KickstArt 2018

NGV TRIENNIAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS | NGV

Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 January 2018, 10 – 3.30pm NGV INTERNATIONAL AND NGV AUSTRALIA GROUND LEVEL An opportunity for senior students of VCE Art, Studio Arts, Visual communication and Design or Product Design and Technology to launch their 2018 studies. This program will provide students with access to the work of leading contemporary artists, designers […]

NGV TRIENNIAL FOR TEACHERS | NGV

Tuesday 16  – Thursday 18 January 2018,  10-4pm NGV INTERNATIONAL AND NGV AUSTRALIA GROUND LEVEL A three day professional learning program exploring the latest creative practice in art, design and teaching. The program will support current school curriculum frameworks, including Visual Arts (P-10), VCE Art, Studio Arts, Visual Communication and Design, Product Design and Technology. Cost: […]

Educator Preview: Unfinished Business | ACCA

Wednesday 13 December 2017, 5.30–6.30pm Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Educators are invited to join us to celebrate the end of the school year and get the very first look at ACCA’s summer exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism. As the last works are hung and finishing touches added, ACCA’s Artistic Director Max […]

2017 EOY Party

2 December 2017, 6-8pm Testing Grounds (1 City Road, Southbank, Victoria) Yep, another year has passed! What a great opportunity to connect up and celebrate the end of the year. This year we’ll be throwing our EOY party at Testing Grounds with some art, music, and refreshments. Testing Grounds is a temporary space for creative practices encompassing […]

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTS AND CULTURES | NGV

Thursday 26 October 2017, 4.30 – 7.30pm NGV AUSTRALIA, FEDERATION SQUARE: GROUND LEVEL Join colleagues for an introduction to Past Legacy: Present Tense and a discussion on how to use the NGV Collection to engage your students within the framework of the new Victorian Curriculum. The discussion will present historical and contemporary works in the collection, and introduce the […]

TRIENNIAL TEACHER BRIEFING | NGV

Friday, 24 November 2017, 6 pm NGV INTERNATIONAL CLEMENGER BBDO AUDITORIUM (ENTER NORTH ENTRANCE, VIA ARTS CENTRE FORECOURT) In December 2017 the National Gallery of Victoria will launch the NGV Triennial – an exhilarating exhibition of contemporary art and design that will survey the world’s best artists and designers and present current ideas, practices and […]

PUBLIC ART AT MUMA: MASTER-CLASS WITH ROSE NOLAN | MUMA

Thursday 23 November, 9.30 – 2.30pm Explore Monash’s growing collection of public art with Director Charlotte Day and find out about recent commissions by renowned Australian artists including Callum Morton, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Emily Floyd, Ronnie Van Hout, Open Spatial Workshop, DAMP, Esther Stewart, Tully Moore, Kenny Pittock, Sam Songailo, A Centre for Everything and Megan […]

Kader Attia Teacher PD | ACCA

Monday, 13 November 2017, 9:30 – 3:30 pm French-Algerian artist Kader Attia (born 1970) works across diverse media including collage, photography, video, sculpture and installation. Exploring ideas around the cultural exchange, appropriation, and the tangled relationship between North Africa and the West in the wake of decolonisation, Attia articulates theories of ‘repair’ and ‘reparation’ through his […]

VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES | HEIDE

Wednesday, 15 November 2017, 9-3.30pm Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is an inquiry-based approach to experiencing art through careful, close looking and questioning, empowering students to discuss art based on what they can see in an artwork. The goal of VTS is not to teach the history of a work of art but rather, to encourage students to observe […]