Nathan Homestead Manurewa Arts Centre Term 1, January – April 2017

Contents Exhibitions and Events

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Free Family Workshops

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Adult Classes and Workshops

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Youth and Teen Classes

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Interacting Theatre – A Disability Arts Theatre Company

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Nathan Homestead School Holiday Programme

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Nathan Homestead Course Enrolment Information

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Nathan Homestead Course Enrolment Form

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Nathan Homestead Manurewa Arts Centre Nathan Homestead hosts a range of courses and venue hire options including:

Location: 70 Hill Road, Manurewa Phone:

09 267 0180

Email:

nathan.homestead @aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

• visual arts classes for adults, youth and teens • Nathan Homestead performing arts programme

Facebook: Nathan Homestead Hours:

• Nathan Homestead school holiday programme

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm, Weekends 1 - 4pm

• Kauri Kids Early Childcare Centre and OSCAR after-school programmes • art gallery and exhibition programme • concerts and events • wedding and venue hire The Homestead, built in 1925, is situated on nine acres of exquisite lawn and gardens. The beautifully landscaped gardens provide a stunning backdrop for outdoor weddings, special photo shoots, family gatherings, concerts and outdoor events. The elegant foyer and ground floor facilities are ideal for hosting intimate wedding receptions, birthday parties and other indoor functions. Nathan Homestead is a unique setting for all types of functions, workshops, projects, seminars or meetings. We offer a range of hire options for corporate and community groups to meet your needs. The café at Nathan Homestead is currently under renovation and will reopen in 2017.

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Exhibitions and Events Doing Flowers & The First Flower People -

Aiga, Famili ManaRewa Artists Collective

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When: 8 December – 19 February Where: Nathan Homestead Gallery

When: 24 February – 2 April Where: Nathan Homestead Gallery Opening: Thursday 23 February, 6pm

Doing Flowers Dawson Clutterbuck works in the medium of film, which he uses to investigate the act of floral arranging and its history and interpretation.

ManaRewa is a local artist collective, based in Manurewa. Formed in 2016, this is their second group exhibition in the Nathan Homestead Gallery. Aiga, Famili profiles art work by members of the group. The artists respond to the idea of what it means to have an aiga (extended family) and how their experience and responses may resonate with wider audiences in their neighbourhood.

The First Flower People Kirsten Carlin, Layla Rudneva-MacKay, Richard Maloy, Kim Meek, Richard Orjis Fiona Pardington, Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara, Reuben Paterson. The art works in this exhibition portray a wide variety of flowers; they are a mix of luscious, intoxicating, stylised and constructed. In each work the artists bring their method of selecting, framing and manipulating their subjects.

Image credit:, Raymond Sagapolutele, ManaRewa, 2016

Image credit: Richard Orjis, A Kind of Hush, 2008

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The Weeds Drawing Project

Call and Response

MIT Faculty of Creative Arts

Caro Williams

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When: 7 April – 14 May Where: Nathan Homestead Gallery Opening: Thursday 6 April, 6pm

When: 8 April – 28 April Where: David Nathan Park

Artist Caro Williams has made sound recordings of birdsong heard at Fort Takapuna Reserve in Auckland, and on site at the Bulford Kiwi on Salisbury Plain, England, where the giant image of a Kiwi remains carved into the hillside etched into the chalk by NZ troops waiting to return home at the end of the First World War.

The Weeds Drawing Project is the creation of students from the Faculty of Creative Arts, M.I.T. It showcases a collection of works on paper that explore aspects of the common weed using text and image. Known for their vigor, weeds are often seen as a problem for well-maintained urban landscapes and New Zealand’s treasured native habitats. Yet their role is often not so black and white. Weeds can play a part in the health of an ecosystem, improving soil quality, producing oxygen and being a valuable food source for wild life. Not to mention their long history of pharmaceutical and culinary uses.

The sounds of the dawn chorus from each country play across the garden space linking these historic military landscapes through intertwining birdsong punctuated by a morse code transmission of a WW1 poem. This work seeks to create a sense of place; a convergence of two distant lands bound by personal narratives and shared history.

