Masters in the Making
Art and Craft
11:00 to 12:30 · 90 minutes · eight at most
Meet a great artist, see how they worked, then make a piece of your own to take home.
$45a class
Created at La Vita Nova
Kids workshops
Three Sunday classes for ages 7 to 12: Art and Craft at 11, Chess at 1 and The Founder’s Studio at 2. Each is booked on its own.
Choose a class ↓51a Grosvenor Street, South Yarra · Every Sunday
Sundays at a glance
Chess
Chess
1:00 to 2:00 · 60 minutes · twelve at most
Real chess, taught through play, with a coach at the boards. First-timers very welcome.
$30a class
The Founder’s Studio
The Founder’s Studio
2:00 to 3:30 · 90 minutes · twelve at most
Take something they love and build one real piece of a business around it.
$55a class
Each class is booked separately. The 12:30 to 1:00 break is supervised. No classes from 22 December to 15 January.
Art and Craft
Masters in the Making
Masters in the Making · ages 7 to 12
Meet the great artists of history. Make something of your own.
Every Sunday the children meet one artist, learn how that artist saw the world, then make a piece in the same spirit that is entirely their own. Ninety minutes, a small group, and our team on the floor the whole way through.
A different artist runs every Sunday, and the project changes with the artist: scissors and paper for Matisse, tape and three colours for Mondrian, dots for Kusama.
Sundays11:00 to 12:30
Ages 7 to 12Eight at most
IncludedAll materials
$45 a classOr four for $160 with a pass
The artists
A new artist almost every Sunday. Tap an artist to see their workshop and book that Sunday.
Chess
Sundays at 1
Chess · ages 7 to 12
One new idea a week, then real games.
Real chess, taught through play. One new idea each week, then proper games against children at their level, with a coach at the boards.
- First-timers play a real game in their first class
- Paired by level, not age
- Boards and clocks supplied
Sundays1:00 to 2:00
60 minutesTwelve at most
Ages 7 to 12Beginners welcome
$30 a classOr four for $100 with a pass
The Founder’s Studio
Sundays at 2
The Sunday class · ages 7 to 12
Turn an idea into a business of their own.
Children take something they already care about and build one real piece of a business around it: what it is, who it is for, what to call it and what to charge. They leave with something made, not just a theory.
Sundays2:00 to 3:30
90 minutesTwelve at most
Ages 7 to 12No experience needed
$55 a classOr four for $200 with a pass
Want to go further?
The twelve-week program
For ages 8 to 13. Over twelve weeks each child takes one idea and builds a real business around it, with a brand, a website and a launch night for family and friends.
Weeks 1 to 5
Find the idea
Start from something they already love and shape it into a business. Ends with the idea locked in and a clear customer.
Weeks 6 to 9
Make it real
Give it a look and a name it can carry. Ends with a logo, a brand kit and real printed cards.
Weeks 10 to 12
Take it live
Put it in front of people. Ends with a live website and a launch night at the studio.
The finish line: the Founders’ Fair. We’re planning a one-day market here at the studio, where children run a real stall and sell to real customers.
Four-class passes
Four classes of the same subject, on any Sundays you like. Each pass is valid for twelve months. After checkout, reply to your receipt with your Sundays and we’ll book them in.
Have a program of your own?
Artists, teachers and makers run their programs here too. Bring us the idea and we will help you work out the format, the numbers and the setup, then handle the ticketing and put it in front of our community.