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Make & Share: Art at home

Here you can find a range of fun art activities you can easily do at home with a parent or caregiver.
These family-friendly, hands-on, art-making activities are inspired by gallery exhibitions and collections.

Favourites from Family Art sessions, Young Visionaries and lots of other events you know and love!
We refresh our activities regularly so make sure you check back for new ideas that surprise and inspire!
All materials are easily found around the house.
Activities are suitable for ages 4 years +
Have fun!!

How did your artwork turn out? ⁠⠀
Show us - take a photo and share it on Instagram with the hashtag #GBCreate or email it to us: info@govettbrewster.com and we can share it for you.⁠

Contact our education team:
06 759 0858
gbeducation@govettbrewster.com

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Miniature Caves

This week we are exploring Return to Frazer Cave, 1982 by Peter Taylor. ⁠⠀ Lets create miniature caves with things found in our garden! ⁠⠀

Plant Paint

Our Plant Paint workshop was a hit at Family Art, as it’s an engaging way for kids to be creative and learn about plants and chemistry - have a go at home!

Sand Art

Have a fun day out at the beach and make a giant sand map!

My Family Mirumiru (Bubble)

People have been talking about keeping in our bubbles during Covid-19 lockdown.

Frozen World Ice Sculptures

This project is inspired by a work in the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Collection, titled Your Memory of Rain Encased, 1976 by Dane Mitchell.

Superhero / Graphic Tshirts

Can you take an everyday object and turn it into a superhero?⁠

Animation Spinner

Make a fun spinning animation.

Have fun with Len Lye

Direct Filmmaking: Patterns of Movement

To tie in with the exhibition Len Lye: The Absolute Truth of the Happiness Acid, we are going to experiment with the same techniques Len Lye used in his direct film making. Len Lye painted directly onto film with little or no camerawork involved. His bold, rhythmic and colourful abstract films have a feel of energies at play.

Kinetic Sculpture: Jiggle & Boing

Put your problem solving hat on and construct a Len Lye inspired sculpture that jiggles and bounces.

Fun Surrealist Drawing: Create a Creature

Len Lye loved art made with a spirit of freedom, spontaneity, and risk-taking. He called this the art of ‘the old brain’ (or unconscious mind). Like the Surrealists, he sought to generate new kinds of imagery through the process of ‘doodling’ or ‘automatic drawing’. Let your imagination run wild and draw an imaginary creature with the help of whānau and friends.Look carefully at Len Lye's paintings below for ideas. You will need:

Scientific Drawing: Big Bug Art

Len Lye designed a sculpture called Convolutions, which means coiling, twisting, or winding together.

Sound Sculpture: Pots 'N' Pans

This week let’s engineer some pots ‘n’ pans sound sculptures – Len Lye style.⁠

Family Art With Fox

Family Art with Fox: Adventures with a Pencil

Join Fox and Govett-Brewster Educator Rebecca for some super fun drawing games at home!

Family Art with Fox: Create Your Own Art Installation!

Let’s make art that gets us moving!

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