Sustainability, Culture and the Arts: How do they work together?

Jen Buchanan “This is my culture and I want to learn more about where I am from… Ini budaya saya dan saya mau tahu lebih banyak tentang Bali” – Made Kosala (Year 9)   One way that Green School is helping develop its connection with local communities is through our Visual Arts curriculum. The arts […]

Abstract Sculpture Project at St Catherine’s School

Vicki Marinelli In 2014, Year 8 students visited the NGV to view Inge King’s sculptural work as inspiration for making abstract ceramic sculpture. We spent time in class brainstorming and sharing descriptive language as well as learning art specific language such as maquette, figurative and that one that always confuses students; the difference between abstract, […]

The ‘Nanjing Window Project’

CHANTELLE PETITH When I was informed that I would be teaching the Year 9 Art elective course in the second semester of 2015, I immediately began brainstorming ways in which I could create a killer unit of work. I wanted to involve students in the creative journey and deliver a quality learning experience. I wanted […]

Installation and Photography Unit Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

PANAYIOTA GOGOS At Eltham High School we have a rich and diverse Visual Arts program where Art, Studio Arts (Photography), Studio Arts (Art) and VCD are popular and well subscribed subjects, with many students choosing to undertake these when doing their VCE. Teaching students about the design elements and principles is an important step in […]

How can we teach creativity in our art classes?

HILARY SENHANLI Don’t we do that already? Let’s look at what actually happens in the art class and how it could be done differently. Normally, we design an exciting project, find great exemplars to inspire and ask students to come up with some ideas. It’s at this point that they often just want to go […]

Mornington Island Enterprise Art Project

BEN LANDERS As a non-Indigenous art teacher with experience working in remote communities, I recognise the importance of not making assumptions about what or how young Indigenous people should learn about their culture. This would undermine the principles of self-determination by propagating an outsider’s version of Indigeneity, at its worst furthering the misconception that Indigenous […]

Teaching Art is Easy

MAX DARBY Sadly, for many of us, some people seem to think teaching art is easy. All that is needed are a few skills and techniques, materials, and everything ‘just happens’. Wrong! This article contains lists of the many different teaching methods and different experiences we provide to maintain student interest and enthusiasm. It demonstrates […]