Weeds also allude to many of the significant themes of contemporary art, that of place, context, environmental concerns and identity.

Call and Response is supported by Creative New Zealand World War 1 Centenary (WW100) Co-commissioning.

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The Uke Lounge

NZTrio

Live Concert

Free Monthly Event

When: Sunday 5 March Where: Nathan Homestead Time: 5pm Tickets: $25 Adult, $15 Concession

When: 15 February, 8 & 22 March, 5 & 19 April Where: Nathan Homestead Time: 7 – 8.30pm Tutor: Joseph Allen

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Want to learn ukulele? The Uke Lounge is for beginners and players who want to join a club. Much more fun than playing on your own. Lounge around at Nathan Homestead, make new friends, have some laughs and play ukulele.

Performing for the first time at Nathan Homestead, NZTrio bring a light-hearted and joyful programme that smashes preconceptions of classical music being stuffy and intimidating.

The Ukulele Lounge at Nathan Homestead meets twice a month on Wednesday evening. Learn ukulele for free. Music is provided starting with easy chords. All you need is a ukulele and a tuner. Get a group of friends together, come along and have some fun.

New Zealand’s foremost piano trio captivates audiences from all walks of life, injecting this versatile musical genre with their trademark sense of vitality and passion. Tickets will be on sale in early 2017. Please contact Nathan Homestead for more information

Contact Joseph Allan on 021 672 437 for more information.

Phone: 09 267 0180, Email: [email protected] or for more information visit facebook.com/NathanHomesteadAkl

Hosted by Nathan Homestead and the Manukau Youth Orchestra. facebook.com/UkeLounge

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Jazz In The Park free event

Project Hexagon free event

Quantum Blue, Maria O'Flaherty and Ben Fernandez Quartet and the Manukau Youth Jazz Orchestra

Family Open Day When: Saturday 11 March Where: Nathan Homestead

Time: 10.00am – 2.00pm Tutor: Gloria Davis

When: Saturday 11 March Where: David Nathan Park Time: 1pm – 4.30pm

Project Hexagon host a free open day of quilting fun at Nathan Homestead. Beginners and experts, children and adults alike can come along and take a look through The New Hexagon Book, and make their very own blocks from the book.

Manurewa Local Board bring you jazz in the gardens at Nathan Homestead. Full of passion and energy, the Maria O'Flaherty and Ben Fernandez Quartet blend jazz standards with their own contemporary groove, Latin and folk influences.

The hexagons will be displayed in an exhibition at Nathan Homestead later in 2017 and will be stitched together at a later ‘Quilt-a-thon’ to raise money for Women’s Refuge and Middlemore Paediatric Unit. Tea and Coffee will be provided.

The jazz and groove band, Quantum Blue, perform their take on the very best Top 40 hits mixed in with some super cool soul and funk.

Registrations essential. Please contact Nathan Homestead to register.

Local emerging talent, the Manukau Youth Jazz Orchestra features horn players aged 10-14 years. These aspiring musicians will be supported by the rhythm section of Manurewa Jazz Quartet under the musical direction of Joseph Allan.

Phone: 09 267 0180, Email: [email protected] or for more information visit facebook.com/NathanHomesteadAkl

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Free Family Workshops The Manurewa Mariachi Project

Free Workshop and Concert Workshop: Wednesday 11 January, 10am-4pm.

Concert: Saturday 26 February, 2pm

Out & About free event

Storytime & Toddlers in the Park Storytime in the Park

Day: Friday 3 March Time: 10.30am-11.30am

Toddlers in the Park

Day: Wednesday 15 March Time: 10am-12noon

The music of Mexico is coming to Nathan Homestead this summer with the Manurewa Mariachi Project. Beginning with a workshop at Nathan Homestead on Wednesday 11 January 2017 10am-4pm then culminating with a free grand concert in the Nathan Homestead gardens on Sunday 26 February. The project welcomes other string players of grade 3 or higher standard and acoustic guitar players to join.

Storytime in the Park

Join Manurewa Library and Out&About as we bring the magic of stories to the beautiful Nathan Homestead with stories, music and fun for all, a great morning in the park!

