Little Artist Club at Wexford Arts Centre

What to Expect

Little Artist Club is Wexford Arts Centre’s Saturday morning art session for children aged 4 to 7, built around painting, drawing, constructing and storytelling. Sessions are designed to unlock young children’s imagination through hands-on creative work rather than formal instruction, and each one typically includes a short visit to whichever exhibition is currently showing in the centre’s galleries, so children get used to looking at real contemporary art alongside making their own. The club runs in blocks across the year rather than as one continuous term, so exact dates can shift with the centre’s wider programme; the recurring slot is Saturday mornings, immediately before the older children’s Saturday Art Club in the same building. Wexford Arts Centre itself is housed in the town’s old Market House on Cornmarket, an 18th-century building that now doubles as a working gallery and theatre space, which is part of why the gallery-visit element of the class feels like a real outing rather than an add-on. For families with children in both age brackets, the back-to-back scheduling with Saturday Art Club means one trip into town can cover both a 4 to 7 year old and an 8 to 12 year old without a long gap to fill in between.

Good to Know

• Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:15am, at Wexford Arts Centre
• Ages 4 to 7
• Runs in blocks across the year; contact the centre or check wexfordartscentre.ie for current term dates and fees
• Booking recommended, as places are limited
• A separate Saturday Art Club for ages 8 to 12 runs straight afterwards at the same venue

Getting There

Wexford Arts Centre is housed in the old Market House on Cornmarket in the centre of Wexford Town, an easy walk from the train station, bus stop and the town’s main car parks.