$7 per child
All materials are provided
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Calling all fashionistas, fashion-resisters, fun lovers, fun makers and cool creators! Join Maxine Beneba Clarke as she reads her book Fashionista, leads us in craft activities and finishes in a flurry with a fashion parade finale! All are welcome, all are unique, and all are celebrated in this seriously stylish story time!
This program is Auslan interpreted and designed for ages 4-10 years accompanied by their grownup.
Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer and illustrator of Afro-Caribbean descent. She is the author of over ten books, including the short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race, the poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave and the children’s books Fashionista and When We Say Black Lives Matter. She is currently Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne.
Made possible with funds donated by Tim Fairfax AC
This program is wheelchair accessible and Auslan interpreted.
For access support or other ways to book please email bookings@npg.gov.au or phone 02 6102 7070 prior to your visit.
from Saturday 25 March
Little Darlings is for primary and secondary students, with four separate categories across Kindergarten to Year 12. Responding to the theme ‘identity’, students painted, drew, photographed, printed or combined all of these to make their portrait.
from Friday 10 March
Portraiture. Not as you know it. We invite you to stretch, push, resist and transcend portraiture’s conventional constraints.
Open every day
The collection display includes a wide selection of portraits that tell extraordinary stories of encounter, exploration, independence, individuality and achievement in Australia.
