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Friday 7 March, 10—10.45AM
In this Little Artists session, participants will explore the intricate and detailed artworks of exhibiting artist Simeon Ayres in his exhibition in the Simpson Gallery.
Simeon creates maps and landscapes using watercolours, pen and ink. His work ‘ is an attempt to make sense of the world… the unseen and magical’. He walks, listens, and observes the country and remembers its colours, sounds and shapes, or its hidden pathways.
Little Artists will view Simeon’s exhibition before taking a walk outside along the lake on our way to the workshop room. We will listen, see and imagine pathways and what this particular place map would look like. In the workshop room we will use watercolours, crayons and salt to create maps of Benalla or ‘home’.
Materials: Paper, watercolours, salt, water, pens, paint brushes, crayons
Definitions and Learnings: This activity encourages play and experimentation to create surprising elements and reactions using salt, crayons and watercolours. Children are encouraged to use their imagination to draw images of places we can’t see. It encourages attention to detail and develops fine motor skills.
Ages: For pre-school aged children and their parents/carers
Cost: FREE
Registration essential: Please call 03 5760 2619 or email gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Where: Benalla Art Gallery, Patricia [Pat] Gardner Studio
Benalla Art Gallery’s Little Artists program is developed specifically for pre-school children. We use games, story-telling and creative activities to encourage young children, and their parents and carers, to have fun while learning about art.
Sessions are free and are scheduled for the first week of each month from February to December.