Wednesday 26 – Sunday 30 April 2017

Program

TMAG Children’s Festival

Free admission www.tmag.tas.gov.au Dunn Place, Hobart

Cover artwork by Marley Pedersen, age 11. Marley is the winner of the TMAG Children’s Festival Animal Artwork Competition judged by the TMAG Children’s Reference Panel from many wonderful entries.

Things to show up to and do 2 – 9Festival Artist in Residence 10 – 11Things to book in for 12 – 13Things to see 14 – 15Daily planners 16 – 20Kids’ Disco 21

Join in!

Festival Opening Event

Help get this festival started! Join us to officially open the 2017 TMAG Children’s Festival. There will be live music and every child has a chance to win the lucky door prize.

Location: Courtyard

Wednesday 26 April 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Page âWelcome to the 2017 TMAG Children’s Festival!

This year the festival will explore all things ANIMAL. For five days TMAG turns itself over to you, our younger visitors, with a range of special events, displays, programs and activities for and by children. Make animal puppets with Trash Puppets, our Festival Artists in Residence, come party at the Kids’ Disco, meet people who work with animals every day, and much more.

All festival activities and events are free!

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Animal StampedeTake the festival to the streets! Help fill the footpath with chalk animals.Location: Dunn Place Footpath Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Print Ecology Art StationExplore the relationships humans and animals have with different types of plants. Using printing, drawing and collage, contribute to a collaborative artwork with artist Sara Wright.

Location: Courtyard Wednesday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Daily LEGO ChallengeAttempt a different building challenge each day and see what animals you can create.

Location: Central Gallery Wednesday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Thursday – Sunday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Energetic AfternoonsGet your body moving with these high-energy participatory sessions. Appropriate footwear required, some activities are weather dependent.

Location: Courtyard Wednesday – Saturday 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Wednesday Tai Chi Thursday Animal Antics Friday Aboriginal Dance Saturday Zumba® Kids

Things to show up to and do

A great range of fun activities for all ages that you can drop-in to and enjoy.

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MONA 24 Carrot GardenJoin MONA’s 24 Carrot Garden team to explore the amazing lives of the little heroes working away in the gardens, farms and forests of Tasmania. Discover amazing facts about cannibal slugs, aphid zombies, masquerading lace wings, and farming ants.

Location: Courtyard Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Wildlife WorkersMeet some amazing people who work with animals, and find out what their jobs involve.

Location: Dunn Place Lawn Wednesday – Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Wednesday Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary Thursday Derwent Estuary Program and Birdlife Tasmania Friday Marine Mammal Conservation Program Saturday Save the Tasmanian Devil Program Sunday Reptile Rescue

Chill-out ZoneNeed a break from all of the Festival buzz? Visit the Chill-out Zone to read a book, play with shadow puppets, enjoy a board game, or just sit and relax.

Location: Bond Store Basement Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Activities in the Chill-out Zone Puggle Club An hour of stories, songs, and games for under-fives and their carers.

Wednesday 10:30 am – 11:30 am Thursday – Sunday 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Daily Film Screenings Enjoy a selection of short films by children presented by Kickstart Arts.

Wednesday – Sunday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Ages 0-5

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Story Readings: Winnie-the-Pooh and friendsSettle back and let your imagination wander through the Hundred Acre Wood with Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh.

Location: Salon Gallery Wednesday – Sunday 11.30 am – 12:00 pm

Tasty TidbitsJoin TMAG’s experts and learn about the eating habits of different animals.

Location: Various, details below Wednesday – Sunday 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Wednesday Jack Jumper Ants (Earth and Life) Thursday Coral (Earth and Life) Friday Whales (Link Foyer) Saturday Marine Molluscs (Earth and Life) Sunday Whales (Link Foyer) Live at Lunchtime

Listen to young local musicians.Location: Courtyard Verandah Wednesday – Saturday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Kids’ VoicesWant to know what other kids think about TMAG? Listen to the Kids’ Voices audio guides to find out.

Locations: Look for the telephones in the Central Gallery, ningina tunapri, Earth and Life, The Thylacine, Power of Change and Islands to Ice Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

SuggestasaurusVisit the ‘Suggestasaurus’ and let us know what you would like to see at next year’s Children’s Festival.

Location: Courtyard Verandah Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Animal TracksLearn about Tasmanian native animals and how they are used by Tasmanian Aboriginal people today and in the past.

Location: Central Gallery Wednesday and Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Seascapes Discover some remarkable creatures that live under the sea. Create a miniature underwater scene using found objects to take home with you.

Location: Central Gallery Thursday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Beetle BoxWhat’s so special about beetles, and why are there so many different sorts? Take a closer look, listen to a poem, and make a little beetle house to take back home.

Location: Central Gallery Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Fantastic CreaturesBring animals from the furthest corners of your imagination to life using drawing and collage.

Location: Bond Store Ground Thursday and Saturday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

From Feet to FinsMillions of years ago the ancestors of whales walked the earth. Discover the evolutionary journey of whales.

Location: Central Gallery Saturday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Origami AnimalsPractise your origami skills. What animal shapes can you make to take home?