Toddlers in the Park

Join the Out&About team for a fun filled morning designed specifically for under 5 year olds to have a blast! Including the Porse interactive area, bouncy castle, giant games, face painting - lots of fun and all for free! For more information email: [email protected]

To be part of the Manurewa Mariachi Project contact Joseph Allan: 021 672 437 or [email protected] 7

Adult Classes and Workshops Linoleum Print Two Day Workshop with Gabrielle Belz Days: Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 March Time: 9.30am – 3.30pm Cost: $150*

Power of Pebbles

One Day Workshop with John Botica

Day: Saturday 4 March Time: 10am – 4pm Cost: $95*

Learn how to create gorgeous pebble mosaics through the precast indirect reverse method.

Come and join a special two day workshop with printmaking artist, Gabrielle Belz. Explore techniques including layering, hand cutting, carving, laser cut blocking and various ink manipulation. Belz will share her knowledge and love of this medium and process. Excellent for working through variations on a theme. *Additional materials can be purchased on the day, wet strength paper is provided during the workshop

Students will be given wooden moulds to create their work, where pebbles are placed into sand and grouted with a concrete aggregate poured on top. The mould is then reversed and dismantled to obtain a pebble mosaic segment. John Botica is a leading pebble mosaic artist whose works have been featured throughout New Zealand and Europe. *All materials provided 8

Watercolours

Drawing with Thread

One Day Workshop with Claudia Slaney

One Day Workshop with Kendra O’Leary

Day: Saturday 18 March Time: 10am – 3.00pm Cost: $95*

Day: Saturday 8 April Time: 10am – 4pm Cost: $95*

Explore the ways in which watercolour can be used to support the development of your work. The emphasis of the workshop is on acquiring watercolour skills and learning application techniques such as wet in wet, dry brush and using alternative materials.

A fun introductory course in drawing with thread using basic line and movement. This workshop will show you how to use an embroidery hoop, needle and thread.

Experiment with creating effects through the addition of substances such as salt, water, pigment splatter and more. Use colour theory to create depth and aerial perspective while you work through your composition and develop your understanding or watercolour technique, resulting in a finished work.

You will experiment with some of the most basic embroidery stiches and learn how to take basic line movement from drawing with pencil on paper to drawing with thread on fabric. *Basic materials included

*Materials can be provided for an extra $25 per student. Please enquire when booking.

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Better Photography

f2.8 Photography Group

Four Week Workshop with Victoria Cullington

Free Monthly Event with Philip Tse

Day: Saturday Dates: 4 – 25 March 2017 Time: 1 – 3pm Cost: $150

Dates: 1 March, 5 April, 3 May, 7 June Time: 7 – 8.30pm

Bring your camera along to these practical and theory-based classes, as we explore how to get the best results with your camera's manual settings.

Let’s talk photography!

These include shutter speeds, aperture, and ISO settings. Handouts will be provided, as well as video clips and have open discussions. We will also take pictures around the grounds and have the opportunity to share group feedback. Your cameras can range from point and shoot to DSLR. This course is suitable for entry and intermediate skill levels.

f2.8 is a new meet-up group sharing interest and experience in film and digital photography. You can learn shooting, processing and Photoshop techniques. You can join us for fieldtrips and enjoy the magnificent photographic environment of Nathan Homestead. Come along to share your images and stories.

For more information contact Philip Tse on [email protected] Or visit facebook.com/f2.8

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Collage and Print

Patchwork Quilting

Day: Saturday 25 February Time: 9:30am – 4.00pm Cost: $85*

Day: Tuesday Dates: 7 February – 11 April Time: 10am – 12pm Cost: $100

One Day Workshop with Toni Mosley

Design and Construction Class with Gloria Davis

Learn several patchwork quilting techniques in this friendly and supportive class. You will learn the basics of various piecing methods and develop more complex skills. Take your printmaking beyond just ink on paper by using collage, chine collé, stencils and other print techniques. Bring your sense of adventure to create these one of a kind expressive works on paper.

