APT10 Kids on Tour

The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Children’s Art Centre and Regional Services are delighted to present APT10 Kids on Tour for children and families in regional and remote Queensland.

APT10 Kids on Tour has been developed to coincide with ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT10) and APT10 Kids, on display at QAGOMA from 4 December 2021 to 25 April 2022. This program will enable children to explore and experience a range of contemporary art styles and approaches from Australia, Asia and the Pacific through activities celebrating diversity and community, and encouraging mindful contemplation.

APT10 Kids on Tour includes activities created by the Children’s Art Centre in collaboration with artists Shannon Novak (Aotearoa New Zealand), Phuong Ngo (Australia), Syagini Ratna Wulan (Indonesia), Jamilah Haji (Thailand), Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts (Bangladesh) and Vipoo Srivilasa (Thailand/Australia).

Since 1998, the Gallery has collaborated with more than 290 Australian and international contemporary artists. The Children’s Art Centre is a leader in developing interactive projects, activities and publications that engage children with contemporary cultures, artists and ideas.

The Kids on Tour program provides this content free of charge to communities throughout Queensland, allowing venues in regional and remote areas the opportunity to present innovative hands-on workshops for local audiences.

QAGOMA gratefully acknowledges the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation’s generous support of APT10 Kids on Tour.

Activities on offer:

'Pattern Exchange' Phuong Ngo - Vietnamese and French inspired designs are often symmetrical with one half mirroring the other. Children are provided with a blue backing sheet and 2 flower pattern sheets, cut out the shapes to arrange them on your sheet to create your own design, then when you are happy with your design glue in place to create your own tile. 

'Where Stortles Roam' Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts - Where Stortles Roam 2021 incites children to use paper templates to make a puppet of an imaginary animal inspired by the poem 'Khichuri (Stew Much)' by Bengali poet Sukmar Ray. 

'Garden of Love' Vipoo Srivilasa - Choose a flower template to decorate or write a message of love to the people you love and have missed.

'Make visible: Celebrate You' Shannon Novak - Shannon creates colourful paintings, sculptures and installations that celebrate inclusivity and diversity. Shannon invites children to create their own flag representing themselves and what makes them happy, sharing the importance of feeling loved and safe. 

'Atom' Syagini Ratna Wulan, Indonesia b. 1979 - Inspired by traditional mandala-making Ratana Wulan has created five mandala designs that children can choose from and transform with colour and pattern in the activity Atom 2021. Mandalas are circular artworks used in some spiritual and religious practices to create a sense of wellness.

Phuong Ngo / Australia b.1983 / Pattern Exchange 2021 / Commissioned for APT10 Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © The artist / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon, QAGOMA