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NGV Teens: Sketchbook Sessions

Mon 6 Jul
11am–12.30pm, 2–3.30pm

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The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square

19th century Australian Art
Level 2

Booking recommended

General enquiries

Ph +61 3 8620 2222
Contact online
9am–5pm, daily

Access

Everyone is welcome at the NGV. We offer a range of accessible resources, facilities, and events. For information, visit our Access webpage or phone; 8620 2222 between 9am-5pm.

2026 NGV Annual

The NGV invites you to play a vital role in shaping the future of our Collection by supporting the acquisition of Untitled #16, 1995 by American artist Agnes Martin.

Support the appeal

Are you working on your art folio at school or perhaps you enjoy drawing in your free-time? Sharpen up your observational drawing skills with artist Rose Louey in these drawing sessions just for teens.

Set in the galleries of the 19th Century Australian Art Collection, enjoy drawing challenges related to art works while practicing skills and techniques such as contour, shading and texture.

The two sessions are split by age group:
11am-12:30pm: Years 7- 9
2-3:30pm: Years 10 – 12

No prior art experience is required, and all materials will be provided.

Parents/Guardians please note, this is a staffed event. Teens are free to drop in and out throughout the session.

Spaces are limited, so booking is essential.

About the Artist

Rose Anna Jan-Gee Louey is an Australian, Chinese artist with a background in printmaking and etching from the Victorian College of the Arts. It is this history with an etching needle that informed her love for mark-making and the language it conveys. Her paintings and murals reflect her inclination for the ethereal; often featuring symbolic reveries on a large scale. There is a nod to an extreme girlishness in her work; sweeping pink and flowers that intercept and stain.
Symbolism in vases, butterflies, plants and curious faces sprawl out on her found materiality. She will pretty much use anything as a base whether it be bare walls or scrap paper. This way of using ink and paint has been her way to release, draw oxygen, be sad; and to embrace magic.

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The NGV Teens program is generously supported by Beatrice Moignard, The Betsy and Ollie Polasek Endowment, JTM Foundation, Serp Hills Foundation, Alex & Brady Scanlon and Rachel Kwei.