Our Free Kids Drop-In Art Days run Tuesday 1 & 8 October and Thursday 3 & 10 October of the school holidays, between 10am – 3pm. Come along to the gallery and get creative with fun, art activities related to our current exhibitions! Free, no booking required.
Friday 4 October, 10am-12pm | Art for Tots is a fun, art-making experience for under-fives, which takes inspiration from current exhibitions at the Gallery, as well as from the environment and wider community. During this two-hour session, whānau can drop in and out as suits. Free, no booking required.
Drawing with Thread: Revisiting Miniature Portraiture with Artist Leslie Falls
Saturday 2 November, 10.30am-1.30pm | Join us for a hands-on experience with Leslie Falls, an artist in the Te Matau-a-Māui Contemporary Art: Gwen Malden Trust Commissions exhibition.
Saturday 9 November, 11am | Join us to hear artist Tracy Keith talk about his solo exhibition Remember Industry. In the exhibition, Keith looks to the whakapapa of natural materials like clay and timber that have shaped human lives, meaning, and livelihoods.
Available year-round and refreshed every school holiday, the interactive wall at the Gallery is a continually evolving space for tamariki to engage in free, hands-on activities. It’s the perfect place to spend 20 minutes or more creating exhibition-inspired masterpieces, which can then be displayed on the wall.
Available and refreshed every school holiday, our Pukapuka Mahi aim to help tamariki discover different spaces in the Gallery and learn more about our current exhibitions. Get your tamariki their free, interactive booklet at the front desk of the Gallery.
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