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Tours for tots 2014: Faces BOOKED OUT

Fun art-making tours for 3-5 year olds

Tuesday 29 and Thursday 31 July 2014
Register by 10.15am for 10.30am start

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Charges apply

Portraiture K-6 teachers day BOOKED OUT

Focus on the visual language of portraiture

Image: Del Kathryn Barton hugo (detail), Archibald Prize 2013 winner

Friday 8 August 2014, 10am

Duration 5 hours
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply

Fresh faces symposium

New thinking on portraiture

Image: Shaun Gladwell Double Field/Viewfinder (Tarin Kowt) 2009-10 (detail) dual-channel synchronised high-definition video, 16:9, stereo, colour, 18:39 min © Shaun Gladwell

Saturday 9 August 2014, 10.30am

Duration 5 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply

Gallery Kids Sunday performance

The art of drawing

Image: David Legge

Sunday 13 July, 10 August 2014, 2.30pm

Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free

Short talks: portraits

Explore a different portrait each week

Image: Robert Peake the Elder Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia c1610 (detail). National Portrait Gallery, London

Wednesdays 7.15pm
23 July - 13 August 2014

Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free

Auslan-interpreted talk: The lost prince and the winter queen

For deaf and hearing-impaired visitors

Image: Robert Peake the Elder Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia c1610 (detail). National Portrait Gallery, London

Sunday 31 August 2014, 1.30pm

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free

Art Club: Royal reflections

For members’ children aged 9–12

Image: Robert Peake the Elder Prince of Wales c1610, National Portrait Gallery, London

Saturday 13, Sunday 14 September 2014
10.30am, 1pm, 3pm

Duration 2 hours
Location: South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply

Guided tour: Focus on portraiture

Explore selected works on display

Image: William Dobell Margaret Olley 1948 (detail) © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation

2pm daily
3 July – 28 September 2014

Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free