“What Is Your Truth?”  is a program for Secondary Schools presented by La Trobe Art Institute and Bendigo Art Gallery in association with Photo2020, an exciting new state wide festival  of contemporary photography.

“Photo2020 will navigate the contemporary post-truth era of social media, fake news, artificial intelligence and augmented reality to explore how photography is both implicit in, and critical of shifting notions of truth.”  -Photo2020

Get creative at home with these fun activities designed for kids and families.

Driveway Drawing Activities

Get outside and stretch your imagination.   

Our Education Officers will be providing engaging online drawing activities related to both the gallery's traditional and contemporary collections.

Feel free to discuss your needs with an Education Officer.

Bendigo Art Gallery acknowledges the support of the Department of Education and Training through the Strategic Partnerships Program

This program enables a full immersion into three diverse exhibitions at Bendigo Art Gallery and La Trobe Art Institute.  Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion and Paul Guest Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery will allow students to view a range of display styles and artworks to enrich their understanding of exhibition design and curatorship. At La Trobe Art Institute, students will gain a unique insight into the curatorship and exhibition design of the contemporary exhibition Assemble.

This program introduces students to exhibitions at both Bendigo Art Gallery and La Trobe Art Institute providing ideal stimuli for folio themes, artist study and exhibitions. Resources will be provided giving insight into curatorial considerations related to the display of specific artworks in exhibitions and exhibition viewing. Teachers can value add to their day by planning to visit exhibitions at alternative  art spaces in Bendigo such as Chancery Lane and Pennyweight Walk with its display of commissioned public artworks.

With renowned local photographer Leah Ladson

Students in Years 9 and 10 are invited to the Gallery to view photographs in the Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion exhibition and then participate in a hands-on photography workshop with models in and around the View Street Arts Precinct.

In collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, Bendigo Art Gallery is delighted to present Desert Lines: Batik from Central Australia. The exhibition showcases batiks and selection of paintings from five distinct desert communities – Ernabella (Pukatja), Fregon (Kaltjiti), Utopia, Yuendumu and Kintore (Walungurru).

Booking deadline Tuesday 17th September

This program will provide students with revision of Unit 3-4 Studio Arts Outcome 3 content in preparation for the end of year examination. Students will learn about what to expect in a Studio Arts exam such as exam structure, time management, the importance of correct application of terminology and how to use it to get maximum marks.

Highlights of this major international exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London include garments crafted by Balenciaga from the 1950s and 1960s – arguably the most creative period of his career when he dressed some of the most renowned women of the time – through to pieces designed by protégés and contemporary designers working in the same innovative way today.

This program enables a full immersion into three diverse exhibitions at Bendigo Art Gallery and La Trobe Art Institute.  Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion and Desert Lines: Batik from Central Australia at Bendigo Art Gallery will allow students to view a range of display styles and artworks to enrich their understanding of exhibition design and curatorship.