Location: Islands to Ice Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Festival FinaleThe final day of the Festival is a hive of activity, with lots to do across the whole museum including face painting, live music, animal demonstrations, puppet performances and more. See daily schedule for full details.

Location: Various Sunday 10:00 am – 3:30 pm

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Meet Katie Boon and Jhess Knight from Trash Puppets (VIC), our Festival Artists in Residence. They empower people of all ages to be creative using recycled and reusable materials.

Drop in to the Puppet Studio and take inspiration from recycled materials to create your own trash puppet, write or draw your puppet’s story for The Trashy Tales of an Elusive Tail storybook, track the Tasmanian Devil puppet through the exhibits, and enjoy a performance by young workshop participants.

Puppet Performance WorkshopAn opportunity for passionate young creatives to work with the Festival Artists in Residence.

Limited spaces, see page 13 for full details and how to book.

Festival Artists in Residence

Visit the Puppet StudioSwing by the Studio to make your own trash puppet and add a story or picture to The Trashy Tales of an Elusive Tail story-book.

Location: Puppet Studio (Centre for Learning and Discovery)

Wednesday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Thursday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Friday 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Festival Finale Puppet Show

Watch performances

by young puppeteers

developed during the

Children’s Festival Puppet

Performance Workshop with

the Trash Puppets.

Location: Central Gallery

Sunday 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join in!

Trash Puppets Roving PerformancesWatch out for the “trashy” Tassie Devil as he roams the museum.

Location: VariousWednesday – Friday 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

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Backyard Wildlife Surveillance – Camera Trap TricksJoin the crew from Hobart Hackerspace to learn how to make and set up a camera trap to capture wild animals on film.

Children must be accompanied by an adult for this workshop.

Saturday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ages 5-7) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (ages 8-12)

Creative CreaturesLearn to draw creatures great and small! These cartooning tips and tricks will give you all the tools you need to draw cartoon animals – from the real to the imaginary.

Children must be accompanied by an adult for this workshop.

Thursday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ages 5-7) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (ages 8-12)

Friday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ages 5-7) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (ages 8-12)

Puppet Performance Workshop with Trash Puppets Puppet making, story writing and performance

workshop suitable for budding puppeteers aged 8 – 12. Workshop participants will perform with their puppets the following day at the Festival Finale.Children do not need to be accompanied by an

adult for this workshop.Before entering the ballot for this opportunity please ensure availability for both Workshop and Performance components listed below:Workshop Saturday 9:30 am – 3:30 pmRehearsal and Performance Sunday 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Things to book for

These free workshops have limited spaces

that will be allocated using a ballot process.

To enter the ballot fill in the booking

request form at www.tmag.tas.gov.au/

bookings/families by Wednesday 19 April.

You will be notified on Friday 21 April if you

have been allocated a place.

Multiple children entered on one booking

request form will be placed on the same

ballot ticket.

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Winnie-the-Pooh and friendsGet an insight into the creation of one of the world’s most loved children’s characters. A selection of original drawings by British artist Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976), including preliminary illustrations for the children’s classics Winnie-the-Pooh and Wind in the Willows.

Location: Salon Gallery

LEGO Display

The Tasmanian Brick Enthusiasts

bring their LEGO animal creations

to TMAG. Marvel in the miniature

world of everyone’s favourite

construction toy.

Location: Link Foyer

The Megafauna ReturnTMAG’s much-loved models of giant extinct marsupials come back specially for the Festival. Let’s give them a REALLY BIG welcome!

Location: Central Gallery

MONA 24 Carrot Garden Pop-upA veggie patch has sprouted at TMAG thanks to MONA’s 24 Carrot Garden Project. Visit to learn about this program and the role of beneficial insects in organic gardening.

Location: Courtyard

Things to see Special displays just for the TMAG Children’s Festival.

Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

TMAG Animal Artwork Competition ExhibitionTake a peek at some of the wonderful artworks entered into the TMAG Children’s Festival Animal Artwork Competition, including the original winning work by Marley Pedersen featured on the cover and throughout this program.Location: Central Gallery

Young CollectorsShowcasing the collection of one young Tasmanian collector.

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Daily planner – Sunday, 30 April 2017What Page 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PMPuggle Club 4 +Trash Puppets Roving Performances 10 + + +

Daily LEGO Challenge 3 Central GalleryFace Painting 9 Courtyard VerandahWildlife Workers 5 Dunn Place LawnOrigami Animals 9 Island to IceBeetle Box 9 Central GalleryLive music 9 CourtyardStory Reading 6 +Tasty Tidbits 7 +Daily Film Screenings 4 +Festival Finale Puppet Show 11 +Animal Stampede 2 Dunn Place footpathKids’ Voices 6 VariousSuggestasaurus 7 Courtyard VerandahChill-out Zone 4 Bond Store BasementThings to see 14-15 Various

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Food vans onsite for purchased meals.

Kids’ DiscoDress-up as your favourite animal and bring your family for a wild night at the museum.

Dance at the Disco, visit the Puppet Studio, strike an animal pose at the photo booth, and much more!

Friday 28 April

Open late until 8:30 pm, activities

from 5:00 pm

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