CRAFTERNOON FOR KIDS > BOTANICAL PRINTING
Saturday 5 November, 2PM > 3PM, FREE, Limited Spots, Booking Essential, at Linden Workshop
Join us in this hands-on crafternoon and learn how to monoprint using leaves and foliage.
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SPOOKY CRAFTERNOON FOR KIDS & HALLOWEEN PARTY
Saturday 29 October, 1PM > 4PM, FREE, at Linden New Art
Go ghost hunting in the gallery, join a workshop with Nick Ashwood, let’s get spooky & crafty on Halloween!
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On Holidays At Linden > Upcycled Wall Hangings
Inspired by this year’s Design Fringe theme of sustainability and waste, this activity will teach us how to weave using a cardboard loom. Read More…
Crafternoon for Kids > String Figures with Louisa Bufardeci
Saturday 20 August 2022, 2PM > 3:30PM, FREE, at Linden New Art
In this fun workshop for kids, artist Louisa Bufardeci will teach a range of string figures inspired by her current exhibition Figuring.
Kids are invited to come along and explore their creativity and learn string figure classics such as Cat’s Whiskers, Jacob’s Ladder and The
Broom.
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On Holidays at Linden > Little Bathroom Figures
Look around your bathroom. What do you see? What kind of items are in the room?
Learn how to play, mould and create your very own miniature sculptures with this fun activity for kids. Inspired by Honor Freeman’s
exhibition Ebb, this activity will teach us to slow down
and notice everyday objects we often overlook.
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Crafternoon for Kids > Rugby Jerseys
Create a special rugby jersey inspired by your family and friends. This fun activity for kids draws on the themes of family and connection present in Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman’s current exhibition Yal. Read More…
ON HOLIDAYS AT LINDEN > CREATE YOUR STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
Explore colour and light with this activity for kids inspired by Ilan El’s Colours of Light exhibition.
Play with colour, experiment with light and be creative. Can you make your very own colourful creation? This fun activity will teach us how
to make a stained-glass window from paper and cellophane, adding beautiful colour to your room.
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Crafternoon for Kids > Holiday Postcards
Make your very own holiday postcard!
This fun activity for kids is inspired by the Linden Postcard Show 2021-22 and can be enjoyed from the comfort of home.
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This year’s Design Fringe focuses on the theme of “home”. The home can be an endless source of inspiration for design. Create an organic origami lamp shade for your house. Learn the art of folding paper using simple origami techniques. Follow this step by step activity to make your own origami lamp shade. Read More…
On Holidays with Linden > Design your perfect home
If you could live anywhere, where would that be? What does your perfect home look like? Is your perfect home by the sea or in the mountains? Everything is possible in this activity! Linden New Art have produced this activity inspired by the Design Fringe theme of ‘home’. Read More…
On Holidays with Linden > Make a lagerphone
What do you do with a lagerphone? Well … you play it!
A lagerphone, or a music stick, is an old percussion instrument, like a tambourine, that was played in bush bands in the countryside. It is a
wooden stick with bottle caps nailed onto it and makes a great sound when you tap to the music. We are going to make our very own music
stick.
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On Holidays at Linden > Treasure Hunt
Get ready to explore the Linden Postcard Show! Read More…
On Holidays at Linden > Drawing competition
Draw your own mini masterpiece to win! Read More…
Crafternoon for Kids > Time Capsule
Make a time capsule to discover in the future!
This year has been a big year! We have done so many new things and overcome so many different obstacles. The world is always changing and so
are we. This might be a special year to remember in a time capsule.
A time capsule stores objects and letters from a moment in time that is hidden away or buried for discovery in the future.
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Kids Activities > Linden Postcard Show
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Continue exploring the artists work at home with three creative activities, What is in the room? with Prudence Flint, Build your
memory place with Michael Kluge and Imagine you are in the sky with Steffie Wallace.
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On Holidays at Linden > NGV Kids on Tour
Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 January 2021, FREE
ART IS FOR EVERYONE
In partnership with NGV Kids on Tour, Linden is excited to continue our school holiday activities with a TAKE-HOME ART PACK for all ages.
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Isolate with Linden > Kids Activities
Explore these fun, easy to follow kids activities for all ages to enjoy at home. Inspired by our Linden past exhibitions, Isolate with Linden > Kids Activities are an educational resource that encourages kids to meditate, learn and use their creative imaginations! Read More…
Linden New Art has joined East Gippsland Art Gallery to connect our stay-at-home communities through the art of letters.
Kids are invited to become a pen pal by sending a meaningful message to someone who has to stay home just like you.
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On Holidays at Linden > Kelly Horses
Re-imagined and delivered online!
Create your own Kelly horse with artist Jacqui Stockdale
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Crafternoon for Kids > Lead by artist Farnaz Dadfar
Sunday 2 February 2020, 1PM-2:30PM
Join Linden Art Prize 2019 artist Farnaz Dadfar for a special artist-led kids’ workshop. Inspired by the artist’s use of colour, pattern and
design, kids are invited to explore their creativity and think outside the box to make their own experimental art pieces.
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On Holidays at Linden > NGV Kids on Tour 2020
Saturday 11 January to Sunday 19 January 2020
This summer school holidays, join in free drop-in activities as part of NGV Kids on Tour at Linden New Art. Inspired by KAWS: PLAYTIME
exhibition on now at the NGV, kids are invited to get creative clay modelling, drawing and collage activities.
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Treasure Hunt > Around the World
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Sunday 9 February 2020
Grab a pencil and get ready to explore the Linden Postcard Show. Follow the treasure map and mark X when you’ve found the artworks.
