Rocks of purple, pink and orange, fields of purple, mustard and pink. Vibrating triangles of white and black, and the arch of a brushstroke in orange and yellow. These descriptions of works in the exhibition Game Changers: International Modernism will help our 5-year-old participants explore their own painting experiments.
Rocks of purple, pink and orange, fields of purple, mustard and pink. Vibrating triangles of white and black, and the arch of a brushstroke in orange and yellow. These descriptions of works in the exhibition Game Changers: International Modernism will help our 5-year-old participants explore their own painting experiments.
We are collaborating with the Museums of Auckland, namely MOTAT, Auckland Museum and New Zealand Maritime Museum, to celebrate Pacific culture, rhythms and flavours with Pasifika Vibes, an event running alongside the annual Pasifika Festival in Western Springs.
Big Day Art: Calling the World provides an opportunity for families to experience Auckland Art Gallery and immerse themselves in a celebration of artistic experience and creativity. See, do, listen, move, make and share – become creative agents and explorers. Join us in celebrating Matariki and our New Zealand landscape and explore what it means to discover, journey and adventure through a series of hands-on activities and workshops.
Dubbed by critics as ‘restlessly creative and endlessly inventive’, Red Leap Theatre enjoys exploring the boundaries of physical theatre, imagery and storytelling.
Michael Hall's work focuses specifically on exploring the human impact on the environment. He is currently undertaking an extensive project to document the causes and effects of our changing climate as personal exploration and to improve ecological awareness around the world.
Join Diane Ensor and Bex Elliot from The Makeup School as they explore the extraordinary physical transformations that Cate Blanchett undergoes in current exhibition Manifesto.
This family friendly creative workshop explores the health of the forest through art and discussion held inside Charlotte Graham’s installation Te Hā o Te Wao Nui a Tāne | The Breath of Tāne.
Back by popular demand! Join artist and educator Ruth Woodbury as we explore artwork in the exhibition Grand Designs. Participants will create an etching print that connects imagery, textures and stories. But first, participants will make and then warm up their wrists with poi!
Travel back in time! Let the amazing frames of the artworks in The Corsini Collection inspire you to design and create your own exquisite portrait frame. Explore the patterns, colours and textures of the Corsini frames and start creating!
Artist John Vea predominately works with sculpture, moving image and performance exploring the results of Pacific migration and gentrification of New Zealand. Join John for a discussion with artist / teacher Monique Redmond on his work Import/Export which is on display in To All New Arrivals.
The international paintings in the new exhibition Colour Is an Abstraction will be the inspiration for this fun and innovative workshop. Participants will explore various paint and print techniques with a focus on colour, these will then be used to construct a sculpture.
Calling all artists with imaginations! Take up the challenge of the Mystery Cassoni. Cassoni are chests which families fill with treasures. Your challenge is to create an artwork using the special things in our chest. The Corsini Collection is itself like one big treasure chest filled with treasures the family have cared for over 600 years. Explore, experiment, design and create.
Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson to look at the influence of classical mythology and the imagined past on Frederic Leighton’s illustrations for George Eliot’s novel Romola.
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