Kids' APT - A collaboration

People − 531 994 people attended APT6, with a daily average of 4432 visitors − Kids’ APT was attended by over 130 000 young visitors, representing almost 25% of the overall APT6 attendance − Kids’ APT multimedia projects received over 105 000 combined hits during the exhibition − Almost 25% of all surveyed visitors to Kids’ APT were first-time visitors − Approximately 29% of surveyed families made between two and four visits to the Children’s Art Centre in 2009 − 40% of families surveyed heard about Kids’ APT from word-of-mouth − 24 380 students visited APT6 during the exhibition, 86% of which visited the Gallery with Kids’ APT as the focus of their visit − Almost 725 schools and vacation care groups visited APT6 during the exhibition − Over 25% of students attending the exhibition were from regional centres Places − Kids’ APT drawing exchanges engaged directly with over 130 children in communities in the Mekong River region, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar (Burma) and North Korea − Kids’ APT on Tour was held across 40 regional venues, with a total attendance of 4464 people Projects − More than 65 schools statewide took part in making aeroplanes for the installation of Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan’s APT6 exhibition work In-flight (Project: Another Country) , contributing more than 6500 planes Kids’ APT key facts Installation view, Lightning for Neda 2009 (detail), Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian / Photograph: Ray Fulton 9