Saturday, 08 May 2021 | 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM
Free family fun! Make a bird flock and print a lino-cut card, hear stories, enter an Australia-wide drawing competition and hear from experts about the amazing birds and wetland of the Westernport Biosphere.
Feel free to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy it in the gallery surrounds including duck ponds, skate park, play ground and rose garden.
Program:
11am-1pm
- Make a plastic bird from recycled materials
- Print a lino cut card with exhibiting artist Kate Gorringe-Smith
- Wing Things activity Laura Rhodes from BirdLife Australia, Migratory Shorebird Program Co-ordinator
11.30pm-12pm
Gretel Taylor creates site-responsive performance works and improvised dance performances. Flap your wings with Gretel for a participatory performance celebrating migratory birds.
12pm-12.30pm
Join exhibiting artist Kate Gorringe-Smith for a storytime and launch of the ANSTO drawing competition – over $4000 in prizes
12.30pm–1pm
Greg Hunt from Westernport Biosphere gives a kid-friendly presentation on local migratory birds
