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Autumn School Holiday Program
Mon 10 April - Fri 21 April

Colouring Activity by Smith & Jones + Todd Fuller
Daily 10 – 21 April
Join us in colouring your idea of home!
Colouring activity inspired by Smith & Jones’ new single and film clip by artist Todd Fuller. Artworks will be displayed in the library windows for a kids exhibition during the school holidays. Drop in to the gallery between 10-21 April to colour!
Beautiful Bush
Tuesday 11 April @ 4pm – 5pm
Our first session of Kids Colour Club, which will continue into school term. Cool, creative and colourful art making sessions at the gallery!
Using a range of materials create your own artwork inspired by the themes of our current exhibitions.
$10 BRAGS Members, $15 non-members, bookings essential, all materials supplied, ages 6 – 13.
Click here for tickets to Beautiful Bush
Cardboard Cockatoos
Wednesday 12 April @ 10.30am – 12.30pm
Create and decorate your own cardboard cockatoo sculpture inspired by Leanne Wicks’ sculpture birds.
$10 BRAGS members, $15 non-members, bookings essential, all materials supplied, ages 6 – 13.
Click here for tickets to Cardboard Cockatoos
3D-Look Artmaking Workshop
Thursday 13 April @ 10.30am – 12.30pm
Inspired by Danelle Bergstrom’s digital artworks in our current exhibition. Create your own 3D-look artwork by painting on different layers of a transparent material.
$10 BRAGS Members, $15 non-members, bookings essential, all materials supplied, ages 6 – 13.
Click here for tickets to 3D-look Artmaking
Smith & Jones Storytime + Colouring Activity
Monday 17 April @ 10.30am – 11.30am
To help celebrate the launch of Smith & Jones’ new single, Home, join Abby and Sophie at the library for kids storytime, music, and a colouring activity!
Click here for tickets to Smith & Jones Storytime + Colouring
Related Events
The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West in the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.
Event listings are sourced or supplied from local venues and arts organisations. Many events listed here have been originally shared by the organisers on social media. Whilst all care is taken – and accuracy is our priority – we can take no responsibility for date changes or the content of contributed information. Contact the event organisers listed for more details or to book tickets.
The best way to include your event is to use our SUBMIT HERE form (under the What’s On menu at the top of each page). These listings will be manually approved by the Arts OutWest team before publication. Please allow a couple of days for listings to be published. If you have submitted an event and want to make changes just email us at artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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