Abstract painting for kids

Jump-start the school holidays by bringing your whānau to Gus Fisher Gallery for an introductory abstract painting workshop. In collaboration with Māpura Studios, tutor Tim Danko will encourage tamariki to explore the medium of paint, taking inspiration from the tactile and textural impasto paintings of Derek Jarman.

10.30-11.30am: Suitable for ages 5-8

1.30-2.30pm: Suitable for ages 9-12

All materials provided; parental supervision required.

Registrations open 15 June.

Tim has been producing comics for 35 years in Melbourne and Auckland and has had his work published and exhibited in both countries, as well as in France, Canada, Latvia and Croatia.

His comics have been acquired in the print collection of the Australian National Gallery in Canberra. He has been a tutor in digital animation and design at Natcoll as well as running comic workshops for all ages in Australia and New Zealand. Tim’s short film work has screened at the New Zealand international Film Festival and Melbourne Super-8 Film Festival.

The Māpura cartooning group’s comics have been awarded multiple best of zinefest awards in Wellington, Hamilton and Auckland zinefests over the last four years, and comic publications from the group have been preserved in the Silent Army Archive (Melbourne) and The New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive, National Library of New Zealand.

Brought to you by Burnett Foundation Aotearoa with additional support from the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, the Sir William & Lady Manchester Charitable Trust⁠.

Host or Publisher Gus Fisher Gallery