Free to play throughout the duration of the Linden Postcard Show 2019-20.
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Crafternoon for Kids > When I Grow Up
Saturday 5 October 2019, 12PM-1.30PM
Join artist Justin Hinder for kids art activity! Think about all the wonders the future holds inspired by Linden New Art current
exhibitions. Look 10 years into the future, 100 years and 1000 years. What do you think the future will look like when you grow up?
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On Holidays at Linden > Pet Portraits
Tuesday 25 September to Sunday 30 September 2018, 10AM to 3PM
Artists Julia deVille and Natalie Ryan both look at animals in their artistic practice and explore what animals mean to us in our everyday
lives. In this free drop-in holiday activity, kids can create a Pet Portrait of a loved or favourite animal.
On Holidays at Linden > Futuristic Inventions
Saturday 21 September to Sunday 6 October 2019
The world’s greatest inventors started with some pretty crazy ideas that seemed almost impossible. Yet here we are today, flying through
the sky in aeroplanes and playing video games on smart phones. What can you come up with?
Crafternoon for Kids > Sound Collage
Sunday 18 August 2019, 1PM to 3PM
The louder the better! Join sound artists Dale Gorfinkel and Bryan Phillips for a special sound workshop. Using recycled materials, organic
or kitchen objects to create sound sculptures, kids will bang, clash and make a collective music composition.
On Holidays at Linden > My Family and Me
Tuesday 2 July to Sunday 14 July 2019, 11AM-4PM
Drop in to the gallery this school holidays and draw a picture of your family visiting your favourite place in St Kilda. As part of Linden
Locals, a
photographic exhibition to celebrate our many visitors, artists and locals, we are inviting kids and families to share their stories.
Crafternoon for Kids > Clay Coolamons
Sunday 16 June 2019, 12.30PM to 2PM
What is a coolamon? A coolamon traditionally is made from wood and is like a big oval bowl. They are traditionally used for holding bush
tucker when you go collecting in the bush. They also held babies when mothers would rock them to sleep.
Crafternoon for Kids > Perfect Balance
Tuesday 9 April 2019, 1PM to 2.30PM
Kids are invited to join Linden Art Prize 2019 artist Andrew Atchison in an artist-lead creative workshop. They will each create a
perfectly balanced hanging mobile artwork from diverse objects as a kind of self-portrait, to explore how themes of diversity and personal
uniqueness can be expressed through art.
On Holidays at Linden > Rethinking Design
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 April 2019, 11AM to 4PM
Inspired by Linden Art Prize 2019 artist Farnaz Dadfar, kids will experiment with colour, pattern and design
through the playful and unexpected visual correlations of Dadfar's work.
On Holidays at Linden > NGV Kids on Tour
Tuesday 8 to Sunday 13 January 2019, 11AM to 4PM
Do you like to play make believe? Close your eyes and imagine – transform into a creature, fly through the sky, or travel through infinite
worlds. Your creativity can take you anywhere.
Linden Postcard Show Treasure Hunt
Wednesday 2 January to Sunday 10 February 2019, 11AM to 4PM
"There! X marks the spot!" Visit the Linden Postcard Show 2018-19 exhibition and pick up copies of our free TREASURE HUNT
activity sheet for kids.
Crafternoon for Kids: Memento Mori
Saturday 13 October 2018, 2PM to 3.30PM
Memento mori - Remember you are mortal. Remembering our mortality gives us a chance to think about what really matters in our
lives. Memento mori is a symbolic reminder used in art.
Free Family Activity > Mapping My Home
28 July to 2 September 2018
In this free drop-in activity, mothers and daughters, kids and families, are invited to work together to create a map of their home or
favourite places.
On Holidays at Linden > Tree Branch Ornaments
Wednesday 11 July 2018, 3.30PM to 5PM
Let the natural world inspire your child’s creativity. In this artist-led creative workshop for kids, artist and educator Angela Rossitto will
explore seasonal changes with
children and show them how natural materials can be re-used for creative projects.
Crafternoon for Kids > Tricky Critters
Saturday 3 March 2018, 10.30AM to 12PM
Inspired by Nicole Newman's exhibition Geniavisheh Shtiklech (Tricky Pieces),
this drawing workshop led by artist Justin Hinder gets kids to slow down and focus on the intricate forms of small bugs & animals that
they will draw & colour.
Crafternoon for Kids > Sculpting Plasticine People
Saturday 3 February 2018, 10AM to 12PM
Learn how to mold & create your own little plasticine person to keep! Join award-winning artist Leonie Rhodes for a fun art workshop
for kids.
On Holidays at Linden: NGV Kids on Tour
Wednesday 3 January, Friday 12 January 2018
Wiggle your toes, stick out your tongue and wave your arms – everybody get involved with NGV Kids on Tour at Linden New Art.
Crafternoon for Kids: Bush Toys
Saturday 9 Sep 2017, 12.30PM to 2PM
Inspired by the Border Lines exhibition at Linden New Art, create fun bush toys with fibre-design artist Adrienne Kneebone. Using soft
grass, colourful wool and some big buttons, create anything from a small grass lizard to a mighty pair of buffalo horns.
On Holidays at Linden > Recycle, Recreate, Repurpose
Friday 7 July 2017, 10.30AM to 12PM
In this book-art workshop, children will be given a series of different paper cut-out illustrations that they can colour and decorate to
create their own book-art story. Michelle Lackenby, Creative Director and paper artist, Paperazzi Design Studio will teach techniques of
glueing, folding and cutting.
