Picasso | QLD

July 28, 2016
by Arts Rocket
The exhibition features over 100 works from Picasso’s extraordinary collection plus more than 80 important works by the artist himself. A range of documentary photographs also feature. Picasso & his collection’ includes paintings, drawings and prints by artists such as Chardin, Matisse, Renoir, Cézanne, Rousseau, Miró, Modigliani and Braque, as well as an extraordinary selection of Oceanic and African works.

Patrick aged 5 visited the Picasso Exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery on Thursday 12th June with his school. This will extend the work his class have been doing on the visual arts theme as well as understanding of what a gallery is.
Patrick attended a kids workshop on Picasso and viewed other displays as they relate to the curriculum.

I asked Patrick questions about his trip to the gallery:
What did you do at the Gallery?
Played with my mask I made and cut out the holes.
Walked around with my friend Nash looking at paintings.
Who is Picasso?
A painter.
Favourite part of the trip to the gallery?
Eating.
What did you see at the Gallery?
I saw lots of different paintings.

Would you visit the Gallery again?
Yes, it was fun.
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Picasso and his Collection
Queensland Art Gallery
9 June – 14 September
Admission fees apply

Way Out West Festival 2016

May 2, 2016
by Arts Rocket

wayoutwestfestival

The 2016 Way out West (WOW) Festival for Children will be held 13-16 July 2016, during the School Holidays.

Our picks include:
– Talented local film lovers have curated four of their favourite films from all over the world to bring you Mini Cine.
– Uni-Bots – The Shell Game
– Indigenous Dance workshops

To see the full program visit: http://www.wayoutwestfestival.com.au/

Casula Powerhouse
13 – 16 July 2016

 

Creative School Holidays

April 12, 2016
by Arts Rocket

School holidays are upon us. We have selected some fun creative activities that will have you covered.

The Peasant Prince at Monkey Baa Theatre (until 20 April) brings the beautiful story of Li Cunxin’s iconic autobiography, Mao’s Last Dancer to the stage. If you have a child who just can not sit still throughout performances, the theatre has a special relaxed performance and is described as “the opposite of the quiet carriage on the train” on the 14th April.

Sherman Contemporary Art Gallery – Introductory workshop to mobile photography with photographer Markus Andersen. Participants will be introduced to picture-taking and processing apps, as well as basic photographic techniques before applying this expertise “in the field” in the local Paddington area.
Saturday 23 April, 10–12pm. $20 | Recommended for ages 12+

Pull out the paints and paper and inspire them to start working on their entry to the Little Things Art Exhibition to be exhibited at Saint Cloche Gallery in Paddington.

Get your musical on at the Art Gallery of NSW screening of An American in Paris (rated PG). 20 and 24th April 2016. Free.

While you are at the gallery pop in to see Art Express – Featuring a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts 2015. Free.

Got creative teens? Smart ARTS workshops and talks will be right up their alley running from the 8 – 17th April 2016.

The Sydney Comedy Festival brings on the laughs for kids with Comedy for Kids over the 2016 festival.

Paper planes and collecting stuff

March 22, 2016
by Arts Rocket

Harry Smith paper airplane collection

My youngest son (12 years) has been my child who has held the strongest love of paper planes in our family.  Whenever he is bored you will find him with a piece of A4 paper carefully transforming it into a sleek flying machine.

Just recently we discovered the beautiful paper plane collection by Harry Everett Smith(painter, filmmaker, collector).  Most of the paper planes were collected over 1961 to 1983 on the streets of New York and started their lives as junk mail, grocery lists or a scrap of found paper.

I still love to collect stones and rocks – the smaller ones I keep in a printers drawer in our hallway. My children add to the collection now and again.  They have all had tins of collections over the years. My sister-in-law told me recently of her sons stick collection.

‘Children collect to discover who they are, and what the world should be.’ Kimberely Stevens (NY Times).

The latest copy of BIG magazine is all about Collections.
Lisa Congdon collects collections with her Collection a Day project.
Book collections over at Hello Bookcase.
Candy Jernigan –  artist and collector of thrown away evidence of lives lived.

Do you and/or your children collect anything? Do you encourage them to start collections?

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The Greasy Chicken Orchestra

February 8, 2016
by Arts Rocket

We love discovering interesting evenings we can enjoy as a family especially when it involves music. So when our friend Phillip Johnston told us about his upcoming event – we were all over it. Hope to see you there.
Here are the details:

“15th Feb — The Greasy Chicken Orchestra at Foundry616, the great jazz club in Ultimo. The group is devoted to early jazz – the music of the 1920s and 1930s, New Orleans jazz, early Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton. It’s not a trad band, and it’s not a historical re-enactment, it’s a living love letter to the music of one of the best eras of jazz, played by some of Sydney’s greatest jazz musicians.

And it is starting early (7.30PM), so that kids can come too – yes, it’s a school night, but it starts at 7.30PM, they could be home in bed by 9PM! (as if).

Note: musicians in the picture will not all be the same as those playing on the night, and no white chocolate chip cookies will be sold. But they do make great fried calamari at Foundry616!
 
Here’s the great band we’ll have:
 
Phillip Johnston: soprano saxophone
Peter Farrar: alto saxophone
Jeremy Rose: tenor saxophone
James Loughnan: baritone saxophone
Peter Dasent: piano
Jonathan Zwartz: bass
Nic Cecire: drums“
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The Greasy Chicken Orchestra
Monday 15 February 2016
Foundary616
616 Harris St
Ultimo
Tickets $5 online (+ booking fee) or at the door