Installation view of Making Art-Imagine Everything is Real at NGV International Make a sculpture Photo Tim Carrafa

Making Art

Imagine Everything is Real

NGV International

10 Jun – 9 Oct 22

The National Gallery of Victoria is committed to providing creative experiences, especially for children, teenagers and families. Through participatory exhibitions, events and sensory experiences, the NGV connects children with art and culture from all over the world, enabling them to experience the diverse and creative ways artists approach their work and allowing children access to new worlds and ideas.

Making Art: Imagine Everything is Real is the centre of creativity for children and their families at the NGV this winter. Coinciding with the premiere exhibition, The Picasso Century, Making Art features a range of hands-on activities and multimedia experiences inspired by methods of working invented by some of the leading European artists included in the exhibition.

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European artists Georges Braque, Remedios Varo, Pablo Picasso, and Natalia Goncharova lived and worked in Paris in the early twentieth century and are recognised for their innovative and experimental approaches to making art. While learning about some of the leading artists of the twentieth century in Europe, children can make their own surprising works when they explore collage techniques, write poetry and play surrealist games and turn everyday materials into large-scale sculptures.

Making Art: Imagine Everything is Real is generously supported by the Packer Family and Crown Resorts Foundations, the City of Melbourne, Spencer Ko and Taylor Fletchett.

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Making Art: Imagine Everything Is Real

Paper and other everyday materials can be used in creative ways to make art. Some of the best European artists of the twentieth century explored the artistic possibilities of paper. They played with it, cut it, wrote and drew on it and used it in collage.

Making Art: Imagine Everything Is Real introduces children to influential artists of this period, including Remedios Varo, Pablo Picasso, Natalia Goncharova and Georges Braque. Featuring significant works drawn from the NGV Collection as well as from other major institutions around the world, Making Art encourages young readers to look at art, be creative and make their own works, too. The hands-on activities in this book will guide children to make art using paper, simple techniques and a little bit of imagination!

The activities are designed to stimulate children’s creativity and enjoyment in making art. Ages 5+

Making Art: Imagine Everything Is Real
Kate Ryan with Elizabeth Doan; illustrated by Symon McVilly
Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria Format:
Hardback Dimensions: 285 mm x 240 mm (portrait)
Pages: 64 pp (fully illustrated in colour)
ISBN: 9781925432961 Category: Children’s books
RRP: $24.95*
Publication date: June 2022


*Members discount available for purchases at the NGV Design store and online.

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Media release

8 Jul 22