Family ARTventures

What Is a Sculpture?

Date: Sat, Oct 10, 2026 @ 10:00 AM

Location Walter Phillips Gallery

10 AM - 12 PM

Please note that all participating children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

This event is free and all are welcome.

Join us for the next edition of Family ARTventures—our monthly, drop-in artmaking series inviting children, youth, and families to create together. This event is free and open to all, with materials provided.

This month, we draw inspiration from the recently published book by acclaimed visual artists Diane Borsato and Laura Carlin What Is a Sculpture? Together we will transform everyday objects and recycled materials into sculptural worlds and characters!

Diane Borsato's exhibition A Clean Place to Swim is on view at Walter Phillips Gallery and runs through December 13.

What Is a Sculpture? published by Tundra Books and Penguin Random House Canada books will be available for purchase.

The Family ARTventures Program is generously supported by

About the Book

Is a statue a sculpture? Is a building a sculpture? How about my ice cream cone? What is a sculpture? And . . . how can YOU make one?

Join acclaimed visual artists Diane Borsato and Laura Carlin on a creative adventure through a gallery of wonderful, wobbly sculptures inspired by famous artworks from around the world. Sculptures like a bronze spider as big as a house, a tree fluttering with wishes, an arch made of river stones, a portrait made entirely of chocolate and so many more.

This irresistible book will inspire kids to look closer—and build things, bake things, stack things, collect things, wrap things and even ride things—in ways you'd never expect.

Image credit: Tundra Books