Gakonga African Art
Learning Together From the Comfort of Your Class Room Karibu - Welcome to Gakonga Workshop
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Karibu (Welcome): https://youtu.be/zLNCAsa_B4
See the Art: https://youtu.be/MgKKYHqaGNw
Workshop: Tropical Sailing
This silhouette painting workshop depicting Kenyan coastal life is a great painting activity and a wonderful way for children to socialise and be creative. It is inspiring and involving and every child will be able to produce a master-pierce of their own artwork inspired by artist Gakonga
Medium: Water colour on paper
Workshop: Drummers
This Silhouette art painting is a true reflection of expressing happiness through painting, dance and movement, it will help the children's creativity, imagination and self-expression. It can also be linked to performing arts.
Medium: Water colour on paper
Age: Key stage 2 and above
Age: Key Stage 2 and Above
Workshop: Inspiration
Kenyan sunset melt into this watecolour, fusing together to set a scenery for the dancers.
Join Gakonga in this workshop to learn all the skills and techniques that he uses to create his vibrant art works that are full of joy and movement..
Medium: Water colour on paper
Age: Key stage 2 and above
Workshop: Coastal Kenya
This Silhouette art painting captures the mood of coastal Kenya where artist gakonga grew up. This workshop will 'ignite' the children's imagination and enable them to capture and transmute their imagination into a beautiful piece of artwork that they will treasure for ever.
Medium: Water colour on paper
Age: Key stage 2 and above
This is a fabric (calico) and stencils workshop, Once the children have painted the background, they then use Gakonga's pre-cut stencils to complete their piece of wall hanging.
Workshop: Wall Hanging
Medium: Fabric Paints and Fabric
Age: Key Stage 1, 2 and above
Workshop: Kenyan Dance
Dance with Gakonga and learn some simple but yet great moves and have fun,
Gakonga uses dance to inspire creativity and to enable the children to have fun
Age: All ages
Nursery: Sing along
This sing along workshop will help your nursery children count and make the sound of a duck, monkey and a donkey and enable them to laugh and smile.
Dancing is part of live and having fun is important.
Age: Nursery and Reception
Reviws, Testimonies and What People Say
School References
Conway Art Centre - Wales (A.E.M.S course) Contact : Debby Cottam, Tel 01248714501
Cheshire Development Education Centre (Cheshire) - Contact: Heather Swanston, Tel 01244 347 880
Brighton Prep College - Contact Mr Robert, Tel 01273 704259
Chase Lane School – London
Lyne Park Primary School – London
Alsager Secondary school –Stoke on Trent
West Hendon Primary School – Essex
Elizabeth Academy - Nottingham
Oakington Manor Primary School
CRB/DBS: Available