VCUarts Qatar at the 2025 London Design Biennale - June 5–29, 2025

A1) Art Fun, all at sea, for ages 4 and 5

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About this class

A fun four days of print, paint, modelling and collage exploration of the seaside and creatures from the ocean.

Class Outline

Please note that underneath schedule of activities is flexible and may change according to needs arising

  1. Painting, crayon and stamping.
  2. Modelling, collage,  printmaking.
  3. Painting, sketching, pastel work, printing.
  4. Crayon projects, construction, cutting, collage and design.

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

Participants are required to buy their own materials beforehand and bring them to every class

  • children’s scissors
  • sketch book
  • art apron or smock
  • bold black permanent marker
  • pencil for sketching
  • pack of air dry clay

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Mon, 10 Jul, 2017
End: Thu, 13 Jul, 2017
Lessons: 4 days (over 1 week)
Days: Sunday to Thursday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, no lunch provided
Location: VCUQatar, Room 216
Cost: QAR 660

Instructors

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Bridget Dunn
Lecturer

Bridget Dunn is an art teacher and illustrator who is originally from New Zealand.

Her specialty is art education for younger children and she is passionate about promoting art in the community.

Bridget majored in art at Canterbury University in Christchurch and trained as a primary teacher.

Prior to moving to the Middle East, she taught for 10 years in London preparatory schools and lectured art at a teacher’s college. Bridget had three more years teaching in Bahrain before moving to Qatar where she spent eight years teaching art and design in schools and with VCUarts Qatar in community education. 

Now on another adventure in the Middle East, she is excited to share her ideas and expertise online. 

Bridget had three more years teaching in Bahrain before moving to Qatar where she spent eight years teaching art and design in schools and with VCU community education. 

Now on another adventure in the Middle East, she is excited to share her ideas and expertise online.

Register

To register for this course, access the form.