Thursday 16th May 2024, 2pm – 3.30pm
Ararat Gallery TAMA welcomes home schoolers for some sculpting fun!
Our quarterly home school session is designed to develop creative expression as we openly explore a range of different artistic techniques in a fun, inclusive and encouraging environment.
In this session we will get our hands into the very tactile, messy and engaging activity of clay modelling! Using air-dry clay we will explore various techniques of this versatile medium to create something special to take home.
These sessions are open to all home school families with children of all ages.
Free entry, bookings required. Please scroll down to book ↓
Thursday 15th August, 2pm – 3.30pm
Ararat Gallery TAMA welcomes home schoolers for some crafty fun!
Our quarterly home school session is designed to develop creative expression as we openly explore a range of different artistic techniques in a fun, inclusive and encouraging environment.
This session we will support and guide our young people to create a mixed media landscape on canvas! Attendees will make a special piece to proudly take home and treasure.
These sessions are open to all home school families with children of all ages.
Free entry, bookings required. Please scroll down to book ↓
Get ready for an artistic adventure these summer school holidays! NGV Kids on Tour is back this January with free school holiday art activities for kids at Ararat Gallery TAMA, including making a playful cat and dog ear headband, illustrating a Kusama-inspired pumpkin, and creating fashion designs for paper dolls.
The 2025 NGV Kids on Tour marks the largest ever program to date with more than 150 venues participating across metropolitan and outer metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, including galleries, libraries, hospitals, migrant resource centres, community hubs and more.
→ Activities available for ages 3 – 16
→ Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult
→ No booking required
Session dates and times:
Tuesday 14 January: 10am – 12:30pm
Wednesday 15 January: 10am – 12:30pm
Thursday 16 January: 10am – 12:30pm
Tuesday 21 January: 10am – 12:30pm
Wednesday 22 January: 10am – 12:30pm
Thursday 23 January: 10am – 12:30pm
NGV extends sincerest thanks to Event Partner Officeworks, for their generous support of NGV Kids on Tour 2025.
Ararat Gallery TAMA’s monthly Mini Makers Art Club is designed especially for preschoolers.
Each session includes singing, story reading and a guided craft activity designed to develop creative expression and fine motor skills in a fun, inclusive and encouraging environment. At the end of each session, children will have created a lovely piece of art to take home and share proudly with their family!
Mini Makers is free, we warmly welcome new families and there is no need to book. Sessions are from 11am – 12pm the first Tuesday of every month unless otherwise noted.
2025 dates
→ Tuesday 4 February
→ Tuesday 4 March
→ Tuesday 1 April
→ Tuesday 6 May
→ Tuesday 3 June
→ Tuesday 1 July
→ Tuesday 5 August
→ Tuesday 2 September
→ Tuesday 7 October
→ Tuesday 11 November (Second Tuesday due to Melbourne Cup Day)
→ Tuesday 2 December
Resuming on Thursday 2nd February 2023!
An informal monthly gathering for lovers of stitching, on the first Thursday of the month, 1 – 3pm.
Bring your own hand-stitching projects to work on with some friendly company. All varieties of stitching and skill level welcome!
Free entry, and no need to book.
Resuming on Thursday 1st February 2024!
An informal monthly gathering for lovers of stitching, on the first Thursday of the month, 1 – 3pm.
Bring your own hand-stitching projects to work on with some friendly company. All varieties of stitching and skill level welcome!
Free entry, and no need to book.