MACQUARIE Towns Arts Society is on fire in 2017 with not only its popular raft of school holiday workshops but a bus trip to the sumptuous Versailles: Treasures from the Palace exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra.
The holiday workshops are held at Richmond Art Supplies, and give kids something fun and creative to do in the holidays.
Monday January 16
10am-12noon Make Little Clay Animals
1pm-3pm Cartooning
Tuesday January 17
10 am-12noon Make Drag-on Wind Chimes
1pm-3pm Draw Butterflies & Bugs
Wednesday January 18
10 am-12pm Paint Pet
Rocks
1pm-3pm Paint Landscape
Thursday January 19
10 am-12pm Make Mini Monsters
1pm-3pm Draw Mandalas
Friday January 20
10 am-12pm Make Jewel-
lery
1pm-3pm Paint Glass Candle Holders
Monday January 23
10 am-12pm Draw Fairies, Elves & Mermaids
1pm-3pm Pottery
Tuesday January 24
10 am-12pm Make Drag-
ons
1pm-3pm Draw Dinosaurs
Wednesday January 25
10 am-12pm Make Sock
Puppets
1pm-3pm Sand Art
Cost: $14 per two-hour workshop; all equipment supplied. It’s at Shop 10 Magnolia Mall, 285 Windsor Street. Book on 0412 979 731.
Bus trip: The bus trip to the National Gallery is on Sunday, January 22 and costs $60 including morning tea.
Once there you just have to cover your entry into the exhibition (around $25). The exhibition includes Marie Antoinette’s chair and harp, tapestries and paintings.
If you would like to visit the War Memorial instead you can be dropped there.
The bus leaves Richmond at 7.20am. The coach leaves the National Art Gallery for home at 4pm. If there will be a pickup from the War Memorial, time will be arranged.
To book a spot on the bus or enquire further contact Sheila on 4572 3039 or se.sharp@bigpond.net.au.
