Children in blue school uniforms are holding white paper lanterns shaped like birds and flying in an outdoor park on a sunny day.

Colorful circular artwork on a wall portraying a tree with a blue background. The artwork includes many circles painted in various vibrant colors, patterns, and designs. Pink cursive writing is visible on the right side of the image.

A young girl with brown hair and brown eyes is partially hidden behind a white lantern with black decorative patterns. The lantern is illuminated from inside and surrounded by other similar lanterns, likely during a nighttime festival or celebration.

People dressed as magical forest or fairy-tale characters participate in a parade. They wear costumes decorated with green, gold, and purple elements, including leafy crowns and face paint, walking along a street with onlookers and signs in the backg

Colorful paper lanterns resembling whales, with one designed as a Narwhal with a horn, hanging from a ceiling in a room with artwork on the walls and a skylight.

A woven wicker fence with large flower pots filled with colorful petunias in front of it, set on a paved sidewalk with shadows cast on the ground, trees and greenery in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

People dressed in steampunk costumes with gears, newspaper print, and metallic accessories walking outdoors on a cloudy day, with onlookers in the background.

Children’s play area made of woven branches and twigs, resembling a castle or fort, with a girl standing underneath an arch entrance.

Three children wearing large, detailed animal masks, possibly for a costume or parade body, with black and white color schemes, and one person with floral embellishments on their mask.

Six children in school uniforms pose in front of a colorful autumn-themed mural with orange, yellow, and red leaves and trees.

Night scene with illuminated paper lanterns decorated with black patterns, displayed outdoors in front of a brick building, with a window showing an interior lit room and a group of people in the background.

ART WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS IN WALES

CreatingART delivers professionally structured art workshops for primary and secondary schools, youth organisations and children’s programmes.

Led by Emily Cooling, founder of CreatingART and an experienced arts practitioner, workshops draw on more than 30 years of delivering creative education projects in schools, museums and community settings.

Based in Carmarthenshire in West Wales, CreatingART delivers school art workshops across Wales and undertakes selected projects throughout the UK.

CREATIVE LEARNING THROUGH MAKING

Children making a willow hurdle during a hands-on school art and craft workshop with CreatingART.

CreatingART workshops give pupils the opportunity to explore ideas, experiment with materials and experience the satisfaction of making something with their own hands.

Through practical creative activity, pupils develop:

• creative confidence
• problem-solving skills
• imaginative thinking
• visual communication
• collaboration and teamwork

Each workshop guides pupils through a clear creative process — from exploring ideas and learning techniques to producing artwork they feel proud of.

SUPPORTING THE CURRICULUM FOR WALES

CreatingART workshops can be tailored to support the Curriculum for Wales, contributing to the Four Purposes through practical, creative learning.

While projects sit naturally within Expressive Arts, they can make meaningful connections across the wider curriculum:

Expressive Arts · Humanities · Science & Technology · Mathematics & Numeracy · Languages, Literacy & Communication · Health & Well-being

Projects can be developed around history, place and culture, the natural world, science and sustainability, stories and literature, pattern and geometry, movement, or a particular classroom enquiry.

Through designing and making, pupils can experiment, develop ideas, solve problems, collaborate and communicate, with each workshop adapted to the age and abilities of the pupils and the school's curriculum focus.

EXPLORE SCHOOL WORKSHOPS & PROJECTS

From curriculum-linked creative workshops to ambitious whole-school builds, projects can be tailored to your pupils, curriculum and setting.

CURRICULUM-LINKED CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

Hands-on workshops including batik and textile resist, mosaic, recycled sculpture, cultural crafts and creative projects linked to classroom topics. — CURRICULUM-LINKED CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Hands-on workshops including batik and textile resist, mosaic, recycled sculpture, cultural crafts and creative projects linked to classroom topics.

COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL PROJECTS

Murals, installations and shared artworks created by pupils working together. — COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL PROJECTS Murals, installations and shared artworks created by pupils working together.

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED ART

Creative sculpture and installations made using recycled and repurposed materials. — SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED ART Creative sculpture and installations made using recycled and repurposed materials.

WHOLE-SCHOOL BUILDS & PARADES

Lanterns, carnival, large-scale puppets and ambitious collaborative builds. — WHOLE-SCHOOL BUILDS & PARADES Lanterns, carnival, large-scale puppets and ambitious collaborative builds.

CARNIVAL MASKS & HEADDRESSES

Colourful, wearable art projects exploring pattern, construction and imaginative design. — CARNIVAL MASKS & HEADDRESSES Colourful, wearable art projects exploring pattern, construction and imaginative design.

INCLUSIVE & PROFESSIONAL DELIVERY

All CreatingART workshops are:

• professionally structured and clearly facilitated
• inclusive for mixed abilities and SEN / ALN settings
• fully insured with Public Liability Insurance
• delivered with DBS clearance
• designed to work within school timetables

With more than three decades of experience working in educational environments, Emily understands how to create a calm, organised and supportive creative space where pupils feel confident to participate.

SCHOOL ENQUIRIES

To discuss a potential school workshop, please get in touch via the Contact page

Whether you have a particular curriculum theme or project idea, or would like help developing one, I can create a workshop tailored to your pupils, setting and available time

ENQUIRE ABOUT A SCHOOL PROJECT

A man in a wheelchair with a beard and two children, a boy and a girl, kneeling on the ground in front of a colorful painted mural of a tree with green leaves hanging down, on an outdoor wall next to a building.

Mosaic artwork featuring a large tree with colorful leaves on a white background with a red border.

Three children standing outdoors with large, colorful, paper mache fruit sculptures, including a watermelon, pineapple, papaya, and mango, with potted plants in the background.

Various colorful, large paper-mounted fish shaped art pieces hanging from the ceiling in an indoor space, with a skylight in the background.

Colorful sculpture of a tree made from plastic and wood in an indoor space.

An indoor display of a large artificial tree with a striped trunk and colorful paper leaves hanging from its branches. The background wall is painted green with various informational posters and a white cabinet visible.

Girl wearing sunglasses and a purple spiky wig, holding a yellow and black radiation symbol, standing in front of a colorful parade float with gears, clock parts, and paper lanterns. Other participants are in the background on a city street.

A young girl wearing a colorful flower-patterned apron and gloves is painting a large, circular canvas with various pink, purple, and green floral designs on a table.

A group of children in blue school uniforms participating in a kite festival outdoors, holding large white bird-shaped kites with colorful paper accents against a background of green trees and a clear blue sky.

A group of children and adults gathered outdoors in sunny weather, holding colorful paper parasols, some decorated with pictures of animals and nature, with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.