Arts Correspondent
The National Gallery of Zimbabwe will host the holiday art camp from August 15 to 19 and registration is currently underway with organisers inviting participants from pre-school up to advanced level. In a statement, the gallery said holiday art camp was designed to adopt a formal approach with regards to the instruction of participants. “It takes into account the needs of the student’s full-time commitments to mainstream academic pursuits in the school curriculum whilst offering a practical bypass to help relieve the pressures of learning.

“The camp not only serves as a retreat in scholastic terms, but it also allows children to learn through fun experiences which make their grasp on the discipline in a memorable way,” reads the statement.

Activities which take place include the creation of expressionistic sunflowers in oil, acrylic or pencil crayon; learning about colour-mixing; creating butterflies out of tissue paper, paint, magic markers and coffee filters; learning how to create a fireworks display with crayons, paint, glue, foil and shoe polish.

Participants will make pictures using aluminium foil of their favourite themes.

“This August, there will be a special mask making session to further explore the design aspect of art.

“Participants are instructed by practicing art and design practitioners in different noteworthy categories through the Atelier method that was established by Gustave Moreau, famously adopted by the first director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Frank McEwen.”

In keeping with the tradition of the workshop approach, the participants will practice creative freedom and work ethic in an open environment.

Aside from this, they will be at an advantage to find inspiration around them embodied in the works of past masters.

Pre and primary school groups have a schedule set for 9am to 1pm while participants aged between 13 to 18 years finish at 3pm.

“With aid from the instructor, Colleena “The Costumer” Mvududu, the participants will be set to grasp the mask making techniques and infuse their work with different vibrant designs.”

The strength of the Holiday Art Camp lies within the fact that the older participants learn from instructors who are individuals pursuing art as a profession.

The Camp serves to create a space in which young people can gain knowledge of visual art and develop their visual creative abilities.

It allows them to express themselves in numerous ways giving them self-confidence in as much as it empowers them to attain an interest to occupy them take up art professionally.

Participants will walk away with prizes in their age groups.

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