WAG offers and exciting range of activites for all ages during school holidays:

Summer Holiday Program 2018-19

 

Paul Jennings UNREAL! Guided tours

Every Saturday, Jan 2019
From 10:30am
All Ages
FREE

Enjoy a free guided tour around the Paul Jennings: UNREAL exhibition. Find out which books Paul loved to read as a child and gain some insights into the illustrations on display. Families can then pick up an activity book which children can complete in the space and then take home.

Meet at WAG reception desk.

This event is a drop-in activity. No bookings are required. 
 

Maar Summer Series

Seaweed Baskets with Brett Clarke
Sunday 30 December
10:30 - 11:30am
Ages: 6+
$5 or FREE with WAG Family Membership 

Come along and learn about the art of weaving baskets from seaweed with Keerray Woorroong artist, Brett Clarke. 
Please pay at the event. Please call the gallery @ (03) 5559 4949 to book your spot. Places are limited.

Bush Animals with Aunty Bronwyn Razem
Wednesday 2 January
10:30 - 12:30pm
Ages: 11+
$30 or $25 with WAG Membership

Join contemporary artist and Master Weaver, Aunty Bronwyn Razem as she shares knowledge of traditional weaving passed on through her Gunditjmara family heritage. Inspired by the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Aunty Bronwyn will teach you how to sculpt hay with wool to create a Bush Animal with real personality! Please call the gallery @ (03) 5559 4949 to secure your place as numbers are limited.
No creative experience required.

 

NGV Kids on Tour

Do you like to play make believe? Close your eyes and imagine – transform into a creature, fly through the sky, or travel through infinite worlds. Your creativity can take you anywhere with the NGV Kids on Tour 2019.
These are drop-in activities and places will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis until materials have run out. 

NGV Kids on Tour: Incredible Illusions
Saturday 5 January
10:30 - 11:30am
Ages: 5+
FREE

Artist M. C. Escher’s detailed prints of mind-bending optical illusions will have you seeing stars and scratching your head. For this workshop, children and families will learn the tricks behind some visual illusions and try a series of hand-on activities in the Incredible Illusions workbook.

NGV Kids on Tour: Terrific Tessellations
Sunday 6 January
10:30 - 11:30am
Ages: 5+
FREE

In this making workshop, children and families can discover the magic of tessellation and learn how to turn their 2D geometric patterns into 3D tetrahedron objects.

NGV Kids on Tour: Dog's Life with William Wegman
Monday 7 January
10:30 - 11:30am
Ages: 5+
FREE

Inspired by Wegman's popular children's book series Flo & Wendell, this collage workshop has been developed in collaboration with the artist and invites children to create their own mixed media, 'make believe' scenes, with Wegman's Weimaraner dogs as the stars.

NGV Kids on Tour: Build Your Town
Tuesday 8 + Thursday 10 January
10:30 - 11:30am
All Ages
FREE

What do you see in the streets of your town? In this workshop, children and families will use brightly coloured materials to design the city or town where they live - or to create a fantasy landscape. Then take on a 'superchallenge', and build your city out of clay!

 

WAG Summer Holidays Art Club

Numbers are limited. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis until capacity is reached. Please pay on the day. We thank you for your understanding with this.

The Gizmo!
Thursday 10 January
2:00 - 3:00pm
Tuesday 22nd + 29th January
10:00 - 11:00am
Ages: 6+
$5 or FREE with WAG Family Membership

Learn about Paul Jennings’ hilarious Gizmo! Listen to the story then create and craft your very own Gizmo to take away. Includes a tour of the exhibition.

Become an UNREAL author!
Friday 4 January
10:00 - 11:00am
Friday 11 January
2:00 - 3:00pm
Ages: 11+
$5 or FREE with WAG Family Membership

Come along to this fun sessions which includes a tour of the UNREAL exhibition, a close look at one of Paul Jennings’ books and the chance to try your hand at creative writing.

The Fisherman and the Theefyspray
Tuesday 15 January
10:00 - 11:00am
Ages: 0-11
$5 or FREE with WAG Family Membership

After a tour of the exhibition, listen to the beautiful story of The Fisherman and the Theefyspray (illustrated by Jane Tanner). Children will then have the chance to create their own mythical creature from craft materials.

Who's a Rascal?
Friday 18 January + 1 February
10:00 - 11:00am
Ages: 0-11
$5 or FREE with WAG Family Membership

Listen to fun stories about Jennings’ cheeky dragon, Rascal. Children will then have the opportunity to model their own dragon. Includes a tour of the exhibition.

The Skeleton in the Dunny
Friday 25 January
10:00 - 11:00amAges: 0-11
$5 or FREE with WAG Family Membership

After a tour of the exhibition listen to the story of the Skeleton on the Dunny which was set in Timboon! You can even watch an episode of Round the Twist based on this story. Children will then have the opportunity to create their own skeleton mask from scratch paper.