Why NH Art Studios?
Meet Natalie
I have always had a passion for the arts. I enjoy being involved in creating and leaving my mark in the world.
I’m a qualified Foundation Phase teacher, and I’ve been involved in education for 11 years. I’ve loved the time I’ve spent teaching and growing as a professional — and continuing that journey, I now get to focus my energy on guiding young minds and hands through creative, innovative art classes.
That’s why I started my own art studio. I want to share the joy and happiness that art has brought into my own life with our community. Art isn’t only creative — it’s therapeutic, it stimulates critical thinking, and it lifts every area of a child’s learning.
— Natalie Hopkins
Eleven years of helping kids fall in love with art
NH Art Studios has grown alongside the Newcastle community it’s part of. For two years running, Natalie has co-sponsored the Newcastle Winter Festival Art Gallery and its prize giving — an event that drew over 1,000 entries from schools across Newcastle and neighbouring towns this year alone.
She’s also provided product for a major women’s conference in Newcastle, exhibited students’ work at the Newcastle Show Gallery, and partnered with ATKV, Factory Plaza, and the Winter Festival team along the way. And more than a few of her students have gone on to win art competitions of their own.
None of that happens without a lot of real, local trust — built one class, one term, one proud parent at a time.
A little wooden world of its own
Class happens up a small wooden staircase, six metres square, perched just off the ground — the kind of space that makes art feel like an adventure before a single brush is even picked up.
Bear and Prince, the studio’s resident golden retriever and rescue collie-cross, usually supervise.
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