Creative Space
FREE creative fun in the Gallery for kids and adults of all ages!
Our creative space is open daily during normal gallery hours.
*Young children are to be accompanied by an adult or guardian at all times.
creative Space
5 Apr – 1 Jun 2025
ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL KIDS ON TOUR
Experience exciting free hands-on art-making activities at Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour at Noosa Regional Gallery!
Presented by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern (QAGOMA), QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said seven different artist-designed activities will connect young visitors and families in more than 180 communities throughout the state with ideas and cultures from across Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour includes activities developed in collaboration with artists Dana Awartani (Saudi Arabia/Palestine), Etson Caminha (Timor‑Leste), Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar (Malaysia), Brett Graham (Aotearoa New Zealand), Okui Lala (Malaysia), Yim Maline (Cambodia) and Rithika Merchant (India).
Developed in collaboration with artist Dana Awartani, Unity within Multiplicity is an activity based on Zellij tile designs — a style of mosaic traditionally found in North African and Spanish architecture and created by arranging small pieces of coloured tile into geometric patterns. In this activity, children can create repeating patterns using coloured pencils and geometric templates.
My Kitchen Sounds, an activity by experimental sound artist and musician Etson Caminha, invites children to experiment with sound composition and make music with materials found in the home.
Monster of Wants, developed with Malaysian artist Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, invites children to create a drawing of a monster that expresses the things they most desire, while A Dream for the Future, in collaboration with Cambodian artist Yim Maline, prompts them to make a drawing that reflects what they dream for the future.
If the seeds chose where to grow, developed in collaboration with Indian artist Rithika Merchant, encourages children to shape a new world by adding elements such as living beings, plants and celestial bodies to a digital or drawn landscape.
Wakuwaku reflects artist Brett Graham’s use of traditional Māori patterns. He asks children to consider the natural environment where they live and to be inspired by it when designing their own pattern to apply to the surface of two custom template shapes.
Children can also enjoy two video works created in collaboration with Malaysian artist Okui Lala and featuring bilingual and multilingual students from Brisbane’s West End State School.
Asia Pacific Triennial Kids and Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour are supported by Principal Benefactor, the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.
Art Detective
Look closely at the exhibitions. Become a detective and see if you can find the listed items. Afterwards, show the volunteer on duty for a top secret stamp of approval!
WIN! Go into a draw with the chance to win an art pack at the end of the exhibition. Good luck!
* Updated with each new exhibition.
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Main image: Dana Awartani / Saudi Arabia/Palestine b.1987 / Unity Within Multiplicity (installation view, GOMA) 2024 / Paper templates, coloured pencils, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Dana Awartani and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Dana Awartani / Photograph: C Callistemon © QAGOMA