Squiggla Making Space Opens at Auckland Art Gallery

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21 April 2022

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Courtesy of Paul Chapman, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Squiggla – A Gymnasium for Creative Visual Thinking

We are all naturally creative! In the world of Squiggla, you will experience mark making in action. You are invited to exercise and embrace your creative thinking with whānau (family) and friends. Experiment with marks, dots and lines to play, make, imagine and invent – explore your curiosity and unleash new ideas!

By discovering the possibilities of mark making and leaving behind the pressures to make art or to represent something you see in the world, you uncover fresh ways of looking, feeling, sensing, thinking and observing. Take this new awareness with you as you view artworks around Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Over the next eight weeks, the Squiggla Making Space will have changing activities that encourage us all to Play + Make + Imagine + Invent

Dates: Friday 15th of April 2022 — Sunday 12th of June 2022

Location: Creative Learning Centre, Mezzanine Level, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki