Express Yourself
6 March - 19 April 2026
Express Yourself
Art Activity Pop Up | Vipoo Srivilasa
Vipoo Srivilasa, Dance Along with Dok Rak and Friends (animation still), 2021, Digital animation, 38.1 x 67.73cm. © QAGOMA.
Umbrella is hosting Vipoo Srivilasa’s Express Yourself: Art Activity Pop Up to coincide with the artist’s Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Children’s Art Centre exhibition. The activities encourage visitors to consider the spectrum of human emotion with curiosity and an open mind. Emotions will be explored through dancing, drawing and digital media, enabling participants to create works that express thoughts, ideas and feeling.
These free, self-guided children's activities are recommended for ages 5-14 and anyone young at heart. Children must be accompanied by an adult guardian.
Sunday 19 April event
Please note there will be a music event in Umbrella's gallery space in conjunction with the Living Archive installation, including set up and sound check prior to the 10:30am event. There will be increased noise in the gallery space throughout Umbrella's open hours. Families wishing to participate in Express Yourself may prefer to attend earlier in the day, or on an alternative date, depending on needs and preferences. See here for more details.
Closures
Umbrella will be closed for the Easter weekend Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April inclusive, and Saturday 25 April for the Anzac Day public holiday.
Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born, Naarm / Melbourne-based ceramic artist who is interested in installation and audience participation. Srivilasa likes to make work that is beautiful, fun and adds a smile to people’s faces. He often incorporates flowers and imaginary characters in his practice. Positivity, beauty and accessibility are important elements of his work, and he is particularly known for creating ceramic characters covered in flowers, called ‘flower bears’.
Vipoo Srivilasa’s Express Yourself: Art Activity Pop Up is a free QAGOMA Touring program available to regional Queensland communities.
Also on display during this period
All Exhibitions
Open Hours
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Sat - Sun: 9am-1pm
Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks.
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Gurambilbarra / Townsville,
Qld, 4810 Australia
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Qld, 4810 Australia
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Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region - Bindal, Gugu Badhun, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal - as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
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Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Education, and the Visual Art, Craft and Design Framework, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.
