Holly has been working with Dundee Contemporary Arts on a couple of projects, and it seems Autumn is the time to share them! Engage Journal Firstly, she interviewed Sarah Derrick, Head of Learning, about the development of the learning programme at DCA over the course of 20 years. This article has been published by Engage, …
We went a bit Halloween crazy in our parent-infant art therapy group today. As well as making footprints into ghosts and handprints into spiders we were trying out some new textures in our sensory play. These were all very easy and would still be fun when it wasn’t Halloween just by putting them into a …
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At our messy session in DCA today we were thinking about Alberta Whittle’s exhibition and were inspired by all the waves and weather to make some rainy paintings. All the little ones got creative with blue paint, water squirters and cotton wool. If you’d like to try it at home you need: Blue paint – …
At our last DCA messy session we were creating mini towns. Just adding a coat of white paint can turn leftover juice cartons into a great canvas for little ones to express themselves and create interesting houses and villages. And they even already have a little roof and a chimney! You could use gouache or …
The Art at the Start team had a visit from BBC Scotland’s The Nine team. Reporter Louise Cowie joined us for a messy creative session at DCA last week and then visited the Minime lab with her own mini me. The program aired on BBC Scotland last night. Catch it on I-Player here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000644p All …
We have been printing with bubble wrap at a few of our sessions at the DCA these last few weeks so we thought we’d post some instructions. This is a really easy and fun art activity that any age will manage with a little help. You need: Bubble wrap Non-toxic paints Absorbent paper Brushes, sponges …
Last week we were marbling with shaving foam at the Dundee International Women’s Centre so we thought we’d post some instructions so you can try it at home. This one is very easy and lots of fun – and surprisingly easy to clean up as the foam just washes away. There are lots of steps where …
This is another idea from our session with parents and little ones at DCA this week. We were responding to a circle painting by David Austen that was in his Underworld exhibition at DCA. You need: Paint – non-toxic water based Trays to spread paint out in A mixture of circle shaped objects – kitchen …
We were bubbling at DCA this week with a group of babies and toddlers and their grown ups so we thought we should post the recipe in case you want to try it at home with your wee ones. You need: Paint – non-toxic water based Baby bubble bath (if it’s safe for babies in the bath …
We ran our first session of creative and messy play for parents and preschoolers at the DCA this week. We are looking to see if there is an interest in these kinds of sessions for parents and toddlers so we will be doing monthly sessions and see what the feedback is. We would love these …