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Free Kids Activities - The Gabori Sisters: Gathering By the Sea

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From:Wednesday 13 November 2024
To:Sunday 15 January 2017
Time:12:00am -  Wednesday 13 November 2024
Location:Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, 531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, QLD 4350 Australia
 

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery will be hosting QAGOMA’s Kids on Tour 2017- The Gabori Sisters: Gathering By the Sea for young people and families this coming January during the school holidays!

 

Amanda Elsie Dorothy web‘The Gabori Sisters: Gathering By the Sea' will celebrate the creative legacy of Sally Gabori and the work of her three daughters Elsie, Amanda and Dorothy Gabori. Regional audiences will have the opportunity to go on a journey to the artists' homeland of Bentinck Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria. Through specially designed interactive hands-on making and multimedia activities, young visitors will be introduced to the unique and important relationship the Kaiadilt people share with the sea and the creatures who inhabit the waters around the Island.

Activities are free with all materials supplied. No bookings required just come on in during the scheduled activity times below:

Activity times:

Tuesday 10 January to Saturday 14 January 2017 - 10:30am until 12:30pm

Sunday 15 January 2017 - 1:30pm until 3:30pm

Image top: Visitors having fun creating collaged sea creatures in the Ngurruwarr – Rock wall fish trap activity in ‘The Gabori Sisters: Gathering by the Sea’ exhibition / Photograph: Chloe Callistemon, QAGOMA

Image bottom: The Gabori sisters from left to right: Amanda, Elsie and Dorothy / Image courtesy of Grace Barnes, Mornington Island Art (MIArt) 2016 

FREE ADMISSION | GALLERY OPEN: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm | Sunday 1pm to 4pm | Closed Mondays & Public Holidays

QAGOMA Touring 85K web

 

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
531 Ruthven Street
Toowoomba
QLD
4350
Australia
 
Entry charges - AdultFree
Entry charges - ChildFree
Entry charges - ConcessionFree
Entry charges - FamilyFree
Entry charges - GroupFree
Contact phone (07) 46886652
Booking informationNo bookings required - just come on in and join the fun!
Event websitewww.tr.qld.gov.au/trag
Is food and drink available?No
Are toilets available?Yes
Is there disabled access?Yes
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery opening hours: Sunday: 1pm - 4pm | Monday: Closed | Tuesday: 10am - 4pm | Wednesday: 10am - 4pm | Thursday: 10am - 4pm | Friday: 10am - 4pm | Saturday: 10am - 4pm

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