Owens Art Kit

Mini-making activities inspired by our exhibitions

Plan Your Visit
A hand holds a small card with five pop-out windows in a gallery. On the floor to the right, a small worn wooden chest with a hinged top is propped open to display an open book and life-sized felt mouse on plum-coloured velvet inside. Next to the artwork are pencils, a small canvas bag and an instructional card.

Borrow an Art Kit from the front desk and exercise your creativity in the galleries with mini-making activities inspired by our exhibitions. Each Art Kit is packed with everything you’ll need for a small art adventure.

Designed for kids ages 2-12.

Art Kits are available during any visit to the Owens.

Two canvas drawstring bags sit in a clear plastic display shelf on a wooden desk. Printed on the bags is an illustration of a hand holding a pencil encircled by a black band with text that reads "OWENS ART KIT".
A hand holds a small weaving made of yarn and ribbon of many different colours, textures and thicknesses. Below on a bench rests two canvas bags. In the background, large weavings of colourful grid hang on a white wall.
In the centre of a gallery is a large cage-like structure between two black sculptural rocking. On the floor in front of the installation is a small structure with black straws and white connectors, a drawstring bag and small card.
In a gallery, a hand holds a small gold frame upright on a table. Colourful pieces of felt including circle, leaf, petal, and branch shapes have been used to make a floral image within the frame. A row of floral paintings hang on the wall in the background.
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A hand holds up a brown masonite board with a small sketchbook and graph paper. A geometric frog is drawn on the cover by filling in squares of the graph paper. In the background, a brown and tan weaving of a city skyline hangs next to a sketch and xerox of the same image.