Developed in Aotearoa New Zealand, Squiggla is a hands-on creative visual thinking programme.

Bring the youngsters, get creative and come and explore in the Gallery space during January.

Squiggla will facilitating two fantastic workshops as well.

Sunday 12 Jan 1.30pm-3.30pm

Squiggla™ Experimental Mark Making and Collage Family Workshop

$30 per child

Squiggla is a creative mark-making programme. Hands, eyes, hearts and minds get a workout as Squiggla helps you exercise your own creative thinking potential and keeps you creatively fit!

Squiggla is all about exploring the visual language of dots and lines right on the page as you:

• Invent and imagine by putting your creative thinking into action
• Generate new visual ideas with play and curiosity
• Break free of ‘art expectations’ and slow your mind to enjoy the creative process
• Compose on the page as marks dance, jaunt, cluster and wander

In this workshop we will be using the concept of experimental, playful mark making. Mark making is a fundamental part of Squiggla and plays an important role in the Chartwell Collection. We will also be using collage which has a big part to play in Squiggla making. It is a great way to synthesise different materials and ideas to create other ideas or elements which wouldn’t have happened without the first ones. Squiggla is designed as a non-judgemental activity for people of all ages from youngsters to adults and families.

Bookings are essential with a maximum of 20 places available. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Book Here

Wednesday 22 January

5-7pm $55 per person

Join us for Slow Looking with Visual Music, an in-gallery Squiggla workshop where we make sense of the senses through hands-on free flow mark making. As Evan Woodruffe, artist and collector said ‘There are weapons in this world, but art is the antithesis of that. It’s something that builds up; it’s something that makes our hearts soar.’

In response to the works in the exhibition, workshop participants will be guided to engage with their senses and explore connections between music and mark making.

Using slow looking, Squiggla’s focus is on visual exploration, intuitive compositions and improvised ideas. The workshop will be accompanied by jazz music with drinks and refreshments provided. 

This workshop is suitable for adults 18 years and over.

Bookings are essential and managed by the Gallery. Maximum of 20 places available.

Book Here