Leave Your Mark
Step inside a joyful community exhibition created with students from Koondoola Primary School and Warriapendi Primary School. Their vibrant artworks celebrate identity, culture and connection, showing how shared creativity brings us together.
Join our teaching artist for hands-on activities where kids (and grown-ups!) can trace, cut and decorate their own handprint self-portrait. Each handprint will be added to a colourful, ever-growing wall of stories, creating a collaborative artwork in the gallery.
Located in the community space of the PICA Lab at Forrest Chase, Leave Your Mark sits alongside Hatched: National Graduate Show 2025, PICA’s annual showcase of Australia’s most exciting emerging artists. See bright young primary school creators and the next generation of professional artists all in one visit.
Creative, collaborative and perfect for curious kids of all ages.
A big thank you to PICA for partnering with us to bring this exhibition to life and for generously sharing their gallery space.
Exhibition
All Ages
AWESOME Festival & Barking Gecko Arts
Community,
Diversity,
Imagination
30 September - 4 October
Tuesday
30th September
Wednesday
1st October
Thursday
2nd October
Friday
3rd October
Saturday
4th October
Free event
Accessibility Guide
Lighting and Sound
Total blackout (audience)
Lighting level
Indoors, well-lit
Flashing lights
Loud sounds
Repetitive noises
Drums
High-pitched tones
Unexpected sounds
Background Music
Interactivity and Participation
Children invited on stage
Artist goes into audience
Manual activity (e.g. read, draw, sing, paint, construct things)
Optional drawing and constructing using markers, pencils and scissors
Undertake direct movement
Participation in groups/pairs
Parent/carer can support in participation
Capacity for a child slower in their movements to participate
Senses, Emotions and Effects
Distinctive smells
Special effects
Textures
Balloons
Characters express anger
Dialogue driven
Props
Attention Span
Intermission/break
Introduction
Children need to sit in one place
Appropriate to make noise/move around
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