In this Little Artists session, participants will explore sensory sculpture making. When you touch, smell, see, taste or hear something, you are using one of your senses. A sensory sculpture is a sculpture that uses your senses. You might be able to see it, hear it or smell it!

Participants will be guided to use a range of materials, liquids, household items, and ingredients to make a vibrant, interesting and playful sculpture. Participants will seek inspiration from artworks in the Gallery to create a sculpture that expresses some of their experiences of these artworks or how they look.

Materials: Scissors, tape, plasticine or sticky tack, bottle, water, food colouring, coloured card or paper, foil, recycled objects, beads, marbles, glitter.

Definitions and Learnings: This activity encourages the development of fine motor skills through construction. Children will also learn about form and shape and identify different senses and their function.

Ages: For pre-school aged children and their parents/carers

Cost: FREE

Registration essential

Where: Benalla Art Gallery, Patricia [Pat] Gardner Studio

Benalla Art Gallery’s Little Artists program is developed specifically for pre-school children. We use games, story-telling and creative activities to encourage young children, and their parents and carers, to have fun while learning about art.

Sessions are free and are scheduled for the first week of each month from February to December.

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