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NORTHERN BEACHES · AGES 3–10 · COMING SOON

Art that helps kids understand their feelings

Each session explores one emotion through a great artwork or a story. Kids look, talk, make, and leave with words and tools they can use long after the paint dries.

KEEP ME POSTED No dates yet. Your answers shape where and when we start.

More than art and craft

A craft class asks "what will you make?" We ask "how does it feel, and why?" The making is how kids get there.

One feeling per session

Joy, worry, anger, calm, belonging. Each gets its own day, explored slowly and safely.

Real art, real conversation

Masterpieces from the world's galleries become prompts: what was the artist feeling, and how can you tell?

Skills they keep

A richer vocabulary for feelings, simple calming strategies, and empathy for how others see the world.

Parents in the loop

Every child takes home a conversation card, so the talk can carry on over dinner or at bedtime.

Inspired by social-emotional learning (SEL) approaches used in Australian schools.

Three programmes, one idea

AGES 3–5 · 60 MIN · WITH A GROWN-UP

Little Makers: name it, make it

Picture books, bodies and cardboard help little ones notice a feeling, name it and know what to do with it.

Sample session · Feeling brave

  1. Story circle. A small character doing a scary thing.
  2. Body check. Where do we feel scared? Where do we feel brave?
  3. Make. A cardboard "brave shield" in brave colours.
  4. Say it. "I feel brave when…" and one big brave breath.
AGES 6–10 · 90 MIN · DROP-OFF

Gallery Explorers: see it, feel it, say it

Kids become feelings detectives, decoding how great artists used colour, line and texture to show what they felt.

Sample session · Calm and restless

  1. Look closely. Van Gogh's The Starry Night, printed big.
  2. Detective talk. Which parts feel calm? Which feel restless? Why?
  3. Try the technique. Swirling strokes versus smooth ones.
  4. Make & reflect. A sky in today's mood, one word in the feelings journal.
AGES 3–6 · 60 MIN · BILINGUAL

Two Worlds: feelings in two languages

For bilingual kids and children of expat families. Emotions explored in English and a home language, with art from the places families come from, and room for the big feelings of growing up between two cultures.

Sample session · Here and there

  1. Two artworks. One from a home country, one Australian.
  2. Word swap. How do you say "homesick" or "proud" at home?
  3. Make. A two-sided "my places" collage.
  4. Share. In whichever language feels right.

Groups form by language as interest grows.

The feelings journey

A six-session arc for Gallery Explorers. Each session has a theme and is paired with relevant artworks.

JOYKandinsky's colour and shape
CALM & RESTLESSVan Gogh's Starry Night
WORRYHokusai's Great Wave
SADNESSMunch's Melancholy
WONDERMonet's Water Lilies
BELONGINGKlimt's golden patterns

Meet the facilitators

Illustrated portrait of Alessia
FOUNDER & LEAD FACILITATOR

Alessia

Hi, I'm Alessia, a creative arts and health practitioner who believes every feeling has a story worth telling. I use art and storytelling to help people explore, express, and make sense of what's going on inside.

GROWING THE TEAM

Guest facilitators

As the club grows, we'll invite specialist practitioners to lead sessions in music, movement, drama, printmaking, clay and more. Each brings a new way for kids to express how they feel, with the same focus on emotions.

Popping up across the Beaches

No fixed studio. We bring the art to community halls, libraries and parks, wherever enough families want us. Register, and we plan around demand. Early sign-ups get first pick of spots.

Help shape Hue & Me

No commitment, no costs. Just help us decide where to start to help our community grow better today. We'll only email you about Hue & Me Art Club and keep your data private.

Which programme are you interested in? Pick as many as you like