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…
Listening Ears On!: A Review of Tiptoe Giants’ Little Steps Big Adventures
This is the second in a monthly series highlighting children’s and family music that we’re enjoying, and we think you might like, as well. You know you have a winner on your hands when the 5 year old asks you…
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…
The Funatorium: Captain Hook’s Pirate Party at the Sydney Opera House
“The pirate is a lady!”. My 4 year old girl lit up when she saw the art for The Funatorium: Captain Hook’s Pirate Party in the Sydney Opera House’s season brochure. And so it was that this show became a…
Listening Ears On!: Review of Angie Who’s Littlefolk
When the Mini Artsplorer was born, a good friend sent me a couple of children’s CDs with a note that said, “you’re going to need some music that you can stand to listen to!” I loved her selections, but I…
Team Artsplorers’ 10 Greatest Family Arts Adventures of 2017
What a year, what a year! As the wild world swirled and whirled around us, my little family hunkered down even more than usual, as we welcomed our second baby in April (and, oh my goodness, was I tired and…
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…
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,…
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…
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…