2pm – 3pm, 18 Oct, free entry
Discuss the legacy of the Hermannsburg School and learn about the artists’ vital connection to Country in this educator-led gallery discussion.
Duration: 1 hour Cost: $10 per student
The NGV is for everyone. This introduction to the NGV supports students with diverse learning abilities, and their teachers, to feel more confident and empowered to visit the Gallery.
The NGV is yours to discover in this art adventure. Ideal for a first time visit to the NGV, students explore the Gallery and interpret and discuss art and design from different places and times.
Think adventurously through art and design. Explore and respond to works from different times and cultures using thinking strategies and tools. This educator-led Gallery session draws upon Artful Thinking routines developed by Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Nurture a love of writing. Experiment with language, develop rich descriptive vocabulary, and use art and design from different times and cultures as inspiration for creative writing. Students create a booklet of responses that can be used in the classroom to produce extended pieces of writing.
What’s in a portrait? What do portraits tell us about people and the times they lived in? What does the appearance of a sitter reveal about what they might be thinking or feeling? Why is it important that artists make portraits of people? View and discuss historical and contemporary portraits from across the NGV Collection.
Explore the Gallery, find inspiration, get creative and have fun. Challenge students to work together to draw, describe, perform, create and curate.
Duration: 2 hours Cost: $20 per student
How has art changed since the nineteenth century? What are the key characteristics of different movements and styles, and what ideas and events have influenced these? Students explore these questions and more in an educator-led Gallery session.
Creative ways to analyse, interpret and describe art. Following a presentation that introduces strategies for writing about art, students take inspiration from works on display and create rich, descriptive writing during a practical session in the Gallery.
Explore Medieval Europe and the Italian Renaissance, and discuss how art reflects the social and cultural changes and artistic innovation from its time.
What can we learn about Hispanic and Spanish culture from art? Discover rich histories and stories in Mesoamerican and Spanish artworks from the NGV Collection.
Journey to Japan through traditional and contemporary artworks. From Buddhist sculptures to ceramics, fashion and textiles, this program provides a rich insight into Japan and its rich cultural history and traditions.
Explore Chinese art from ancient times to the present day. Intricately crafted early funerary and ritual objects, traditional artforms rich in symbolism, and dynamic contemporary works paint a vivid picture of China past and present.
See the sites, meet the people and discover stories of Italian culture and history on this journey through Italian art and design from antiquity to the present day.
Experience the essence of French culture and history. Discover people, stories, art movements and cultural traditions through the art and design spanning the fourteenth to the twenty-first century.
What does it mean to belong to a religious tradition? Explore how artworks reflect and express religious beliefs, symbols, rituals and identity.
What are the qualities of a great leader? Interpret images and stories of inspiring individuals from different cultures, contexts and times who have shown courage, leadership and faith at critical times.
Gain insight into the importance of connection to Country through the culture and creativity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and their works.
What does it mean to be Australian? Explore different perspectives on Australian identity and culture through art and design. How have people from different times and backgrounds experienced Australia? What can art and design teach us about contemporary Australia?
Explore Australia’s history, from first contact and colonisation through to Federation. This program includes lively discussion of stories and events from the past and considers multiple perspectives on Australian history.
What is design? What do designers do? Explore how designers solve problems, present possibilities, tell stories, reflect their time and imagine the future. Discover design as a process and a way of thinking that helps to shape the world we live in.
How have modern and contemporary artists responded to a rapidly changing world? Explore works from the NGV Collection with an NGV educator to discover how artists have pushed the boundaries of ‘traditional’ art, experimenting with new and diverse approaches to artmaking. Then in the studio, use a range of media to collaboratively create bold and unique postcards using collage, the language of symbols, Pop art and other modern artworks as inspiration.
Duration: 2 hours Cost: $22 per student
From fancy forks to pots for tea, the NGV collection is bursting with food utensils and vessels from different times and places. What are they made from? How were they used? What can we learn from them? Following a gallery tour, respond to a design brief and design a new utensil or vessel for a futuristic feast in a studio workshop.
Be the architect. The annual NGV Architecture Commission asks architects to consider innovative ways to activate the NGV’s Grollo Equiset Garden with a thought-provoking work of temporary architecture. In this workshop, students use tools and techniques for idea generation and rapid prototyping to create their own response to the same brief. The program includes a gallery session with a viewing of the competition winning design.
Draw attention to art! Explore new ways of seeing and making art by sketching in the gallery. Students build on their observational and technical skills, while getting to know the stories and ideas behind art and design in the NGV Collection.
Work like a medieval illuminator. Inspired by works from the NGV collection, students design their own illuminated letter using pattern, foliage and flourishes, then make their letter shine with gouache and gold.
Where do artists and designers get their ideas? How does an idea become a finished work? How do materials and techniques connect to ideas, culture, and meanings? Explore the diverse ideas and materials that have inspired creative minds across time and place.
NGV Teens offers specially tailored programming that connects young people with art and artists at the Gallery.