to paper and learn to craft an impactful speech that will inspire others to start a prosperous year full of determination and resolution.

CERAMIC FANATICS (For 10 yrs +)

My Giant Cup of Cocoa

(Hand Modeling, Wheel Throwing, Glazing)

For 10 yrs+

Fees : $2,600
(inclusive of bisque & glaze firing for 1 ware, delivery lead time 2 – 2.5 weeks)

Pick Your Week:
Mon, Wed & Thu  20, 22 & 23 Dec
Wed – Fri  29 – 31 Dec
Mon, Wed & Thu  3, 5 & 6 Jan
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily

Embrace the Danish concept of ‘Hygge’, the feeling of contentment and health due to coziness, with this ceramics workshop. Prepare yourself to brave the coldest days of winter by handcrafting a large cocoa mug. Ceramicist Felicity Wong will guide you through the basics of clay hand modeling and experimental wheel throwing to create your own unique glazed stoneware.

Pick Your Week (Mon-Wed):

Week 1 : 14-16 Dec 2020
Week 2 : 21-23 Dec 2020
Week 3 : 28-30 Dec 2020

Additional Week for Visual Arts (7yrs+):
Mon-Wed, 4-6 Jan 2021 (Enormous Crawly Only)
Thu-Fri, 7-8 Jan 2021 (Art Insectoid Only)

Enjoy the many festive surprises this Holiday season has in store. Whether it be a printed landscape, ornamental fauna stamping, or a sculptural rendition of a whimsical crawly critter, join the holiday fun and appreciate nature in all of its wintery glory.

 Whimsical Beings

(3D Tactile Sculpture)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 4 – 6.5 yrs

Fees : $1,850
Pick Your Week (Mon-Wed):
14-16 Dec 2020
21-23 Dec 2020
28-30 Dec 2020
10:00 am – 12:30 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Use textile, ribbon, twigs, feathers, paint, and more to craft your own ethereal being. Be it an angel, fairy queen, or a mischievous elf, explore the soft and hard materials and develop an aesthetic colour theme to create your own elegant figure to give as a gift to a loved one or adorn your house.

IN DRAMA…

Our young performers of 4 – 6.5 yrs will engage in stylised movement phrases, to create stage pictures of frolicsome and festive activities. We will sing and dance our way through characterisation, improvisational movements and physicality to ring in the holiday cheer with our very own theatre slide show.

Serene Fauna

(Illustration, Printing)

VISUAL ART & DRAMA for 6.5 – 10 yrs

Fees : $1,950
Pick Your Week (Mon-Wed):
14-16 Dec 2020
21-23 Dec 2020
28-30 Dec 2020
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

IN VISUAL ART…

Create a serene tree fauna printed composition. Stylize and illustrate creatures living in the snowy woods, from squirrels & nightingales to owls & mushrooms. Fill the shapes with patterns and ornaments. Interpret your designs into carved-and-scratched polystyrene foam to be printed on paper. Design and take home and take home for a perfect winter animal menagerie!

IN DRAMA…

In our ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ drama workshop for 6.5 – 10 yrs, we will expand our creative boundaries with themed characterisation. Using choral speaking techniques, visual representations of freeze frames for the calendar and soundscapes to create a bold adaptation and recorded parody of our new song of ’12 Days of Winter Holiday’.

Winter Tropics in Print

(Illustration, Painting, Lino Printing)

VISUAL ART only for 10 yrs +

Fees : $2,100
Pick Your Week (Mon-Wed):
14-16 Dec 2020
21-23 Dec 2020
28-30 Dec 2020
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily

Find inspiration in the hoard of jungle fauna and dramatic mountainous landscape that surrounds you. Analyze shape, form, and patterns from nature photographs of Hong Kong. Explore lino-cutting and printmaking techniques. Interpret the scenery with expressive colours by layering painting, lino-printing and illustration. Portray your familiar natural environment through a different perspective.

Enormous Crawly

(Paper Assemblage, 3D)

VISUAL ART only for 7 yrs +

Fees : $1,750 / 3-morning enrolment
Mon-Wed, 4-6 Jan 2021 Only
10:00 am – 12:00 noon daily

Eyes sparkling like thousands of coloured gems. Wings as delicate as lace. Insects are just magnificent! You will learn essential rules about macro and micro proportions by studying the anatomy of insects. Then scaling up your creepy-crawly into paper-craft beauties, complete with a spectacle of meticulous craft skills (cutting & assemblage) enhanced with geometric pattern design and chromatic harmony.

Art Insectoid

(Illustration, Collage)

VISUAL ART only for 7 yrs +

Fees : $1,250 / 2-morning enrolment
Thu-Fri, 7-8 Jan 2021 Only
10:00 am – 12:00 noon daily

Design and put together a highly stylized art piece inspired by the world of insects and works of Britt DeMaris. Make your own collage crafting paper to use in your creation. Combine line illustration together with collaging techniques. Develop a vibrant illustration rendered in colour pencil.

Colour My World X’mas 2019

Visual Art Camp
O’ Christmas Tree, O’ Christmas Tree

Week 1: Wed-Fri, 18-20 Dec
Week 2: Mon-Tue & Fri, 23-24 & 27 Dec
Week 3: Mon-Tue & Fri, 30-31 Dec & 3 Jan
 

Mould, paint and craft your way across a panorama of Christmas symbols and traditions. Reinvent and remember the true meaning of Christmas this holiday season.

This holiday season, participants of 4-6.5 yrs will get to explore Painting and 3D Art when the 6.5 yrs+ will choose two projects from Painting, 3D Fibre Art and Animation to complete an inspiration-filled week.

VISUAL ART for 4 – 6.5 yrs

Fees : $1,950
10:00 am – 12:45 pm daily
 

VISUAL ART for 6.5 – 10 yrs