Express Yourself! NGV Summer Children's Festival

Express Yourself! NGV Summer Children’s Festival 17-26 Jan 2015

Express Yourself! NGV Summer Children’s Festival is a ten day fun filled festival designed especially for children and families.  Come and join these FREE activities with leading artists and designers.

When: 17 – 26 January 2015, various times from 10am – 5pm.  For full event listing visit NGV website.

Where:  NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road MELBOURNE &
NGV Australia, Federation Square MELBOURNE

Cost:  FREEExpress Yourself! NGV Summer Children's Festival

We popped into one of the first sessions at NGV International and lost ourselves in creating for a couple of hours – before heading off to explore a new exhibit (by David Shrigley).

The Children’s Festival features a number of amazing artists and designers – giving you good excuse to come back for more.  The workshops we visited were the Opal Billabong with Linda Jackson (and we got to meet her!) and Wearable Creatures with Cat Rabbit.  (see our photos below)

Other workshops include:

NGV INTERNATIONAL (Great Hall)

Jean Paul Gaultier – temporary tattoos
10am – 3pm daily

Kate Rohde – Create Pasta Bling on a String
10am – 3pm Tue 20 & Wed 21, 10am – 2pm Thur 22

Benja Harney – Ringo The Ringtail
10am – 3pm Tue 20 & Wed 21, 10am – 2pm Thur 22

Romance Was Born – activities
10am – 2pm Fri 23, 10am – 3pm Sat 24 & Sun 25, 10am – 2pm Mon 26 includes live animals

Meetoo and tiny & little – Paper Threads BRING YOUR TEDDY BEAR (of favourite cuddly toy)
10am – 2pm Fri 23, 10am – 3pm Sat 24 & Sun 25, 10am – 2pm Mon 26

Romance Was Born – Luke & Anna’s Favourite Movies (Clemenger Auditorium)
Mon 26, 12.30 – 2.10pm Labyrinth, 2.30 – 4.10pm NeverEnding Story

Special Performance by the Lullaby Movement
Mon 26, 2.30 – 3pm

NGV AUSTRALIA

Chicks on Speed, Scream Kids – special feature (foyer)
10am – 5pm daily

Sticky Institute – Make and Multiply (level 3)
10am – 1.30pm Tue 20 – Thur 22

Storytelling: Classic Australian storied for kids (level 2 – for children aged 6 and under)
10.30 – 11.15am Tue 20 & Thur 22

Negative Press workshop (level 1 – limited spaces)
10.30am – 1.30pm Fri 23 – Sat 25

Emily Floyd – Word Farm workshop
10am – 12pm Mon 26

Check out all the family friendly exhibits to visit while you’re at the NGV this Summer.