Earth Explorers - Saturday Workshops

Time: Various

Age Range: Various

Micro Gardens with artist Kitty Rogers for ages 3 – 5
Mould and decorate your own special plant pot to grow a micro garden with exciting edible seeds. With a little nurturing, your unique garden can come to life in your own home!

Global Homes with artist Michelle Brown for ages 6 – 8
Using recycled materials, construct your own unique world. Explore the environments people live in around the globe, find out more about sustainable living and create your own imaginative surroundings.

Kite Flights with artist Michelle Brown for ages 3 – 5
Come fly with us in our kite-making workshop! Inspired by the birds that we see in the sky everyday, you can craft your own wildlife kite to send your imagination soaring.

Sun Shots with artist Mhairi Sutherland for ages 6-8 & 9-12
Make your own photographic prints through exposure to natural sunlight! You will use drawings and objects to create dramatic photographic images in the style of early botanical prints

Wings in Motion with artist Paula Henihan for ages 3-5
Create a flutter-butterfly – experience bright colours, bold patterns and wings in motion! You can create your own fluttering butterfly and discover beautiful butterfly wing patterns.

* Concession price for students, senior citizens, the unwaged, those parenting alone and their accompanying children.

Earth Explorers, The Ark’s Visual Arts Summer Programme for 2009, is your opportunity to engage creatively with our environment and explore the impact we have on our surroundings through a range of fun, inspirational and imaginative visual arts activities.

For More Information: http://www.ark.ie for the full programme of events.

Box Office:
+353 (0)1 6707788 or in person at 11a Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.