Friday Finds

image from The Cinema Travellers

Finding Dory at IMAX 3D - SUNDAY FUNDAY

This weekend - MCA Zine fair

Cinema Travellers at Sydney Film Festival

We are headed to Melbourne for a few days in July --- just found a 24 hour ramen restaurant in my research. Ramen for breakfast please!

We will also be in Brisbane for the Cindy Sherman exhibition... but we will be missing out on the Teen Exclusive Backstage pass on the 24th June (for 13 - 18 year olds)

Centre of Photography School Holiday photography courses

White Rabbit Gallery is on my list - the teahouse has my daughters name written all over it

(A little early) Arts Rocket Friday Finds

Posting our Friday Finds an evening earlier  to share some exciting events happening over the school holidays and beyond.

• 13 rooms - Kaldor Public Art Projects - Fantastic kids workshops over the school holidays all inspired by 13 rooms (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach).  Animation, sculpture and movement.
• The MCA have some fun drop in Contemporary Kids workshops - Cardboard City   and  Junior Art School. They also encourage families to come along to their annual Zine fair on the 26th May
• If you didn't catch Olafur Eliasson last time - make sure you don't miss him this time at the Sherman Gallery.  Especially if you have kids that love lego!
• This school holidays you can't go past seeing The List Operators 6D within the Kids at the House program.

Take your time - BUT hurry up before it closes

CLOSING ON SUNDAY 11th APRIL - OLAFUR ELIASSON

This weekend grab the kids and head down the MCA to catch the wonderful exhibition from Olafur Eliasson - Take your time.

Suitable for kids of all ages this exhibition explores light, shapes and colour in an interactive environment. When we first walked in the kids rushed to the large communal table filled with small pieces of white lego and constructions that had been built by creators before them. Every room within the museum captures the imagination.

This is not to be missed!

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About the Exhibition

The MCA presents the must-see contemporary art event of the year, Take your time: Olafur Eliasson. Gathering works from major collections worldwide, it spans Eliasson’s diverse career from 1993 to the present, including installations, sculpture and photography. It is the first large-scale exhibition of works by this Danish-Icelandic artist to be presented in Australia.

From light-filled environments to walk-in kaleidoscopes, Eliasson’s unique, experiential works explore the intersection between nature and science, and the boundary between the organic and the artificial.

Raised partly in Iceland, Eliasson has drawn his inspiration from that country’s landscape and spectacular weather. He recontextualises elements such as light, water, ice, fog, arctic moss and lava rock to create works that shift the viewer’s consciousness and sense of place.

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Adults $15 Children under 12 Free

MCA details

Exhibition Website

Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years | MCA | NSW

Last school holidays when deciding what to do with the kids ( aged 10, 7 and 5), I lived by the following code:

1. It had to be fun and
2. It had to be free

At first we thought it may be impossible but we were delighted to find that when you digged deep enough treasures do appear.
One of those treasures was the Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Discover the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama with this major exhibition that spans decades of her artistic practice.Working across different media and forms that include painting, collage, sculpture, installation and film, as well as performance and its documentation, Kusama creates works that reveal a fixation with repetition, pattern and accumulation.

Expect lots of dots!

Some parts of the exhibition were difficult to prevent my children from touching, as it was just too tempting. They loved the rooms that allowed them to be  enclosed (with a small group)in a room of dots and mirrors or starlights and water(it felt like we were in space) revealing amazing patterns.

If your kids want to learn more about Yayoi and have fun with dots, the Queensland Art Gallery have a fantastic online interactive experience where they can dot to their hearts content.
An education kit is available online to download for older kids.

This exhibition finishes on the 8th June so you don't have long to catch it.

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Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years
24 FEBRUARY - 8 JUNE 2009
Cost : Free
Location: MCA
140 George Street
The Rocks NSW 2000
Australia

MCA Art Family Day - Sunday Jan 18th

MCA Family Art Day Sunday 18th Jan,  10.30am - 2.30pm 

Explore the MCA's Summer exhibitions with this fun-filled event for all the family. Participate in hands-on art activities at Art Stations placed around the galleries, join in on family -friendly exhibition tours, hear storytelling and music, and win great prizes!

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Adult: $12 Student:$10 Child under 12: $8

MCA Members:$2.00 discount per head

Family Pass for up to 6 people $40

Bookings essential to MCA learning: 02 9245 2484 or education@mca.com.au

Visit www.mca.com.au for more information

2008 Biennale of Sydney - NSW

The 2008 Biennale of Sydney - Australias Festival of Contemporary Art.
18 June - 17 September 2008

Revolting Kids! Treasure Map
Available every day from July to September on arrival at Cockatoo Island. Follow the trail and find the clues that lead you on a hunt for specially chosen artworks found on Cockatoo Island.
Cockatoo Island
WHEN:Tuesday, 1 July 200810:00am - 5:00pm
WHERE:Cockatoo IslandCockatoo Island, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Kids & Families: Interactive art
Explore contemporary art with Open Stage, using imaginative, explorative, improvisational storytelling.
Monday, 7 July – Friday, 11 July, 1:30pm
Art Gallery of New South Wales
WHEN:Monday, 7 July 20081:30pm
WHERE:Art Gallery of New South WalesArt Gallery Rd, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Art Revolutions School Holiday Workshops
Discover the Biennale with art activities responding to the themes of turning, twisting, inverting and mirroring. Led by artists, these fun workshops start with an exhibition tour followed by activities ranging from drawing games to sculpture.
Materials and morning tea provided.
Tuesday, 8 July (5–7 year olds), 10:30am – 1:00 pm Wednesday, 9 July (8–11 year olds), 10:30am – 1:00 pmThursday, 10 July (Teenagers), 10:30am – 1:00 pm$30/$20 Members Bookings essential
Museum of Contemporary Art
WHEN:Tuesday, 8 July 200810:30am - 1:00pm
WHERE:Museum of Contemporary Art140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
HOW MUCH:$30.00 BOOKING:
Book through the Museum of Contemporary Art:mailto:education@mca.com.au

MCA Family Day

Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008

SUNDAY 1 JUNE 10.30- 3.00PM
Explore the MCA's Autumn Season exhibitions with this fun-filled day for all the family packed with hands-on art activities, family-friendly tours, storytelling and competitions.
ADULTS $20/$15 MCA MEMBERS
CHILDREN $15/$12 MCA MEMBERS (UNDER 12YRS)
DISCOUNT: $10/$8 PER HEAD FOR GROUPS OF 4 OR MORE
Bookings: mailto:education@mca.com.au?subject=CURRENCY:%20FAMILY%20ART%20DAY%20Web%20RSVP&body=Name%3A%20%0D%0ANumber%20of%20Tickets%3A%20%0D%0AAre%20you%20an%20MCA%20Member%20or%20Concession%3F%3A%20%0D%0APostal%20Address%3A%20%0D%0ADaytime%20Contact%20Number%3A%20%0D%0A or 02 9245 2484
For more information: http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=13&content_id=3874

Museum of Contempory Art
140 George StreetThe Rocks NSW 2000Australia

A Special Afternoon MCA Art Baby Event

A Special Afternoon MCA Art Baby Event for World Breastfeeding Week

Art Baby is a unique social program especially for parents and guardians with babies. Get out of the house and into the MCA galleries with a lively one-hour guided tour of Winter Season exhibitions followed by afternoon tea in the MCA Café. Strollers and prams welcome.

MCA Art Baby Tuesday 7 August, 2.00pm - 3.30pm
$12/$10 MCA Members (children under 2 free)
Bookings essential: education@mca.com.au or 02 9245 2484

More information on Breastfeeding Week can be found at http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/