Work on an array of on-going quilting projects, hand sewing techniques and making a variety of gorgeous bags. For beginners and advanced.

Students can bring any printmaking paper or collage images, ephemera, etc you might like to create with. *There will be paper to purchase. All other materials provided.

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Hand Built

Massive Company

Ceramic Sculpture Class with Phillip Luxton

The Director’s Lab with Sam Scott

Day: Thursday Dates: 16 February – 13 April Time: 10am – 12pm Cost: $150*

Dates: 15 – 19 May Time: 9am – 5pm

Day: Thursday Dates: 16 February – 13 April Time: 6 – 8pm Cost: $150*

Massive Company is a 25 year old professional theatre company with youth at the heart. The Director’s Lab is our emerging directors’ programme where we nurture company members who are ready to take the leap and venture into directing. Explore the art of ceramic sculpture for beginners and advanced students. Practice a range of techniques to individual levels of achievement and bring a project to completion in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring along your ideas, drawings or photographs of work that you are interested in and would like to build. You will discuss the methods and techniques that might be achieved with the class and experiment with moulding and decorative processes.

We are an open access company and warmly invite you to join us in the room as artistic director, Sam Scott, alongside professional actors, guide our emerging directors in their training. For more information about The Director’s Lab and about how you can get involved with our open access practice visit: massivecompany.co.nz

*Includes clay and firings for this clay

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Silver Jewellery Design and Construction with Simon Misdale Day: Thursday Dates: 16 February – 13 April Time: 7 – 9.30pm Cost: $150*

Join an award-winning jewellery designer in one of our all-time favourite classes. Beginners: Learn the basics of making fashionable jewellery items including plain and stone-set rings, earrings or simple pendants. Experienced students: Extend your knowledge of construction plus develop your design skills. Work in gold and silver, using faceted and cabochon stones. *Materials not included. A list will be provided and a $50 starter kit can be purchased separately from tutor on the first night.

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Yoga

Yoga is for Everyone

Day: Monday Dates: 13 February – 10 April Time: 6.30 – 8pm Cost: $90 (9 weeks)

Day: Wednesday Dates: 22 February – 12 April Time: 10 – 11.30am Cost: $80 (8 weeks)

with Kaye Manson

with Isobel Murphy

Day: Tuesday Dates: 31 January – 11 April Time: 5.30 – 7pm Cost: $110 (11 weeks)

The regular practice of yoga brings immense benefits to your body and mind. It integrates and harmonises the two. Yoga practice will increase vitality and strength, improve your breathing, posture, balance and co-ordination, flexibility and muscle tone. It will reduce tension and anxiety and improve your sleep. The mind will become light, creative, joyful and balanced. To enrol please contact: Kaye Manson Home: 09 2960677 Mobile: 027 3542358 Email: [email protected]

This Hatha yoga class is designed to focus on flexibility, wellbeing and relaxation and to encourage an awareness of posture and breathing. Wear loose comfortable clothing and, if possible, avoid eating a meal for two or three hours before class. You will need to bring a yoga mat or a foam bed roll, a large towel and a light blanket for the relaxation at the end of the class. To enrol please contact: Isobel Murphy Mobile: 0212644772 Email: [email protected]

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Youth and Teen Classes and Workshops Junior Art (5-8 years)

Sculpting with Clay (7-12 years)

Day: Wednesday Dates: 8 February – 12 April Time: 3.45 – 5pm Tutor: Toni Mosley Cost: $75 (materials included)

Day: Tuesday Dates: 7 – 28 February (4 weeks) Time: 4.00 – 5.15pm Tutor: Gina Ter Huurne Cost: $50 (materials included)

Explore the wonders of art and enjoy creating with paint, print, sculpture, collage and more! You can express yourself with a range of media and have loads of fun getting inspired to create your own unique artworks.

Intermediate Art (9-14 years)

Let’s get creative with clay by making your very own mythical creature! Bring your imagination to life by developing various clay sculpting techniques and playing with texture. After kiln firing you will then explore colour by painting your unique creation.

