Celebrate creativity, culture, and community these school holidays at State Library of Queensland with a range of hands-on workshops, family-friendly activities, and immersive experiences designed to inspire all ages.
Holiday fun program highlights:
🐾 Animal tracks with Colleen Sam
Tue 1 – Thu 3 July, 10 am – 12 pm
Join Kalkadoon painter and storyteller Colleen Sam to explore important totem animals from her culture. Get creative with colourful sand and learn how to make your own unique animal tracks.
🎨 Painting workshop with Colleen Sam
$15 per child, bookable
Tue 1 – Thu 3 July, 1 pm – 3 pm | Children aged 6-12
Dive into an immersive painting workshop with Colleen Sam, exploring techniques that use colours, symbols, and animals to tell powerful stories.
🎉 The Corner take-over: Colour my world
Sat 28 June – Sun 6 July, 10 am – 12.30 pm
Celebrate children’s rights to creative expression with sessions inspired by Barbara Piscitelli’s Children’s Art Archive. Enjoy custom dress-ups, construction play, pretend scenarios, and art-making activities that encourage imagination and voice.
⭐ The Corner take-over: NAIDOC next generation
Mon 7 July – Sun 13 July, 10 am – 12.30 pm
Each day throughout NAIDOC week, join us in The Corner for a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community heroes. Each session spotlights a different inspiring hero through stories, picture books, music and craft.
🔎 Scavenger hunt
Sat 28 June – Sun 13 July, 10 am – 3 pm
Enjoy a self-paced, low sensory scavenger hunt perfect for all ages and abilities. Discover hidden library spaces and stories at your own pace.
📚 Reading room
Sat 28 June – Sun 13 July, 10 am – 3 pm
Relax with a good book and city views in our cozy reading room. Family board games available for loan from The Corner.
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Visit our website for full details:
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/holiday-fun
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