Events

Arthur Boyd, Starry Night – Shoalhaven River, 1984, oil on canvas, 182.5 x 152.3 cm. Commissioned in 1984. Gift of Lewis Construction. Art Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne.

Join us from 22 July to August 16 where ‘The Pod’ experience will be brought to life with captivating digital content as part of our exciting collaboration with Bundanon on place-based arts experiences. Immerse yourself in images and sounds, exploring your response to landscapes through hands-on play opportunities with loose parts!

Where: The Pod Experience

When: Daily from 22 July to August 16

Weekday creARTivity | 22 July to 16 August  |  9:30am – 11:30am

Visit CreARTivity between Monday and Friday as we listen to sounds on Country from Bundanon. The arts experiences you and your child will participate in during this period at the Discovery Space are inspired by Bundanon’s current museum season Wilder Times: Arthur Boyd and the Mid 1980’s Landscape and informed by our collaboration with the Bundanon learning team! 

Can you hear the wind, frogs and bubbling water?

Use vibrant gouache paints, soft chalk pastels & water to create your own artwork responding to sound!

Music & Movement Mondays | Starting Monday 22 July, 2024

10am: Support the development of your child’s gross motor skills as we sing, stretch, dance and test our skills on obstacle courses!

Tiny Tuesdays | Starting Tuesday 23 July, 2024

10am: Join us this term for our Tiny Tuesday programs, focused specifically on supporting emerging development and learning of children aged birth to three. Engage in play-based experiences that stimulate the senses, develop body awareness and enrich early literacy skills to support the development of our youngest children.

Wondering Wednesday | Starting Wednesday 24 July, 2024 

10am: Join our team in this brand new weekly program, as we build a community of storytellers, celebrating the joy of listening, talking and sharing. 

Tinkering Thursdays | Starting Thursday 25 July, 2024

10am: Join us as children and their adults will be engaged in play-based, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) based experiences.

Friday Bytes | Under, over, through: Moving with Digital Technologies | Starting Friday 26 July, 2024 

Inspired by Bundanon’s current museum season Wilder Times: Arthur Boyd and the Mid 1980’s Landscape and informed by our collaboration with the Bundanon learning team, join us for a community walk and art-making experience at Early Start! 

What: A special program on Country, where the Early Start team will take children and their adults outside to connect with Country; listening and responding to sound through art making. 

This walk will focus on the importance and power of children’s voice when thinking about the ways we can listen to and care for Country.

Where: Starting in the Early Start Foyer (at 11am) and then on UOW Campus