NGV Kids On Tour at Brimbank Libraries

The NGV Kids on Tour coincides with the NGV Kids Summer Festival, 14 – 22 January 2023 taking place at the NGV International and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square.

View the program at ngv.melbourne/kids

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Artist Pablo Picasso learnt paper-cutting and folding when he was young and used these techniques throughout his life as an artist. Picasso could transform flat pieces of paper or card into three dimensional sculptures. In Make a Sculpture, children can take shapes, decorate and turn them into a three-dimensional table top sculpture.

French artist, Georges Braque is considered to be the first artist to make a type of paper collage called a papier collé which is French for pasted paper. Braque bought a roll of patterned wallpaper and cut and paste paper strips on to his drawing. How did he come up with this idea? Perhaps it was because he used to use wallpaper when he was a house decorator before he became an artist. In this activity children can experiment with colour and shape and cut and paste to make a colourful collage.

Russian artist Natalia Goncharova liked trying lots of different things. She was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, performer, costume designer and set designer. She also designed fabrics, fashion, ballet costumes and stage sets for the theatre, and made prints for books. Children can make a portrait of a special person in their life and write a poem about them.

When Spanish artist Remedios Varo was a child, she spent her time reading books filled with adventure, learning about science, and making art. In this activity children can collage images to create a surreal creature.

The Surrealists enjoyed making art in new and surprising ways. In 1936, the Spanish artist Oscar Dominguez taught the Surrealists a printing technique called ‘decalcomania’. This type of print is made by applying blobs and splashes of watercolour paint or ink on paper. The Surrealists would use their imaginations and transform the blot of ink with their drawings into strange creatures and scenes.

Children can hone their creativity by imagining a scene, object or creature in the blobs on the page then transform it through their drawings.

This program is part of Brimbank's Passport to School Holidays.  Check out the other great activities available.  Prizes to be won.