Day: Wednesday Dates: 8 February – 12 April Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Tutor: Toni Mosley Cost: $90 (materials included) Develop your technical and imaginative skills as you work with a range of media including drawing, painting, printing, collage and more.

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Junior Drama (5-7 years)

Young Teens Drama (12-16 years)

Day: Monday Dates: 13 February – 10 April Time: 4 – 5pm Tutor: Viola Johansson Cost: $60

Day: Monday Dates: 13 February – 10 April Time: 6 – 7.30pm Tutor: New Tutor TBC Cost: $90

A fantastic opportunity for you to explore and stretch your imagination through our action packed drama programme. Specially designed to build confidence and encourage creativity, you will experience the joys of drama and performance in a fun and safe environment while making new friends and having lots of fun too.

Explore the exciting world of performance through improvisation, script-reading and fun acting games and exercises. Gain skills in communicating, working with other young actors to create a scene, taking direction, developing a character, self-expression and stagecraft. This course will help you develop your creativity and grow in confidence as a performer.

Intermediate Drama (8-11 years) Day: Monday Dates: 13 February – 10 April Time: 5 – 6pm Tutor: Viola Johansson Cost: $60 Develop your performance skills, build your confidence and learn more about acting on stage. This fabulous drama course involves classes in building a character, self-expression, voice, movement, working with other young actors to create a scene, script reading and enjoyable drama games. Come along and join the fun!

Photo from 2016 rehearsal of Watch This Space

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Junior Dance (5-7 years) Day: Thursday Dates: 9 February – 13 April Time: 4 – 5pm Tutor: Hayley Tekahika Cost: $60 Come along and build confidence and creativity through our fun packed Junior Dance class. In this exciting class, you will learn modern dance routines and movement steps to awesome pop songs while having lots of fun and making new friends.

Intermediate Dance (8-13 years) Day: Thursday Dates: 9 February – 13 April Time: 5 – 6pm Tutor: Hayley Tekahika Cost: $60 This course is specially designed to take your dance skills to the next level by introducing even more exciting dance moves and steps. Each week our experienced Hip Hop dancer will show you up to date Hip Hop and Street Dance combinations to create new and energetic routines. No experience is necessary.

Interacting Theatre: A Disability Arts Theatre Company (17+) Film Making Workshop

Day: Thursday Dates: 9 February – 13 April Time: 10am – 12pm Tutor: Hank Snell Cost: $15 per person, per class, paid each term In these two-hour workshops we will film, edit and produce a short film from ideas sourced from the group. At the end of the 8 week course students will have a DVD of the film to share with friends and family. Tutor, Hank Snell, has been working in the film and television industry for 20 years.

Drama Workshop

Day: Thursday Dates: 9 February – 13 April Time: 12 – 2pm Tutor: Janet Marks Cost: $15 per person, per class, paid each term In these two hour workshops we will be making friends, learning skills and having fun. Janet Marks is a drama specialist experienced in running workshops for performers with a range of abilities. For more details and to book Email: [email protected] or phone: 09 849 5595. interacting.org.nz. 17

Girls to the Front is a free, after school series of creative workshops just for girls aged 10-14. Over 10 weeks, girls will create, and then deliver, a weekend of youth and family art-focused participatory activities, for the Manurewa community around ideas of WWI, the role of women, celebrating collaboration and peace. This term will be focused on research, exploration, and experimenting with how we engage the public at the events through creativity.

Free for girls 13-16 years old When: Thursdays Start: 9 February Times: 4 - 6pm Bookings are essential For more information contact Selina Anderson Email:[email protected], Phone: 021 0277 8179

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Nathan Homestead School Holiday Programme Action-packed and full of fun, Nathan Homestead's Summer School Holiday Programme is a one-stop shop for keeping your kids busy and entertained over the upcoming school holidays. We will be seeing Moana at the movies and visiting Auckland Museum to explore the ‘Volume: Making Music in Aotearoa’ exhibition. We will also be heading to Rainbow’s End and the Auckland Botanic Gardens to step back in time to see Dinosaurs in the Gardens. We have a fabulous range of themed activities including The Great British Summer Day, Electric Fun Day and Celebrate Your Senses Fun Day. Plus we have a visual art workshop and a 5-day Comedy Drama workshop: The Richest Kid in the Multiverse as well as cooking, craft, science, sports and more this Summer at Nathan Homestead!

