Now is the Time Kids On Tour

A school climate strike in Brisbane on 29 November, 2019 / View full image

When

1 Jan – 30 Apr 2021

About

QAGOMAs Children’s Art Centre and Regional Services presents ‘Now is the Time Kids on Tour’. This free program will run concurrently with the QAGOMA Children’s Art Centre exhibition ‘Now is the Time’, enabling Queensland communities to enjoy key elements of the original exhibition at their local venue. The activities were developed by the Children’s Art Centre in collaboration with artist Raquel Ormella.

Ormella is an artist with a diverse creative practice that includes video, installation, drawings, and zines. She has an ongoing interest in the many ways that contemporary art can encourage processes of self-examination, political consciousness and social action.

In first developing this project, Ormella was inspired by children around the world calling for awareness and action on climate change. ‘Now is the Time’ is about engaging our youngest audiences through art on the most important contemporary issues related to our environment.

‘Now is the Time’ is about young creative minds engaging with art and expressing their views on the important contemporary issues that are impacting the environment across Queensland and around the World.

The program will run from January until April 2021 with art supplies and artist activities being sent to venues around Queensland and the Torres Strait.

Tour Venues

Banana Shire Council:

Banana Shire Gallery (Biloela) | Moura Youth Centre | Taroom State School | Theodore Youth Centre | Baralaba State School

Brisbane:

Queensland Children’s Hospital

Bulloo Shire Council:

Thargomindah Library

Bundaberg Regional Council:

Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery | Childers Art Gallery | Gin Gin State High

Burdekin Regional Council:

Burdekin Library

Cairns Regional Council:

Cairns Art Gallery

Carpentaria Council:

Karumba Library | Normanton Visitor Information Centre and Library

Cassowary Coast Region:

Cardwell Gallery | Mission Art Gallery

Central Highlands Regional Council:

Charters Towers Regional Council:

Excelsior Library

Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire:

Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group | Rationshed

Cloncurry Shire Council:

John Flynn Place Museum & Art Gallery

Diamantina Shire Council: Bedourie State School

Douglas Shire Council:

Mossman Library

Flinders Shire Council:

Flinder Shire Library

Fraser Coast Regional Council:

Gatakers | Lewis Gallery

Gladstone Regional Council:

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum

Gold Coast City Council:

The Walls, Miami

Goodiwindi Regional Council:

Texas State School | Texas Regional Art Gallery

Gympie Regional Council:

Gympie Regional Gallery

Hinchinbrook Shire Council:

TYTO Regional Art Gallery

Hinchinbrook Shire Council:

TYTO Regional Art Gallery

Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council:

Kowanyama State School

Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council:

Lockhart River Arts

Logan City Council:

Logan Art Gallery

Longreach Regional Council:

Qantas Founders Museum

Mackay Regional Council:

Artspace Mackay

Mapoon Aboriginal Council:

Mapoon State School

Maranoa Regional Council:

Injune Library | Mitchell on Maranoa Gallery & Library | Roma Library | Surat Library

Moreton Bay Regional Council:

Caboolture Regional Art Gallery | Redcliffe City Art Gallery | Pine Rivers Heritage Museum

Mornington Shire:

Mornington Island State School

Mount Isa City:

Mount Isa City Library

Murweh Shire Council:

Charleville Library

Napranum Aboroginal Shire Council:

Western Cape College Weipa

Noosa Regional Council:

Noosa Regional | Butter Factory Arts Centre

North Burnett Regional Council:

Paroo Shire Council:

Cunnamulla State School

Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council:

Pormpuraaw Art & Culture Centre Inc.

Redland City Council:

Redland Art Gallery

Rockhampton Regional Council:

Mount Morgan No7 Gallery

Scenic Rim Region:

The Centre Beaudesert | Boonah Cultural Centre

South Burnett Regional Council:

Wondai Regional Art Gallery

Southern Downs Regional Council:

Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery

Sunshine Coast Regional Council:

Caloundra Regional Gallery

Toowoomba Regional Council:

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery | Rosalie Gallery

Torres Strait Island Regional Council:

Townsville City Council:

Pinnacles Gallery | Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts

Western Downs Regional Council:

Lapunyah Art Gallery Chinchilla | Gallery 107 @ Dalby

Whitsundays Region Council:

Bowen Library | Cannonvale Library | Proserpine Library | Collinsville Library

Winton Shire:

Waltzing Matilda Centre

Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council:

Woorabinda State High