Summer Art Camp returns to Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Published: 05 Jan 2024 1:34pm

If you’re looking for fun and creative activities for children and teens, Art Camp is returning to the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery from Tuesday to Friday next week.

A range of workshops are on offer for those who are keen to explore their artistic potential during the school holidays.

Dragon masks and badge making workshops will be held on Tuesday 9 January, followed by Life of the Lagoon on Wednesday, where participants will paint and draw artwork inspired by the Wollundry Lagoon and Hayden Fowler’s Turtle Island.

Wednesday will also include a cyanotype workshop Harnessing the Sun where teens can create beautiful textiles with the help of the sun and dyeing with common kitchen ingredients.

Current exhibition Dennis Golding: POWER has inspired Superhero Capes, a workshop experience on Thursday 11 January where kids and teens will be able to create their own unique design for a cape like the ones included in the exhibition.

During Mythological Menagerie on the morning of Friday 12 January participants will see the new exhibition of works by artists Louise Zhang and Jessica Bradford.

Participants will discover what animals they can see, what mythological powers they may have within Chinese culture, and will go on to create artworks of their own magical animals.

Lastly, on Friday afternoon Sean Fenemore, founder and lead designer of State of Mind Games, will be coming from Canberra to run a Tabletop Game Design workshop for teens.

With Sean’s help participants will use the materials provided to design and develop their own tabletop game.

Council Gallery Officer (Engagement Programs) Astrid Reed said Art Camp is a popular way to keep kids and teenagers creative during the school holidays.

“We have an exciting range of hands-on art activities on offer during Art Camp week to suit a variety of creative interests, all based around the Gallery’s new exhibitions,” Ms Reed said.

“Each morning we have activities to suit primary-aged children, and the afternoon workshops are for teenagers.

“The Summer Art Camp workshops are low-cost and are eligible to be covered by NSW Creative Kids Vouchers which parents and guardians can claim from Service NSW.”

To learn more about eligibility requirements for Creative Kids Vouchers, and to apply, please go to the Service NSW website.

For more details about the Art Camp workshops and to book your spot, head to the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery website.