Making Marks

Making Marks "How-To" kit for communities

B4 in curating and managing this ‘first of its kind’ Making Marks: A Celebration of Children’s Art Exhibition developed a range of resources, tools and lessons learnt from this exhibition and are shared in this kit to encourage other communities to celebrate their children’s art.

The Development of Children’s Drawing

Ever wondered how children learn to draw from their first explorations with crayons and pencils to representing their world around them and sharing what’s important to them?

This resource provides a journey of discovery to learn more about children’s art drawing on the research it will take you through each stage of development and we hope inspire you to support children’s artistic explorations, always.

Making Marks Visible

Respecting and relating to the stories young children tell in their mark-making

This guide is designed to help capture children’s stories of explorations with materials, people, and places when they make marks as practicing artists, and provides support for adults in talking and working with children birth to four years as artists together.

Showcasing Marks

This resource offers some thoughts about why and how to curate and display young children’s art. It is a guide for re-visiting how we best celebrate and awaken new understandings of exhibiting children’s artworks. Covering the why, what, how, and who of deciding which works will be exhibited.