Kids can create during COVID using Creation Station interactive website

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre’s successful Creation Station program is helping children and families navigate school holidays during current NSW Health stay-at-home orders.

Part of Casula Powerhouse’s extensive Digital Program, developed at the height of COVID-19 restrictions last year, the program uses resources from “Creation Station, Art by Kids for the World” - a creative arts project undertaken with 40 school children from local primary schools: Heckenberg Public School, Busby West Public School in Green Valley, Ashcroft Public School and Cartwright Public School.

The project was funded by the Australia Council for the Arts. Casula Powerhouse partnered with 2168 Children’s Parliament to engage schools from within the 2168 area.

The children’s artistic creations were going to be showcased at a live event last year during the annual WOW Festival at Casula Powerhouse, but the event was reimagined as a digital resource to support parents and children during school holidays and then heightened COVID restrictions.

Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller praised the positive resource for providing support during these challenging time for families.

“We have seen through the Creation Station project how resilient children are and we want to share these valuable outcomes with the whole community.

The free resources available on the Creation Station website include an art activity book created and printed in three languages: English, Arabic and Vietnamese. The art book was made with the assistance of children in response to exercises and conversations. There are also plenty of audio pieces kids can listen to alongside clips to watch and art activity sheets for downloading.