This program introduces students to Body Politics, a new collection display at Bendigo Art Gallery 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 other art spaces in Bendigo such as La Trobe Art Institute and Pennyweight Walk with its new display of commissioned public artworks.

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This program in early Term 1 gives students insight to four Bendigo Art Gallery exhibitions, 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 other art spaces in Bendigo such as Pennyweight Walk with its new display of commissioned public artworks.

This program in early Term 1 gives students insight to four Bendigo Art Gallery exhibitions, 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 other art spaces in Bendigo such as Pennyweight Walk with its new display of commissioned public artworks.

Art and Literacy Project open to all primary school members

What do children see, question, and value in an artwork? 

At Bendigo Art Gallery we want to know!

Primary school classes are invited to visit the Gallery and work with an education officer to discover the collection and share their own insights on the artworks. Following the visit the Gallery will incorporate the children’s ideas and writing into a series of children’s labels to be displayed in the Gallery. Every child who participates in the program will receive a Gallery certificate.

This permanent collection tour is available for all VELS levels throughout the year. Bookings are essential for all school tours.

Who came to the Victorian goldfields and what did Bendigo look like in 1862? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this school group tour looking at Bendigo history and important Australian issues such as immigration and the altered environment.

This permanent collection tour is available for all levels throughout the year. Bookings are essential for all school tours.

View early Australian landscapes from the turn of the 20th century, modern landscape paintings and those of contemporary Indigenous artists. Compare and contrast these styles and discuss the meanings covered.

This permanent collection tour is available for all VELS levels throughout the year. Bookings are essential.

Explore the materials and processes used by contemporary artists as well as the themes that Australian contemporary artists are exploring in their work today.

This permanent collection tour is available for all VELS levels throughout the year, bookings are essential.

Discover the language of artists and galleries and the words used to describe the visual art elements such as colour, line and shape.

Sketchbooks

Drawing is the backbone of art making.  In this workshop students will create their own unique sketchbook inspired by their Gallery visit

Portrait Plays

We are all captivated by faces.   After viewing portraits in the collection students will learn some practical techniques for creating their own portraits.

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.