School Holiday Activities | QAGOMA's Superpowered on Tour

Drop in to Level 1 Programs Rooms for some serious school holiday fun when QAGOMA's Superpowered on Tour lands at RMOA!

Superpowered on Tour presents four fun and engaging interactive projects for kids, developed by First Nations Australian artists in collaboration with the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). 

• Open daily from 9.30am - 12.30pm, Saturday 25 March - Sunday 16 April (RMOA is closed on 7 April for Good Friday)
• Parent and carer supervision required at all times
• More information on accessibility and planning your visit, and previous school holiday activities

 

Tony Albert (Girramay/Yidinyji/Kuku Yalanji peoples), Gordon Hookey (Waanyi people), Vincent Namatjira (Western Aranda people) and Kaylene Whiskey (Yankunytjatjara people) are leading Indigenous Australian artists who use their voice and their art to empower Aboriginal people and create inspirational imagery for all children. Each interactive activity has a focus on strong empowering messages and humour, inviting audiences into a world full of amusing and courageous characters. QAGOMA’s annual Kids on Tour program provides this content free of charge to communities throughout Queensland.

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Above image: Visitor at ‘Superpowered’, Children’s Art Centre, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022 / Photograph: Katie Bennett © QAGOMA

Above Image: Visitors at Kaylene Whiskey’s Super Party 2022 in ‘Superpowered’, Children’s Art Centre, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022 / © Kaylene Whiskey / Photograph: Katie Bennett © QAGOMA

 

About the Artists and Activities 

Tony Albert often works closely with other artists, communities and organisations. He believes that one of the best ways to learn from and connect with people is to live and work together. Albert’s activity for Superpowered on Tour is Warakurna Warriors. It invites children to create their own superhero identity and they can design their own costume using a template and trace a selection of outfits adding details and colour. This activity was inspired by Albert’s photographic series Warakurna Superheroes 2017, made in collaboration with children from Warakurna in Western Australia.

Gordon Hookey’s artworks are inspired by Australian history and everyday life, often using native Australian animals to represent Indigenous Australians. Hookey’s interactive for Superpowered on Tour is Make a Roo, and it invites children to choose from a number of kangaroo mask templates. Children can customise their own design, wear the mask and ‘hop into character’.

Artist Vincent Namatjira paints lively, expressive portraits of historical figures, international heads of state, and public figures. His activity, Power Portraits, invites children to adopt ‘power icons’ such as crowns and hats in the form of paper props and pose for a photograph in front of a fun paper backdrop.

Kaylene Whiskey’s colourful, humorous paintings celebrate strong kungkas (women). Whiskey often paints images of herself and her heroes – pop culture icons such as Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman – having fun in her remote community or engaging in traditional activities like collecting bush tucker. In Superpowered on Tour Whiskey invites children to draw a Super Party picture, a scene featuring their own heroes using coloured pencils and cut out pictures from a collage sheet.

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