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SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
Wollongong Art Gallery provides workshops and activities for children aged 5 - 14 years during school holidays in January, July and October. Artist-run activities include experimentation and investigation of various media in a casual and fun environment.
These workshops change regularly and sell out quickly, so book online early.
All Gallery school holiday bookings will be processed through Eventbrite. If you have any problems using Eventbrite, please contact either Julie Danilov (02) 4227 8506 or Joanne Duncan on (02) 4227 8501.
Terms & Conditions - School Holiday Workshops Program.pdf
2019 Spring School Holiday
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER FULL DAY WORKSHOP
Students must bring their own morning tea and lunch
SELFIE SELF- PORTRAITS (painting) for 9 – 14 year olds Tania Maria Mastroianni –
artist and educator
Learn about the history of portraiture and the Archibald Prize in our portrait painting workshop. Students will take a ‘selfie’ of themselves using a mobile phone device or camera. These ‘selfies’ will be transformed into a self-portrait painting. 10am – 12 noon
$55 + booking fee
Eventbrite Link: Selfie self portrait painting workshop
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER
CLAY SPACE ALIENS (ceramics) for 5-8 year olds Skye Zaracostas – artist and educator
Blast off into outer space in this fun and hands on workshop. In this interstellar experience you will learn clay hand building when making your imaginary clay alien to take home. 10am – 12 noon $22 + booking fee
Eventbrite Link: Clay space aliens workshop
DAY OF THE DEAD SKULL ROCKS (painting) for 5-8 year olds Skye Zaracostas – artist and educator
Create stunning handmade pieces of rock art inspired by the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead). Make as many as you like and give them to your family and friends. 1.30 - 3.30pm $22 + booking fee
Eventbrite Link: Day of the dead skull rocks workshop
THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER
POP ART PET PORTRAITS (drawing & painting) for 5-8 year olds Megan Langlands –
artist and educator
Learn about the art movement Pop Art, by dipping into the colourful world of Andy Warhol. Pet portraits will be drawn from memory or from photographs brought in from home. 10am – 12pm $22 + booking fee
Eventbrite Link: Pop art pet portraits workshop
BASKET WEAVING (textiles) for 9 – 14 year olds Megan Langlands – artist and educator
Learn weaving techniques to create your own woven basket using natural and recycled materials. 1.30 - 3.30pm $22 + booking fee
Eventbrite Link: Basket weaving workshop
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER
FREE AUSLAN TOUR for hearing impaired children aged 6 – 16 year olds
This is a free Auslan tour for children who are deaf or hearing impaired. The exhibition focus of this tour is our Rosie Deacon Fashion Forest Seduction…. An interactive explosion of technicolour Australiana, drenched in nostalgia from childhood in the 1990s and summer sentimentality. The installation is an interactive sensory experience, including costumes, wearables, sculpture, sound and video made by the artist and workshop participants. Visitors are encouraged to wear the costumes and glide down the all access catwalk, celebrating their transformation and delighting in the colours and the textures of the fashion forest installation. 11am – 12pm Bookings essential – places are limited
Eventbrite Link: Free Auslan tour for hearing impaired children aged 6-16 years old
THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER
FREE AUDIO DESCRIPTIVE TOUR for sight impaired children aged 6 – 16 year olds
This is a free audio descriptive tour for children who are blind or sight impaired. The exhibition focus of this tour is our Rosie Deacon Fashion Forest Seduction….
An interactive explosion of technicolour Australiana, drenched in nostalgia from childhood in the 1990s and summer sentimentality. The installation is an interactive sensory experience, including costumes, wearables, sculpture, sound and video made by the artist and workshop participants. Visitors are encouraged to wear the costumes and glide down the all access catwalk, celebrating their transformation and delighting in the colours and the textures of the fashion forest installation.
11am – 12pm
Bookings essential – places are limited
Eventbrite Link: Free audio descriptive tour for sight impaired children aged 6-16 years old
ART SMART - After School Art Program
TERMS AND CONDITIONS - Art Smart Program.pdf
2019 Art Smart After School Program.pdf
ART SMART is an introductory course for primary school children who want to improve their artistic skills through a range of fun and stimulating exercises. ART SMART nurtures the exploration of individual creativity and expression through structured lesson plans outside the classroom context. All lessons are taught by our specialist primary school art teacher.
Art Smart Term 3 program.pdf
JUNIOR ART TRAIL
A free fun tour through the Gallery designed for 3 - 5 year olds. Children will explore art works through story-telling, art making, songs and games with the Junior Art Trail team. The trail will end with a tea party in the Gallery’s toy kitchen, a chance for the children to play, interact and re-fuel.
When: Second Friday of every month, 10 - 10.45am
Dates: 12July, 9 August, 12 September, 11 October, 9 November and 12 December 2019
Bookings essential: places limited to 12 children aged 3 - 5 years and their carers.
Morning Tea: 10.45 - 11.15am. This is not provided - please bring your own packed morning tea to have in the Gallery at the end of the tour.
Eventbrite Links:
September Junior Art Trail
October Junior Art Trail
November Junior Art Trail
December Junior Art Trail
The junior Art Trail Program is rotated in conjunction with the Gallery's exhibition program.
Junior Art Trail 2019 Program.PDF