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Start at the Gallery: Picnic & Paint En Plein Air

Sun 4 Oct 2026

11am-3pm
Free
Gallery-wide
3-12 years

Step outside and slow down with Start, in an en plein air program connecting creativity, community and the natural world. Bring a picnic rug, create your own masterpiece and explore the outdoors through art-led adventures.

Start Art Adventures
10.30am - 12pm

Explore the collection for landscapes and outdoor scenes with a Gallery Guide.

Drop in, duration 20 minutes

Nylon Zoo
11am - 3pm

Explore Evelyn Roth's colourful incredible inflatable wonderland.

Courtyard

Start Art Workshops
11am - 3pm

Contribute to a vibrant, collaborative landscape canvas with artist Gemma Rose Brook or make your own impressionist masterpiece to share online and go in the draw to win a Monet to Matisse prize pack.

The Studio & Courtyard lawns

Start Sounds
11am

Resident Start Sounds DJ spins groovy tunes in the Courtyard.

*Dancing in the Gallery
11.30am & 12.30pm

Be moved by art with creative choreographers Jessie McKinlay and Tanya Voges.

Meet in the Atrium, duration 30 minutes

*Start Sketch Tours
11am - 1pm

Join artists Lauren Herraman on a drawing journey.

Meet upstairs in Gallery 7
Sessions every half hour, duration 45 minutes

Start Art Book Club
12pm

Saskia Spark-lee: Fundraiser Fail by Rebecka Sharpe Shelberg & Illustrated by Sofya Karmazina

Saskia Spark-Lee loves animals – she’s almost adopted a whole zooworth! But when Da and Dee say they can’t add another to the collection, she must come up with a new plan to continue supporting her furry friends.

Ages 8-11 | 59 pages

Bookings required

Meet in the Vestibule

AGSA Store
10% discount for AGSA and Start Art Club Members.

Parent/carer supervision is required

On your visit please:

  • Check in when you arrive by using your Start Art Club Membership.
  • Book into activities on arrival.
Presented in partnership with
  • Nature Festival

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