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NGV Kids on Tour 2027

Summer Holidays
Free

Get ready to make and create when NGV Kids on Tour comes to you these school holidays. From making paper plate animals and drawing Ku’ dogs to scribbling and crafting jewellery, activities from the NGV are coming to 180 locations across Victoria. There’s art for everyone to make!

We welcome children and families across Victoria to share in the joys of art-making and creative play over the summer holidays with NGV Kids on Tour. By partnering with community venues and organisations to host free workshops and activities developed by the NGV in collaboration with inspiring artists and designers from around the world, everyone has the opportunity to explore, connect and contribute to their world though art, creative thinking and expression.

We are deeply grateful for the generosity and support of all of our collaborating venues.

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Activities

We’ve created a range of free hands-on activities for children and families, designed to ignite imaginations and encourage creativity.

Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

Ages 4+
Young children may need the help of an adult.

Artists often take everyday materials and ordinary objects and turn them into something new with their making skills and lively imaginations.

With just a paper plate, art materials and your creative ideas, the possibilities are endless! Would you make a tropical fish, an echidna, a dingo or a turtle?

 Cheeky Ku’ with Lex Namponan

Ages 3+

Discover Ku’ (camp dogs) and the artists who give these artworks so much character.

Ku’ artworks are made of wood and hand painted by Aboriginal artists living in Aurukun, North Queensland. Ku’ are connected to the Eeremangk Story, an important ancestral site located near the mouth of the Knox River. Create your own cheeky Ku’ design in this drawing activity.

 Life on the Reef with Paula Savage

Ages 4+

Fish, turtles, dugongs, sharks and thousands of sea creatures all live and shelter in the tropical reefs in the Torres Strait. Located in warm, shallow waters, reefs are like bustling underwater cities – providing food and shelter for the animals that live there.

Artist Paula Savage invites you to collaborate with her and finish her drawing with colourful pictures of life under the sea.

 Scribble, Splat, Draw with Mika Rottenberg

Ages 4+

NGV Triennial artist Mika Rottenberg loves all colours and enjoys drawing and making works of art with different textures and materials. Spark your imagination in this activity using Mika’s chosen colourful marks, splats and scribbles as your jumping off point.

 NGV PUBLICATION: SCRIBBLE, SPLAT, DRAW: SKETCH WITH ARTIST MIKA ROTTENBERG

Ages 4+

This summer every Kids on Tour venue will receive a copy of Scribble, Splat, Draw: Sketch with artist Mika Rottenberg.

In this book, children are invited to explore and find inspiration from a series of activities inspired by Mika Rottenberg’s colourful and evocative drawings.

 NGV Teens: Precious Paper

Ages 12+
This activity could also be conducted with upper primary school aged children under supervision.

Jewellery is one of many ways people can express themselves, tell a story, celebrate a memory or represent something important to them. Artisans, designers and makers are known to be very creative with materials used to create a piece.

In this hands-on workshop, teens can make a piece of wearable art like a bracelet, watch or wrist cuff using paper and cut-out shapes.

WHat's On at NGV

Squish, Twist, Fizz
Mika Rottenberg for Kids

13 Dec 26 – 11 Apr 27
Children’s Gallery at NGV International
Free entry

As part of NGV Triennial, artist Mika Rottenberg takes kids on a surreal journey through her video work Cosmic Generator, 2017.

The exhibition invites children into a hands-on environment inspired by the film’s textures, colours and movement. Young participants can take part in free drawing activities, play with light and sound and make sculptures using twistable stems and forms made from plastic waste collected from the streets of New York City.

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Kids Summer Festival

11–17 Jan 27
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square and NGV International

NGV Kids Summer Festival returns with a week of free hands-on activities, interactive exhibitions and performances, just for kids and their families these summer holidays.

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