Programme Information 

All-Day Sessions $26.00 $40.00 for All-Day Trips (9 am–3 pm)

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Extended Hours Care $5.00 per hour (8–9 am / 3–6 pm)

Enrolments are now open for Nathan Homestead’s CYFS and OSCARapproved programme for children aged 5 to 14 years.Payment is required at the time of booking (cash, cheque, EFTPOS or Visa / MasterCard) Download programme information and registration forms from our website. For more information Phone: 09 267 0180 Email: [email protected]

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Holiday Youth Arts Programmes for Ages 9+ WEEK 2: 22 Dec 9am–3pm

DANCE IN A DAY 1- DAY PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMME with Hayley Tekahika (E2) Spend the day with Nathan Homestead’s energetic dance tutor developing a modern dance routine set to the newest beats.

WEEK 4: 9-10 Jan 9am–3pm

(ART) MAKING SENSE OF BOOKS 2-DAY VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME with Toni Mosley (J9) Let your imagination run away with you and create a book to tell a story based on one of your senses. Have a great time making your own pages with different materials such as textured paper.

WEEK 4: 12 Jan 9am–3pm

JAPANESE COOKERY 1-DAY COOKERY PROGRAMME with Gloria Davis (M2) Are you ready for a taste of Japan? Then it’s time to learn how to cook some easy to prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes including Sushi, Japanese noodles and a Japanese dessert.

WEEK 5: 16 - 20 Jan 9am–3pm

THE RICHEST KID IN THE MULTIVERSE - COMEDY DRAMA 5-DAY PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMME with Vic Leilua (O9) Have lots of theatrical thrills and spills performing in a madcap comedy play on Friday. Get an introduction to building a character and enjoy being part of a team putting on a show in a short space of time. Includes a lunch on Thursday that would make an emperor envious.

WEEK 6: 23 Jan 9am–3pm

CAPTIVATING COOKERY 1-DAY COOKERY PROGRAMME with Gloria Davis (T2) Gain confidence in cooking delectable dishes as you learn to cook a tasty lunch of Pita Chips and Smoked Chicken Lasagne followed by Pancakes with fresh fruit. Yum!

WEEK 6: 25 Jan 9am–3pm

GIVE DRAMA A GO! 1-DAY PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMME with Viola Johansson (V2) Come and explore the wondrous world of performance! Play some lively drama games and learn a bit about acting in an action-packed day with our dynamic drama tutor. 20

Nathan Homestead Course Enrolment Information How to enrol: Please complete the enrolment form on the next page and make your payment by cash, Eftpos, credit card or cheque at the centre where the course is held. Please make your cheque payable to Auckland Council. Postal enrolments will only be acknowledged if requested. We regret we are unable to confirm phone bookings, but we do welcome your enquiries. The full course fee must be paid at time of enrolment. In cases where students are not able to attend all sessions part payment will not be accepted.

Enrolment policy: A full refund will be made if the class is cancelled. No refund will be made if you withdraw from a class seven days or less prior to the starting date. In case of withdrawal prior to this, refunds will be given less a $15 administrative cost. We reserve the right to cancel or postpone any class that does not reach minimum numbers. All details are accurate at the time of printing, but are subject to change.

Your personal information: Auckland Council uses this data to evaluate and plan accessible community services. The information you provide will remain confidential and is gathered for statistical purposes only.

Postal return address: Nathan Homestead Private Bag 92300 Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142 Phone: 09 267 0180 Email: [email protected] Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with upcoming events and activities at www.facebook.com/NathanHomesteadAkl

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Nathan Homestead Course Enrolment Form Family name:

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Child’s name: Address: Phone (home): Phone (work): Email: Amount enclosed: Title:

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Find out more: phone 09 267 0180 or email: [email protected] Cover image credit: Gabrielle Belz