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Day 1: Create & Challenge
Day 2: Protest & Demonstrate
Day 3: Tour & Explore
Our popular Family Day is back for April!
Join us for a day of fun and creativity for the whole whānau.
Come to City Gallery Wellington and discover art activities, encounters and pop-ups.
The Future of Monuments
Today, many want to pull down war memorials as expressions of bad politics, especially those memorials that legitimise evil and injustice. Are there 'good' war memorials—and who decides? Can we make use of 'bad' war memorials? How do we understand miscellaneous contemporary war-memorial projects, like Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin and Ground Zero in New York, or Weta and Te Papa's The Scale of War and Peter Jackson 'colourising' World War I footage? What form could future memorials take?
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Saturday 22 April | 11am - 4pm
Come together to cut some shapes, we’re kicking off Family Day with a rave! Get your energy and creativity flowing with music from Bangerz for Bubs.
Kids Rave
11am – 11.30am | Foyer
Drop in and join our instrument making activity. Work with us to create paper trumpets, rainmakers, and more. Give voice to your creativity with your very own sound.
Instrument Making
11am – 4pm | Drop-in | Boardroom
What lies beneath the surface and your imagination? Your dark, blank page is all possibilities! Scratch away your design to reveal hidden colour and brightness.
Rainbow Etching
11am – 4pm | Drop-in | Education Studio
Become an art explorer by joining one our tour guides to look closely at one artwork. Encounter art together as we tell stories about, ask questions, and look to discover more.
Art Encounter Jr,
11.45am – 12.15pm & 2pm – 2.30pm
Join us for this very special tour of Reuben Paterson: The Only Dream Left and see what other children think about the artworks he’s created.
Children's Tour
12.30pm – 1pm
Get comfortable and cosy under The Golden Bearing and listen to some of our favourite stories.
Storytime
1.15pm – 2pm | Foyer
There are hidden stories everywhere in the Gallery and it’s up to you to tell them in this fun, improvised adventure. Look together with our storytellers and help an artwork come to life.
Improv Storytime
2.30 – 3pm
End your Family Day by bathing in a soothing soundscape with Bangerz for Bubz. After a day of making and fun, enjoy this gentle session to pull your creativity back to you and re-energise.
