Start at the Gallery: Modern Masterpieces

Explore the ideas behind the artists of our time in the 2021 Ramsay Art Prize exhibition. Discover, dance and draw on tours; hear masterful music mixes from DJ Kit Kain; timeless tales of epic adventures in Pico’s Puppet Palace and storytelling performances; or become a costumed creature parading the inflatable Nylon Zoo wonderland. Don’t forget to create your own masterpiece in art workshops to submit for the 2021 Start Art Prize exhibition this Start!

Book into activities on arrival. Registrations open at 10.30am.

10.30am-2.30pm

Start Discovery Tours
Guided interactive art experiences for toddlers, teens and in-betweens exploring art and ideas.
Meet in the Atrium
Capacity 15
Duration 20 minutes

11am-3pm

Nylon Zoo
Explore Evelyn Roth’s colourful inflatable wonderland.
Courtyard Lawn
Capacity 30

11am-3pm

Start Sounds
DJ Kit Kain shares his masterful music mixes for Start.
Courtyard Marquee
Capacity 100

11am & 1pm

Pico’s Puppet Palace
Join Pico and friends on route to a small island in the middle of the ocean to deliver a special package to Jacques, a deep-sea adventurer. When asked to join the team on their next diving adventure, Pico meets all the wonderful and diverse creatures of the ocean on this underwater exploration.
Courtyard Marquee
Capacity 100
Duration 45 minutes

11am-1pm

Auslan Interpreted tours

11am-3pm

Start Art Workshops – Chromatic Collage
Make like a master cutting to create a colourful collage for entry in the Start Art Prize exhibition.
Radford Auditorium, capacity 50
Vestibule North Terrace, capacity 30
Duration 30 minutes, sessions every half hour

11am-3pm

Start Sketch Tours
Explore and draw on a journey through the Gallery with Illustrators Lauren Herraman and Mitch Hearn.
Meet outside The Studio
Capacity 15
Duration 45 minutes, tours every half hour

11.15am, 12.15pm & 1.15pm

Storytelling Performances
There are many masterpieces at the porcelain palace, is the Emperor missing the true artist who lives in a tree by the sea? Performed by master storyteller, Helen Lawry.
Meet upstairs in Gallery 7, performances in Galleries 5-6
Capacity 25
Duration 45 minutes

11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm

Choreography with the Collection
Workshops with creative choreographer Jessie Mckinlay.
Meet at the top of the stairs in Gallery 7
Capacity 15
Duration 45 minutes

AGSA Store

10% discount for AGSA and Start Art Club Members

Parent/carer supervision is required.