Does happiness have a colour? Does anger have a shape?

In this workshop hosted by artist Marta Golubowska, children will create ‘mood books’ for sketches and collages to express their emotions.

Using music, colours and shapes as prompts,  participating children will create a series of collages, based on a ‘flying scissors’ technique inspired by Matisse.  Children will be invited to focus on their emotions – and reflect these feelings in their artwork

The sketchbook can kept and used to express emotions in the future – sometimes a drawing can unlock emotions more easily than words.

Marta Golubowska is an artist living and working in Kildare. Her solo practice is intertwined with teaching art and facilitating workshops in school and community settings. To learn more about her work see her Instagram

This workshop will be presented online via ZOOM and will be 60 minutes in duration.  Suitable for children aged 8-12 years. Participating children must be supervised by a parent/guardian at all times.  Materials required: coloured paper or newspaper scraps, scissors, glue stick,  A4 sheets of white or coloured paper, string. 

Presented as part of  Riverbank Arts Centre’s First Fortnight family programme