Charles Blackman:Alice in Wonderland An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV),Australia 10 June --12 August 2015 Venue       The Ian Potter Centre Admission      Free entry Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll's extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland -the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experiences all kinds of things. At that time, Blackman's wife was suffering form progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events, was similar to his wife's experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings. Illustrator Workshop Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects. Dates    Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am--1pm Venue   Gas Works Arts Park Wonderful World Celebrate the exhibition and Children's Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit Date    Sunday 24 June, 11am--4pm Venue   Exhibition Space, Level 3 Topsy-Turvy Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland will be screened. Dates   Sunday 8,15,22,29 July, and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July, 12noon--3pm Venue  Theatre, NGV Australia Drawing Workshop Distortions of scale ( ) can make artworks strange but interesting. Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world. Then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking. Date    Friday 27 July, 10:30am-3pm Venue   Foyer, Level 3 Charles Blackman's paintings come from   _  .
his wish to express his own feelings his dream of becoming a famous artist his admiration for Lewis Carroll his eagerness to cure his wife's illness