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relates to the gallery’s current rewarding,” said gallery curator exhibition. and artistic director Jesse Birch. “Whether it is experimenting “My son is often coming home with different kinds of materials with something that he is super or taking something from the exhi- proud of and it is nice as a parent bition as a jumping off point or an to see that as well.” idea from art hisIf art isn’t your tory, there are all child’s forte, kinds of different there are always points of inspiraacting classes. tion that come into Headliners stages these activities that a number of proare perfect for chil- Kids have such an ductions throughdren,” says gallery out the year that interesting way of executive director are designed for Julie Bevan. looking at the world. kids. Among the The Saturday productions this Studio recently split its classes year are Into the Woods and Alice into two age brackets, 5-7 and in Wonderland. Headliners also 8-12. The hour-long program for offers Home Schooler’s Theatre those ages 5-7 begins at 9:30 a.m. course and Take A Bow, a confidence and skill-building class. and offers kids the chance to get Manda Chelmak, artistic direccreative, messy and learn new tor of Headliners, says acting can techniques. teach children a variety of skills. “Kids have such an interesting “They learn to improvise and way of looking at the world, so they learn to work as a team and by giving them all those tools to play games and be creative and express themselves it is really
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silly,” she said. The City of Nanaimo offers extensive programming for children under six. Programming ranges from arts and crafts, dance, music and culinary. The city offers six programs for children between the ages of three and six. The programs, some of which include parent participation, touch on topics about birds, sea critters, bears and worms. There are a number of other organizations that offer programming for children, including Crimson Coast Dance Society and Vibe Street Dance Studio, both of which offer dance classes for children over the age of 5. For more information on the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s Art Lab Saturday Studio, please visit www. nanaimoartgallery.com. For additional information on the other programs listed please visit www. headliners.ca and www.nanaimo. ca.
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