The National Gallery of Victoria is committed to providing creative experiences, especially for children, teenagers and families. Through participatory exhibitions, events and sensory experiences, the NGV connects children with art and culture from all over the world, enabling them to experience the diverse and creative ways artists approach their work and allowing children access to new worlds and ideas.

Making Art: Imagine Everything is Real is the centre of creativity for children and their families at the NGV this winter. Coinciding with the premiere exhibition, The Picasso Century, Making Art features a range of hands-on activities and multimedia experiences inspired by methods of working invented by some of the leading European artists included in the exhibition.

European artists Georges Braque, Remedios Varo, Pablo Picasso, and Natalia Goncharova lived and worked in Paris in the early twentieth century and are recognised for their innovative and experimental approaches to making art. While learning about some of the leading artists of the twentieth century in Europe, children can make their own surprising works when they explore collage techniques, write poetry and play surrealist games and turn everyday materials into large-scale sculptures.

Making Art: Imagine Everything is Real is generously supported by the Packer Family and Crown Resorts Foundations, the City of Melbourne, Spencer Ko and Taylor Fletchett.