Sketch - Museum of Contemporary Art

Kids Activity Journal for children aged 5+
Volume One: MCA COLLECTION
Illustrated by David Capra
KHALED
SABSABI
This SKETCH Activity Journal is yours to keep! An artist
named David Capra wrote and illustrated it to help you
explore Volume One: MCA Collection.
All the artworks in this exhibition were collected by the
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). The Collection
has lots of different types of artworks which were
all made by Australian artists over the last 30 years.
Do you have a collection? What do you collect?
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In Naqshbandi Greenacre Engagement,
artist Khaled Sabsabi worked with people
from his local community. If you had to make
an artwork with a group of people from
where you live, what would you create?
A big statue of you? Would you paint
a building your favourite colour?
BROWN
COUNCIL
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Join the dots on Linda
Marrinon’s Edwardian Lady
In the video One Hour Laugh, Brown
Council laugh for 1 hour! Turn to the person
you are with and try to make them laugh
for 10 seconds.
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Aleks Danko’s A Joycean Laugh is made up of words
starting with the letter “H”. Using these words write
a poem or invent a song of your own.
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Hany Armanious’ Untitled snake oil is
made of colourful shapes sitting on top of
glasses. Imagine you could sip each shape
up with a straw.
ALEKS
DANKO
LINDA
MARRINON
HANY
ARMANIOUS
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NIKE
SAVVAS
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In Judith Wright’s Blind Hands she has
made a big book with a picture of hands.
Make up your own secret handshake with
a friend. Now look for a person wearing
a blue jacket and a green badge and
greet them with your new handshake.
JUDITH
WRIGHT
Here is the beginning of
a sketch of Asher Bilu’s
Insights into the ultimate
ASHER
BILU
Strike a pose in front of Nike Savvas’
Showtime. Take a photo and post it
on instagram using #mcanow
Find an empty space in the gallery
and imagine you could make an
artwork to be exhibited in
the MCA Collection
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To continue the laughs at home, here is the
beginning of a funny hat made by me, David.
Tape the pieces together to make one long
arm and wrap it around your head.
Maybe you would like to trace and cut
out your own hands to decorate it.
Can you imagine a funny dance to
do with your hat on?
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Written & Illustrated by David Capra
Designed by Cressida Alice
Produced by Susie Rugg
Thanks to: Artist, David Capra