MRAG Maitland Regional Art Gallery

Every Sunday, MRAG invites families to drop into the art gallery for free art activities inspired by the exhibitions on display. no bookings are required, all materials provided.Our activities are designed for kids of all ages, and as a family you can either simplify or elaborate on the activity which on average, takes around half an hour to complete. While you are here,you can also have a look at the Art Factory’s current exhibition and project spaces, and visit the exhibition from which our activity has been inspired.

Art Sundays is staffed by MRAG volunteers, and is a program designed to encourage parents and children to add to their experience of the gallery by accessing hands-on activities in a family friendly environment.

Pipsqueak is a fantastic art program for little ones. Look at art, play games, sing songs, read books and make works of art, all inspired by the current exhibitions from across the gallery.

Pipsqueak is a fantastic art program for little ones. Look at art, play games, sing songs, read books and make works of art, all inspired by the current exhibitions from across the gallery.

Learn the  pleasures of working with precious and non-precious metal to fashion items of jewellery and small sculpture.

You will use sterling silver, brass , copper and  nickel silver.

You will learn techniques in riveting and gain skills in design layout, drilling, sawing and finishing as well as simple beaded chain process and basic Chain Mail.

Materials and consumables are available for purchase through your tutor.

This course caters for beginners and those with experience working with metal.

Discover or advance your personal artistic creativity and style. Learn fundamental and advanced skills of drawing and painting. Actively learn creative thinking skills and develop themes and subjects of interest. Explore various artistic media. Artist/ tutor Stephen James individually focussed teaching process lets you learn and progress at your own pace in a supportive, relaxed  and friendly environment.

Suitable for beginners through to experienced artists.

Stephen James is a professional artist  exhibiting  in Sydney and Canberra with experience teaching all ages and skill levels.

The more conscious we become, the more likely we are to make lives for ourselves that are ultimately happy, healthy and satisfying. Art therapy processes are designed to enable us to become more conscious of who we are and why we make the choices we do. Guided drawings can show us what we don’t know about ourselves and can empower us to move more confidently towards fulfilling our unique potential.

This workshop aims to extend the idea of landscape beyond the usual narrative based format.By considering personal symbols and memories, imagination and abstract ideas, the landscape is able to express a unique sense of place, both personally and site specific.

Drawing and painting exercises will stimulate contemporary visual  practice including controlling colour, understanding the power of line, using glazing and building surface texture through layers of collage and pigment saturation.

Watercolour has an ability to allow painters free expression by the very nature of being a fluid medium with brilliant or subtle transparent colours. Come and enjoy exploring the possibilities of painting expressive and challenging ideas in a relaxed atmosphere where there are no hard rules.

If you’ve always wanted to know how to draw the human figure or would like to develop your drawing skills these classes will cater for both.  Initially, we will use pencil and charcoal and a classical approach to draw the human figure. As classes progress we will experiment with more expressive approaches and techniques. Come and enjoy a morning of drawing from a life model in a relaxed atmosphere and see what creative talents are released.