Visual Arts Archives - Artsplorers

July 24, 2018 2 Responses

Artsplorers Learn to Sew: A Lifetime Skill With Unexpected Lessons

It started with Friendly The Echidna. A few months ago, we went to one of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s fantastic school holidays programs where the project was to sew a felt animal. Honestly, I did the better part of...

May 26, 2018 2 Responses

Vivid Sydney 2018 With Kids!

The lights, the joy, and the crowds – Vivid Sydney is surely the biggest arts event on Sydney’s annual calendar. Most of the public displays are both free and very much family friendly, so it’s prime time for Sydney artsploring...

March 15, 2018 No Responses

The Biennale of Sydney – Cockatoo Island With Kids

The Biennale of Sydney is a major art exhibition that takes place every two years. It runs for 12 weeks (16 March – 11 June, 2018), and features the work of 70 artists from 35 countries in 7 different locations...

January 18, 2018 No Responses

Jurasic Plastic and the Makerspace Workshop

“Wow, it looks just like my living room,” I quipped, as we approached the “mountain of toys” that opens the Jurasic Plastic art space. I immediately feel certain the volunteers have heard this joke a hundred times today. It’s a...

December 10, 2017 4 Responses

Baby, It’s Hot Outside!: Thong Wreath For an Australian Christmas

When I moved to Australia seven years ago, one of the hardest things to adjust to was Christmas in the summer. It didn’t help that the David Jones windows were full of jumpered up revelers sitting in front of a...

December 2, 2017 No Responses

Holiday Crafting With 12 Oh Creative Days of Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … and, if you have a young child at home, the candy canes are undoubtedly made of pipe cleaners and the holiday bells cut out of salt dough. It’s Christmas craft season,...

November 29, 2017 No Responses

Tours for Tots at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Pre-children, Mr. Artsplorer and I used to enjoy going to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for sophisticated afternoons looking at oh-so mature mature works in gilded frames. But, while we have taken the Mini Artsplorer for a wander...

November 20, 2017 No Responses

Pipilotti Rist at the MCA: Can I Take the Kids?

Pipilotti Rist at the MCA with Kids… It’s no secret how much my family and I love the Museum of Contemporary Art, but seriously you guys, they have outdone themselves with the current exhibition, Pipilotti Rist: Sip My Ocean. It’s...

September 6, 2017 No Responses

We Went on Safari!: Art Safari at the Museum of Contemporary Art

We love visiting art galleries with our little lady, but it’s true that the experience can ocassionally feel a bit like taming wild animals (“don’t touch!” “get off the floor!” “doooon’t touch!”), so when I...

August 7, 2017 No Responses

Artsplorers Visit: Sculpture at Barangaroo

Sculpture at Barangaroo began last year, and was a welcome addition to the schedule of family friendly annual arts offerings around Sydney. I’ve been a big fan of the new harbourside park since it opened. I think it’s such a...

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