School holiday workshops | NGV Kids on Tour 2025

NGV Kids on Tour returns for summertime fun. 

Wangaratta Art Gallery is excited to once again present the very popular National Gallery of Victoria Kids on Tour 2025 program these summer holidays.

This year the NGV Kids on Tour 2025 workshops will feature free art-making activities and games facilitated by educators David Godkin and Glenis Rice. Each workshop will engage, delight and inspire every child and parent that attends with a variety of themes and art making techniques. 

Designed to ignite the imagination and encourage creativity, the NGV has collaborated with artists and designers to create a series of workshops for children and families including:

• Furry Friend Headbands - celebrating the NGV exhibition Cats & Dogs, children can draw fur and other details inspired by their favourite pets on a set of cat or dog ears and wear them for the day – or even to bed!
• Bogong Moths with Deanne Gilson - make your own paper bogong moth and discover interesting facts about this special Australian insect, inspired by the art of Dr Deanne Gilson, a Wadawurrung artist.
• Fashion, Culture & Creativity with Collective Closets - Melbourne-based fashion designers and sisters Fatuma and Laurinda Ndenzako celebrate the beauty and history of the African continent in their slow fashion label, Collective Closets. Create a paper doll with its own wardrobe and design sets of paper clothes to mix and match.
• Lots of Dots with Yayoi Kusama - Pumpkins often appear in Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s artworks. Taking in the spirit of the summer NGV exhibition Yayoi Kusama this activity introduces children and families to one of the world’s leading contemporary artists.
• Make a Pompom with Sophie Honess - Sophie Honess is a Gomeroi Yinarr artist based in Tamworth, New South Wales. Designed especially for teens, this making activity invites participants to be inspired by the natural world around them.

Bookings are essential. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults do not need to book.

Please note numbers are strictly limited to three children per session. Due to the high demand please only book if you can attend the session. If you are unable to attend, please notify us on 03 5722 0865 or gallery@wangaratta.vic.gov.au as soon as possible so that we may give your place to a child on the waiting list.

NGV Kids on Tour is an initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria. NGV extends sincerest thanks to Event Partner, Officeworks, for their generous support of NGV Kids exhibitions and programs.

A child having fun with the Lots of Dots with Yayoi Kusama activity. Photo: Eugene Hyland.