The Young Creator’s lab
Nine weeks of making, thinking, and not being afraid to get it wrong.
The Young Creator’s Lab is a creative programme for 11–14 year olds.
Small groups, a practising artist, real materials, and the freedom to experiment. Not about being good at art - about building the confidence to think, create, and trust your own ideas.
What is included in your subscription?
1 The Details
Thursdays, 4.15–6pm at Lady Bay Scout Hall.
Nine sessions in small groups of 10–12, starting April 2026.
Each participant gets their own roll of paper that becomes a personal record of the whole journey.
The programme builds week by week and ends with a pop-up exhibition where they will celebrate what they've made.
2 The Making
Every session is a different creative investigation.
Storytelling, art and science, activism, collaboration, installation — working with real materials, real ideas, and real questions.
They'll make marks, build things, experiment with processes like latex and ink, and discover what happens when you try something you've never done before.
3 The Skills
Curiosity, communication, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration.
These aren't taught from the front of a room — they're built through making.
By Session 9, your child will have practised all five without ever being told they were learning them.
4 The Joy
This is a programme where not knowing the answer is the starting point, not the problem.
There's mess, laughter, surprise, and the freedom to make something no one expected - including yourself.
The Lab is a place where getting it wrong is how you find out what's right.
