2025 School Bookings - Learning Programs at CMAG

Thank you for your interest in booking an education program at CMAG. Please see below for details of the programs we offer. Book a program by selecting the corresponding ticket type relating to the number of expected children. You invoice will be sent to you approximately 3 weeks prior to your visit via email. Group up to 24 students will cost $250, and groups up to 48 students will cost $500.  Exceeding the number of maximum children (48) will require booking over more than one day. 

If you have any questions or require any assistance, please email our programs booking officer here  or call on (02) 6205 0916. 

WHAT DO ARTISTS MAKE?

Pre-school/Foundation - Year 2 

Terms 1 and 2 

Children will explore works of art at CMAG, then investigate these concepts further with art making in the CMAG Studio. In the gallery, children will engage with works of art showing examples of painting, sculpture and glass making, including artists Sidney Nolan, Brian Corr, Paul House and Tom Rowney. In the CMAG Studio, they will explore and experiment with different tools and techniques to create their own artworks. The program is a wonderful way of introducing children to visual art within a gallery and studio setting.

(Duration - 2 hours)

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY 

Pre-school/Foundation - Year 2 

Terms 3 and 4 

Looking becomes an exciting adventure when exploring the paintings of Sidney Nolan! Children will engage with selected works from Nolan’s Kelly series and bring them to life through art-based games, singing, storytelling, puppetry and role-play. Children further investigate these ideas during a practical art-making session where they will experiment with a variety of media to create individual artworks.

(Duration - 2 hours)

CANBERRA/KAMBERRI: PLACE + PEOPLE 

Lower Primary (1-4) And Upper Primary (5-6)

Available all year

With rich links to the Australian Curriculum, the program will give students an insight into Canberra’s social and cultural history, told through objects of daily use and special significance, artworks of purposeful creativity and moving images made for screens large and small. Structured as a chronological narrative, the exhibition addresses key themes across five date periods. Students will explore the exhibition in the gallery space, then further investigate concepts with an art-making session in the CMAG studio.

(Duration - 2 hours)