Events this year

30 May 2022

11:00 - 13:00

Learn quick and simple ways to cast different parts of your body and have fun using the resulting forms to create a life-sized sculpture!

31 May 2022

11:00 - 13:00

Explore the shapes in artist Alexander Archipenko's sculptures and drawings in the exhibition and experiment with a range of recycled materials to construct your own string puppet!

1 June 2022

09:30 - 11:00

Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition followed by a play session investigating the shapes in our bodies through drawing and measuring activities.

6 June 2022

18:30 - 20:30

Join us for a life drawing class inspired by artist Alexander Archipenko’s deconstruction of the human figure into geometric forms. The class will work through a series of angular poses and drawing exercises focusing on the individual shapes found in the figure.

27 June 2022

18:30 - 20:30

Join puppet artist Aya Nakamura to explore the art of puppet-making inspired by artist Alexander Archipenko’s figurative works. You will study the geometric shapes from artworks in the exhibition and learn techniques and imaginative processes to reconfigure them into an articulated paper puppet of your own design.

18 July 2022

18:30 - 20:30

Alexander Archipenko pioneered the use of negative space to represent parts of the body in his sculptures. This class will present poses that create interesting negative spaces and drawing exercises that focus on the ‘air space’ surrounding the subject.