Art Steps

Imagine, make and share from home.

Two adults sit with four children in front of a sculpture in the sculpture garden making art with paper

Key information

Art Steps is a series of creative making activities produced by artists for children to enjoy with family and friends.

Do you love making? Are you interested in how artists work? Looking for creative ways to fill a rainy afternoon, or a quiet evening? You will find lots of inspiring activities below. We would love to see what you create. Tag @nationalgalleryaus in the image and use the hashtag #ArtSteps.

Art From Home Activities

Billy Bain in studio: Photo provided by the Artist

Art Steps: Billy Bain
Child making in a kids and families workshop
Art Steps: Al Munro
Art Steps: Tony Albert
Child making in a kids and families workshop
Art Steps: Nicole Barakat
Child and adult making in a kids and families workshop
Art Steps: Vivienne Binns
children painting
Art Steps: Clarice Beckett
Rochelle Haley and others performing in A Sun Dance
Art Steps: Rochelle Haley
Art Steps: Saskia Haalebos
Two women sit on a timber bench, within a gallery space, surrounded by paintings and work of art suspended from the ceiling and walls

Artists Helen Johnson and Judy Watson, Waanyi people in Judy Watson & Helen Johnson: the red thread of history, loose ends at the National Gallery.

Art Steps: Judy Watson & Helen Johnson
Young boy and woman at a table drawing
Art Steps: Hayley Millar Baker
Jess Johnson: Perspective
Justene Williams: Fans
Louise Weaver: Birds
Kerrie Poliness: Toasting LeWitt
Raquel Ormella: Flags for bedroom nations
Iltja Ntjarra: Colouring Country
Noŋgirrŋa Marawili: Bottle barramundi
Jumaadi: Magic stage
Jenny Kee: Paper waratahs
Melinda Harper: Grace Crowley
Hands on studio: Kitchen Range
GHOSTPATROL: Reimagining the gallery
Mikala Dwyer: Magical power house
Karla Dickens: Koalas
Justene Williams: Dress with Delaunay
Daniel Boyd: Collage
Tony Albert: Making masks
Reko Rennie: Send a message
David Wallace: Horse rider sculptures
Arone Meeks: The big boat adventure
Angelina Pwerle: Animal portrait prints

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Photograph of balloon with silhouettes of kids playing

What to do and know when visiting the Gallery with kids.

Learning

Learning Resources

Close up photograph of child artmaking at table

Our range of diverse learning resources includes ‘look, think, create’ activities, audio and video components, art making projects and much more.

Exhibition

DOG

Past Exhibition
Sculpture of six dingoes

2 Oct 1999 – 9 Apr 2000

This Children's Gallery exhibition looks at the way artists communicate their experiences of dogs through their artworks.

Exhibition

Play

Past Exhibition
Model layout of exhibitions with hands adjusting the location of works of art

4 Feb – 24 Jun 2012

Young Writers

Is social media affecting how we engage with art?

Artist Dan Bourke talks about the impact of Web 2.0 on our cognitive reading of art, pointing to childhood learning in a new exhibition.

Read Time: 10 minutes
Kids & Families

For Kids & Families

4 children and 2 adults sitting in a circle doing craft together.

Encourage your child’s curiosity and creativity with joyful, artist-led programs and activities.

Kids & Families

Art Together

Art Together is a series of artist-led projects that invites participants of all ages into the world of an artist and to create through collaboration.

Learning

Online Workshops

Back view of a group of Secondary school students looking at an Indigenous work of art on a wall

Bring the Gallery into your classroom, with our online workshops, designed to spark imaginations and deepen students' understanding of art.

Kids & Families

Art Together with Joel Bray

In the autumn Art Together, participants took inspiration from Joel Bray’s promenade performance.

Kids & Families

Art Together with Lucy Irvine

Lucy Irvine led a series of creative workshops with the community to construct an ephemeral sculpture.