Profiles of creative spaces
26 June 2008
Auckland creative space MARCO Trust moved to a new venue in June. As the new kids on the block, they celebrated with a Block Party for all their friends and supporters, and to meet their 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 (Movement, Art, Rhythm and Creative Opportunities) Trust 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.
We have classes and programmes in all the arts disciplines. We also offer 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, we run 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. We have a fabulous, large wooden-floored studio and a lovely, sunny and carpeted upstairs studio. We also have therapy rooms. All are available for community hire.
What we offer
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:
We offer regular workshops using inter-modal creative therapies, and are planning a 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
E:
W: http://www.marco.org.nz