NOTE: Please see Special events and Free stuff to explore for more activities for this age group.
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Baby Groove
Artist: Emma Salzano
Be guided through a series of creative movement and play activities which are gentle and fabulous for baby curiosity.
Explore a range of different music styles and dynamics as your baby experiences movement responses through your body as you hold her or him. The pace is baby pace, so there will be plenty of pauses to allow for you to check in with your baby’s responses, and to possibly notice your own as well.
This workshop is designed as an experience for parents, babies and the group as a whole to enjoy together.
Age: Babes in arms and crawlers
Date and times: Wednesday 17 April, 10.30am to 11.15am;11.45am to 12.30pm; 1pm to 1.45pm
Cost: $15 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
That Funny Red Curtain
Artists: Nilgun Guven and David Wells
That Funny Red Curtain is an amusing and comical workshop celebrating all the things that make us laugh. Share your stories, memories, and ideas about what things or moments that truly make you chuckle, giggle, chortle and gurgle at yourself. What makes your mum and dad laugh? What makes your child laugh? And how does your family make each other laugh?
Together with the help of artists Nilgun Guven and David Wells’ entertaining physical and musical accompaniments, take pleasure in this delightful shared experience.
Whether it be a drawing, story, song or memory, find and bring the funny with you on the day to add to our barrel of laughs.
Age: 2 to 3 years
Date and times: Thursday 18 April, 10.30am to 11.15am and 11.45am to 12.30pm
Age: 4 to 5 years
Date and time: Thursday 18 April, 1pm to 1.45pm
Cost: $15 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Strange Garden
Artists: Eliza-Jane Gilchrist and Pauline O’Shannessy Dowling
Spend time drawing and building in the Strange Garden workshop.Cut shapes and make patterns to create beautiful, coloured bugs that sit on cardboard stones in the garden. Then experiment with making shapes and layering them to make big tree branches. Or find your favourite part of the garden and add your mark by drawing patterns directly on the sculpture.
Age: 4 to 5 years
Dates and times: Sunday 21 April, Friday 26 April and Sunday 28 April, 10.15am to 11am
Cost: $9 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Nests
Devised by: Ken Evans, Gillian Howell and Rebecca Russell
Have you ever sat in a nest? Do you know what treasures they hide?
Come to the giant nests at ArtPlay to discover the enchanting music they conceal.
Nests is all about musical discovery. A soundtrack of birds, trees and running streams will evoke an inspiring musical environment.
Instruments hidden inside large eggs – rich, beautiful, unusual instruments that you can’t wait to pick up and play – will fill the space with evocative sounds as children interact with each other and acclaimed musician Tony Hicks.
This is the third and final installation of Nests, created by Gillian Howell, Ken Evans and Rebecca Russell.
Age: 3 to 5 years
Dates and times: Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May; 10.30am to 11am; 11.30am to 12noon; 12.30pm to 1pm
Cost: $15 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Big and Little
Artists: Heidi Weatherald and Jennifer Andersen
Big and little, sisters and brothers – we’re different sizes but we like the same things. We like making teeny-tiny shapes and shouting big, bold and brave. We like many little dance steps and one large song. We can both be big, we can both be little and we can always play together.
Hold hands and jump into a theatrical Pocketfool celebration of sibling silliness, love and play.
Age: siblings 4 years and under
Dates and times: Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May; 2pm to 2.45pm; 3.15pm to 4pm
Cost: $10 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult and a sibling.
Secret Spaces, Secret Sounds
Artists: Heidi Weatherald, Alice Hui-Sheng Chang and Nigel Brown
Explore the Card Art Spaces exhibition at ArtPlay with Pocketfool and sound
artists Alice and Nigel. The ArtPlay Card Art Spaces have a secret sound. But which space? Where is it coming from? Discover and reveal the silliness that lies inside and unleash the giggles of delight.
Age: Babes in arms and crawlers
Date and times: Wednesday 22 May, 10.30am to 11.15am, 11.45am to 12.30pm, 1pm to 1.45pm
Cost: $15 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Paper Creatures Puppetry
Artist: Barking Spider Theatre
Explore the Card Art Spaces exhibition at ArtPlay with Barking Spider visual theatre artist Penelope Bartlau.
What creatures inhabit these spaces? And what do they need in their spaces to feel at home? Create extraordinary paper puppets to inhabit the Card Art Spaces and use paper and other materials to make the world of your creatures come alive!
Age: 2 to 3 years
Date and times: Wednesday 29 May; 10.30am to 11.15am and 11.45am to 12.30pm
Age: 4 to 5 years
Date and times: Wednesday 29 May; 1pm to 1.45pm
Cost: $15 per child
Bookings essential: book online
All children must be accompanied by an adult.