ArtPlay Fun for School Holidays

ArtPlay School Holiday Highlights

There's plenty of April fun on offer at ArtPlay these school holidays, with free and special events for children of all ages.

Two highlights of the holiday period include the Surviving Scary adventure and the imaginative Wild City, two programs produced by ArtPlay's New Ideas' Lab.

The New Ideas' Lab encourages artists with bright ideas for projects that collaborate with children and families and see their work come to life.

Surviving Scary

Friday, 13 April to Sunday, 15 April

$16 per child, bookings essential
Ages: 4 to 8 years

Grab your family, put on your bravest face and join us on a new theatrical adventure. Through shadowy caves and dark forests, over the highest heights and under the lowest beds, we'll find and face the scariest things. Built from the words and ideas of children, this playful, musical journey explores the thoughts and things that frighten us and how we can survive them.

Wild City

Wednesday 4 April to Sunday 8 April

$16 per child, bookings essential

Ages: 6 to 12 years

You are invited to use your imagination and making skills to add to a mini city and turn it into a wild and thriving green metropolis! Get introduced to real and inspiring stories of animal architecture, wildlife corridors, greens roofs and other animal friendly ideas.

Big Dance Workshops

Wednesday, 11 April and Sunday 22 April

Free, bookings essential

Ages: 5 to 12 years

Learn Big Dance moves and be part of a celebration of dance for all ages and all skill levels. Then, join thousands across Australia to take part in the Big Dance at Federation Square on 29 April.

Midden Pots (Presented by ArtPlay and the Koorie Heritage Trust)

Friday, 6 April

$16 per child, bookings essential

Ages: 7 to 12 years

Make your own sculptural piece using clay and other natural materials to express your own story about your connection to place and time.

ArtPlay Backyard

Thursday 5 April, Saturday 7 April, Thursday 12 April and Saturday 14 April

Free, no bookings required

Ages: Family

Draw in the dirt, build a sculpture with recycled and natural materials or muck about with water. Make a mandala, wrap up some rope or ribbon and dream up your own mini landscape. Anything is possible!

For more information on the New Ideas' Lab, or to see the full April school holidays full program and make a booking, visit the ArtPlay website.