Category: To do

Kids Mail Swap

May 26, 2009
by Arts Rocket

Keep your eyes peeled for Pigeon Pairs next Kids Mail Swap sign up.

Every child who signs up needs to send a postcard OR letter to 5 other swappers.
Sign up’s are open to kids aged 2-12 years & they will be sending/receiving mail from other kids of a similar age. The mail doesn’t have to be over the top, it could be a homemade postcard or one of your hometown. It could be a picture that your child has drawn or coloured in or just a few sentences written by themselves or you depending on their age. You do not need to have a blog to play along & sign ups are open to everyone, so please be prepared to post overseas.
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For more details visit Pigeon Pair

 

We are loving

April 3, 2009
by Arts Rocket

LUCKY DIP WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY CARRIAGEWORKS
A series of fun $5 workshops every Saturday
Coinciding with the new Eveleigh Farmers’ Market, CarriageWorks presents Luck Dip Workshops – a new series of fun, creative workshops that anyone can participate in for only $5 a pop!

Every Saturday, the activity will be a surprise ‘Lucky Dip’ — a different arts-based activity each week including hula hooping, circus skills, dance, singing, drumming, visual art and much more.
Lucky Dip Workshops are a fun, out-of-the-box way for families to interact and kick their creative juices into gear.

No need to pre-book, just rock up and pay on the day.
DATES EVERY SATURDAY, COINCIDING WITH EVELEIGH FARMERS MARKETSTIME 10AM AND 11AM, APPROX 45 MINUTES DURATION
COST FREE UNTIL MAY, THEN ONLY $5 PER PARTICIPANT
BOOKINGS JUST ROCK UP AND PAY ON THE DAY

Contemporary Australia: Optimism | QLD | 15 Nov – 22 Feb 2008

November 18, 2008
by Arts Rocket

The latest exhibition at the QLD Art Gallery encompasses many facets of contemporary Australian visual art and culture, the exhibition includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, video and video installation, cinema, animation, performance, music and comedy.

For ‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism’, the Children’s Art Centre presents interactive art works and projects created by a number of exhibiting artists especially for children and families. Spanning both levels of the Children’s Art Centre and beyond, the projects encourage children to explore and discover the fresh and imaginative ways that Australian artists consider their world.

Highlights include:
Thomas Meadowcroft Walk the car
A large-scale sound theatre introduces children to Thomas Meadowcroft’s experimental approach to music. Relating to his sound work Monaro Eden 2008 in the exhibition, children are invited to take a different car journey and create endless patterns and sequences of car sounds as they travel through the space.

Arlene Texta Queen Rides with the brides
Diners at the Galleries Cafe and Bistro can take part in a collaborative project featuring activities and imagery by the artist on tabletop sheets. With the artist’s medium of choice — the texta pen, children and families complete the pictures which make each tablecloth a unique collaboration.

Tony Albert Alien Nation Embassy
Tony Albert’s interest in aliens responds to both the alienation of Indigenous people within their own country and the ‘alien invasion’ of Australia by Europeans in 1788. Especially for kids, Tony Albert has created the Alien nation embassy and invites all earthlings to become honorary citizens — but not before passing the ‘citizenship test’! The multimedia installation features a population counter, video footage of the artist with the aliens, and electronic swipe cards for kids to access secret alien information.

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Contemporary Australia: Optimism
15 Nov 2008 – 22 Feb 2009
QLD Art Gallery

Daytripper

March 18, 2008
by Arts Rocket

Daytripper is my kind of book. A few years ago my sister and I decided to go to a new place once a month. We did it twice. And we’ve talked about it a lot ever since.Daytripper just may be the book to get us back on track again.

Daytripper contains 52 ‘great days out in the Sydney area’ and covers a diverse range of activities from animal parks to museums to gardens and walks and many other things beside. Each daytrip has a story of the authors experience, a historical look at the venue or area, a list of other activities in the area and a brief run down of the essentials (distance from CBD, costs, opening times, contact details etc).

It’s not a book you can read cover to cover but it is a book you can dip into from time to time and certainly refer to if you are looking for something to do in the Sydney area.The only down side I can see to it is that the information (opening times, costs etc) may not stay current for a long period, also the jolly tone of the author became a little annoying in large doses. But in small doses, which is how I think the book is intended to be read as it started as a newspaper column, it’s quite amusing and certainly inspiring me to get away from the house and the usual haunts now and then.
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DayTripper
Simon Webster
AUD $22.95
ISBN:9780733322693
Format:Paperback
Publisher:ABC Books

Sydney Design 2007

July 30, 2007
by Arts Rocket

The 16 day Sydney Design 07 Festival is on at the Powerhouse Museum. The festival consists of exhibitions, film screenings, markets + more. The 11th international design festival runs from the 4 till the 18 August.

A special children’s event as part of the festival is Zoes House. Zoes House is an installation encouraging cooperative and creative play for 3-6 year olds. An unfinished house awaits cladding, surrounded by tools for budding builders – a crane, lifts, pulleys, conveyor belt, rubble chute, rail network, wagons, wheel barrows, even hard hats and jackets.
Zoe’s House was designed by La Cite des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris La Villette.

Also while you are there check out Berlin-based Japanese ‘performance jeweller’ Yuka Oyama set up her renowned Schmuck Quickies Salon (literally translated to ‘quick jewellery’). Yuka’s unconventional and highly interactive approach to jewellery-making has taken her to museums, art spaces and festivals around the world in Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. Visit Yuka to have your own personalised jewellery crafted on the spot from recycled materials.
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Zoes House
Powerhouse Museum, free with Museum admission.
Bookings essential for groups T 02 9217 0222.
Date: Sat 04 Aug 2007 – Sun 19 Aug 2007
Time: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Harris St, Ultimo

Schmuck Quickies Salon with Yuka Oyama
Free with Museum entry
Date: Sat 04 Aug 2007 – Sun 12 Aug 2007
Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Harris St, Ultimo