PLAYFUL CREATIVE

Fancy a serving of social art-making topped with a dash of creative play as part of your Sunday Brunch? The Museum of Moving Art (MOMA) presents a unique community arts project that blends game-making and playing with story-telling, art making and art sharing. We provide an ND/Queer friendly space that welcomes allies, families and friends - all ages, genders, cultures and ethnicities are respected and encouraged to participate. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult please.

Playful Creative is founded on the philosophies of 'art as a spiritual practice' and 'arts activism'. "You are never too young too be validated as an artist and never too old to claim this as your birthright", says Loretta Monetta, Chief Curator at MOMA.

You don't need any special skills or equipment to participate, just a willingness to playfully explore your own creativity. We provide materials for group activities. If you have skills and techniques that you are keen to share, go for it - the whole thing runs on skill sharing. You are welcome to propose group activites to add to the weekly program.

THE SPACE
The Newlands NECCHi Neighbourhood House is a welcoming airy light-filled space set in the parklands of Coburg North. The large activities room opens onto an enclosed garden and play area, and adjoins a fully functioning kitchen. We also have access to a lounge room if you feel the need for quiet time. The whole venue is wheelchair accessible.

PROGRAM FORMAT
Group activities will be facilitated in the first hour - these will vary from week to week. We intend to cover a broad range of arts & crafts, creative modalities and forms. You can also bring along your own projects if you like. There's lots of space - we want to keep it fun and relatively informal (it's not an educational course).

Refreshments and chat: There's a break at 11 for a cuppa and a feed. Please consider bringing a plate of food to share if you can. Tea, coffee & biscuits will be provided.

Freestyle: The last hour is not structured, it's a chance to maybe finish off projects already underway, just hang out or try something new.

COST
Free for NECCHi members. Casual $5 per session. No one turned away for lack of funds

MORE INFO

We also run Playful Creative at other local venues on other Sundays, visit the MOMA wiki: https://wikimoma.art/wiki/Playful_Creative for more details.

Join us on our Discord community: https://discord.gg/6Y4WcxQsms