Weekly Family Programs

Every Sunday, the Gallery offers unique activities geared toward 5- to 12-year-old visitors and their families. Throughout the month of October, we will continue to investigate the exhibitions Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty and Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980.

All activities are free for children aged 12 & under, when accompanied by an adult. Adult participation is with admission or free for Gallery Members.

Join our team of curious, funny and informed Art Agents as they bring the Gallery’s exhibitions to life. They engage with the exhibitions through in-gallery activities, questions, and conversations relating to what your family notices about the artworks on display.

Then move on to The Making Place which offers art-making activities inspired by the materials and processes that you see in the exhibitions on display. Drop in any time between 12 and 4 PM to take part.

The Making Place Activity

October 20: Materiality
Materiality is an important element of the artwork within Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty and Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980. The artists both reflect on the materiality of consumerism with their concepts and also use a wide range of materials outside of traditional art materials. Alexander and Rauschenberg are able to destabilize the association the audience has with the objects.

We will be looking at the different materials that were used by Vikky Alexander and Robert Rauschenberg throughout the exhibitions. They use different methods of displaying familiar materials. How do the artists change the meaning or function? Families are invited to explore different materials, working with printmaking techniques on fabric