PD | Gertrude Contemporary presents CAOTR+H at Castlemaine Art Museum

Contemporary Art on the Road + Home is a teacher professional development program founded to bring Gertrude Studio Artists, art educators and teachers together to exchange ideas, share creative experiences and explore contemporary art and culture. The program has been designed to introduce Primary and Secondary art teachers to a range of hands-on, expertly designed strategies and resources for teaching contemporary art in their classroom.

In 2019, CAOTR+H will journey to Shepparton Art Museum, Horsham Regional ArtGallery, Castlemaine Art Museum and present two workshops at our home locations Gertrude Glasshouse, Collingwood and Gertrude Contemporary, Preston South.

The first part of the program consists of formal presentations by educators from GertrudeContemporary, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) and Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

A presentation and hands-on workshop by Gertrude Studio Artist Andrew Atchison will form the second part of the program. Andrew will lead a workshop where participants will learn techniques for making sculptural artworks and some of the unique opportunities for conceptual analysis of sculpture. As a group, they will consider how our physical position produces different perspectives onto a sculpture in-the-round from one person to the next, and how this situation can be conceptually analogous to differing intellectual views held within a group. Sculpture will be framed as an object lesson for considering artistic expression, personal differences and empathy.

Date: Thursday, 28 November 2019
Venue: Castlemaine Art Museum 14 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Time: 10am – 3pm (9.30am registrations and morning tea)
Cost: No cost*, bookings are essential. Lunch will be provided.

*Please note this program is only available to regional primary and secondary school teachers. To check if your school qualifies, please contact Gertrude Contemporary.

Booking: https://www.trybooking.com/BCJRE or phone Siobhan Sloper, Gallery Coordinator, Gertrude Contemporary on (03) 9419 3406

Further info here

RSVP: Thursday, 14 November 2019

Presenters: Siobhan Sloper, Gertrude Contemporary Melissa Bedford, Monash University Museum of Art Kathryn Hendy-Ekers, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority Andrew Atchison, Gertrude Studio Artist

Cost: FREE *
*These programs are exclusively for regional or low-SES metropolitan Melbourne schools.
If you are unsure if your school is in these categories please contact us on 03 9419 3406