Education resources
Lives and Times: A selection of works on tour from the VFLAA Collection
A National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition through the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists.
This resource has been designed for students and teachers to explore the key themes of the exhibition: Culture, Nature, Beliefs and Identity. It contains detailed information about selected artists and suggested questions and activities. It is suitable for VELS (Levels 4-6) and VCE Art and Studio Art.
Crossing Borders
This education resource has been designed for students and teachers to explore and discuss the challenging global questions and issues
of our time through the work of contemporary artists practising within the Commonwealth. It offers candid film interviews with the artists, reference
materials and learning activities specifically designed for studies of VCE Art, VCE Studio Arts, VCE Philosophy, International Baccalaureate Art and
Theory of Knowledge, and VELS Art and Thinking Processes.
Gordon Bennett
The range of artistic, cultural and social issues and ideas explored in the work of Gordon Bennett make the exhibition a valuable resource for exploring
questions and ideas in several areas of the Middle and Senior Years’ curriculum including the Visual Arts, English, History and Studies of society,
and Philosophy and the Thinking curriculum.
Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now
This education resource is for teachers and students. It offers reference materials and learning activities that you may wish to use before or after
you visit the Exhibition. This resource is primarily intended for Middle Years, VCE Art and Studio Art students.
Australian Impressionism
Australian Impressionism is a rich resource for students of all year levels and for a range of learning areas across the curriculum, including the
Visual Arts, History and English. Information in this education resource has been prepared for teachers and later year students.
Questions and activities are provided for all year levels.
Howard Arkley
This education resource has been designed for teachers and students. It includes detailed information about the artist Howard Arkley and his work,
an interactive activity designed to develop compositional skills and suggested activities and questions for exploring the exhibition.
Picasso: Love & War 1935 – 1945
This education resource is designed for teachers and students. It offers reference materials and classroom activities that you may wish to use
before you visit the exhibition.
Exiles and Emigrants: Epic Journeys to Australia in the Victorian Era
This resource is designed for teachers and students across both primary and secondary school to enable students to learn about and consider the
emigration experience during the 19th century and today.
The resource covers three key themes, leaving home, the journey and the new land, each with images, text and questions.
The Art of Zen
A study of Zen and its relationship to art can reveal rich rewards in a range of curriculum areas and insights into the philosophy and the practice
of meditation. Presented as a website, this education kit introduces students to the history of Zen and its impact on both Asian art and Western culture.
Henri Rousseau
Learn about the style and techniques of French artist Henri Rousseau with this extensive interactive. Use online, or download and install on your own system.
