Start the VCE year with a deep dive into the Interpretive Lenses through works in the NGV Collection.
Experience a unique opportunity to hear from Dr. Deanne Gilson, a proud Wadawurrung woman and multidisciplinary visual artist, as she shares her creative practice and reflects on the personal and cultural influences that shape her work. A Q&A session with Gilson will follow, offering a rare chance to gain further insights into her ideas, working methods and influences.
Following this, NGV Educators will guide participants through interactive gallery workshops exploring three works of art using Interpretive Lenses. These sessions invite lively discussion, critical thinking and hands-on engagement with the collection.
Designed to align with the VCE Creative Practice Study Design, this program is also perfect for teachers across other year levels seeking to enrich their understanding and application of interpretive strategies.
All materials are supplied. Light refreshments are included – please include any dietary requirements when booking.
You might like to consider NGV Friday nights with Westwood | Kawakubo at NGV International following the program. For more information visit https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/friday-nights/
- Identify information and observations related to artworks relevant to different Interpretive Lenses.
- Apply the Interpretive Lenses to investigate the ideas, meanings and messages in a range of artworks from the NGV Collection.
- Develop discussion-based activities for increasing student engagement with the Interpretive Lenses.
- 2.1 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
- 3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.
- 6.2 Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice, targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities.
Cost: $95/$80 Members
Duration: 3.5 hours
About the artist
Dr Deanne Gilson is a Wadawurrung woman of Aboriginal and Australian/English descent with an art practice spanning nearly forty years. After spending her early childhood in Melbourne, Gilson relocated to her ancestral Country around Ballarat at seven years old, where she nurtured a deep appreciation for Indigenous plants, trees and flowers, many of which feature prominently in her work today.
Gilson recently completed a PhD at Deakin University, looking at the objectification of Aboriginal women by the male colonial gaze. She has exhibited extensively around Australia, including at the Koorie Heritage Trust, the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Melbourne Museum, White Night, and Melbourne Fashion Week. Her work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Shepparton Art Museum and The Koorie Heritage Trust, The National Gallery of Victoria, The National Wool Museum, Australian Catholic University, City of Wyndham, Manningham Art Gallery, Bundoora Homestead, Deakin University, Federation University, Monash University – RMIT, The Gordon, Trinity College, Ballarat Grammar, Maroondah Art Space, Shepparton Art Museum, Federation University and private collections in Hong Kong, England, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland and the United States.