New kids on the block

21 July 2008
MARCO Trust moved to a fabulous new venue in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden in June 2008. As the new kids on the block, it celebrated with a Block Party for all its friends and supporters, and to meet its new neighbours.

The “block” theme unleashed a wealth of creative responses from the artists who contributed. This included paintings, jewellery, a video piece of dancers behind a glass block wall called “see thru blocks”, a sculpture of giant Cuisenaire rods, and a Perspex box full of chocolate called “choc-a-block”. The group AK Samba also played and there was a sizzling salsa performance by Cuban Groove. 

MARCO Trust (Movement, Art, Rhythm and Creative Opportunities) provides a centre for the arts and arts therapies to all sectors of the community. It’s for kids and youth as well as adults.

It has classes and programmes in all the arts disciplines. It also offers arts therapy programmes for special groups such as disabled adults and people with chronic illness, and individual arts therapy for children and adults. In addition, it runs creativity courses for corporates and professional teams, and professional development in the arts therapies.

MARCO Trust opened in 2005 in New North Road, Auckland and has now moved to the quiet, leafy but still central Edwin Street in Mt Eden. It has a large wooden-floored studio, a sunny, carpeted upstairs studio and therapy rooms. All are available for community hire.

What MARCO Trust offers

Kids: after-school art classes; after-school yoga classes; Totally Creative Holiday Programmes.

Youth: after-school Latin dance; after-school aikido; holiday programmes working with professional artists.

Adults: Bodytalk, movement therapy classes based on the Halprin method; yoga, salsa and Feldenkrais; professional development workshops; creativity confidence courses designed for team building.

Special programmes: These are tailored to each group: e.g. Spectrum Care for adults with intellectual disabilities and Positive Women for women who are HIV+.

Creativity confidence courses: These programmes are aimed at corporate and professional teams. They can involve all the arts modalities and be utilised for team building, stress busting, improved communication, conflict resolution and so on.

Training and workshops: regular workshops using inter-modal creative therapies, and certificate-level training in the creative therapies aimed at professionals who wish to add practical and experiential skills in these innovative methods to their resource toolbox.
 
Please contact MARCO Trust:
Amanda Levey (adult programmes)
Carrie Skinner (kids and youth programmes)
Jill Segedin (community arts events)
Unit 1/19 Edwin St.
Mt Eden, Auckland
T: 09-623 6208
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