School Holidays with NGV

Create, draw and play these school holidays with free online events and downloadable activities and games made especially for children and families.

Art Activities

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Suitable for early years and children under 8 years.

Waterwall Murals Let's Get Moving Drawing the Bush Message in a Bottle Just Imagine

Let's Play

Art games for children and the family.

Mastering the Pieces How Surreal Mystery Making Monster Mania Let's Draw Together
Virtual Tours

Experience NGV exhibitions from home with our interactive self-guided tours.

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TEEN COUNCIL TALKS

Meet members of the 2020 NGV Teen Council and hear about their favourite works of art from the NGV Collection.

Ben
John Brack, Collins St, 5p.m.

Isabella
Bertram Mackennal, Circe

Maximus
Giambattista Tiepolo, The Banquet of Cleopatra

Mila
Arthur Boyd, The wave

Monet
Pablo Picasso, Small head of a woman crowned with flowers

Venice
Petrina Hicks, Bird’s eye

The NGV Kids program is generously supported by The Truby and Florence Williams Charitable Trust, managed by Equity Trustees.
The NGV gratefully acknowledges the Packer Family and Crown Resorts Foundations for their support of NGV learning resources.
The NGV would also like to thank Official Supplier, Canson Australia
The NGV also wishes to acknowledge The Ullmer Family Foundation for their generous support of NGV Teens.

Artwork Captions

Arthur Boyd, The wave, 1996, plate 4 from The sea journey suite 1996, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Yvonne Boyd, Member, 2004. © Arthur Boyd’s work reproduced with the permission of Bundanon Trust, https://www.bundanon.com.au.

Bertram Mackennal, Circe, 1893, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Felton Bequest, 1910

Pablo Picasso, Small head of a woman crowned with flowers (Petite tête de femme couronnée de fleurs), 1962, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, 1999 © Pablo Picasso/Sussession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

Giambattista Tiepolo, The Banquet of Cleopatra, 1743–44, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Felton Bequest, 1933

Petrina Hicks, Bird’s eye, 2018, from the Still Life Studio series, 2018, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018. © Petrina Hicks. Courtesy of Michael Reid, Sydney; and This Is No Fantasy, Melbourne.

John Brack, Collins St, 5p.m., 1955, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, 1956