Education
Guided Tours and Workshops for Schools
Shepparton Art Museum welcomes school groups from kindergartens, primary and secondary schools to view our permanent collection of Australian ceramics and paintings, or our temporary art exhibitions. We provide free educational tours, curriculum materials and activities tailored to year level. We can also assist teachers in planning their visit to SAM.
ONGOING PROGRAMS
ART PASSPORTS
Come and check out our new art works and exhibitions with the help of art passport. Be guided by activities designed for first time visitors including primary school groups, families, t'weens and teens. The art passport entitles each holder to a one year Young Friends membership and prizes, including workshops. Pick up a free passport at SAM. Teachers can contact education staff to organise class passports in advance of their visit.
SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
Complementing our education tours, 45 minute visual art workshops allow young minds to experiment with new ideas and media. School workshops can be tailored to suit Early and Middle Years learners. A cost of $2.50 applies for 2D drawing and $6.50 for a 3D clay session per student.
SAM OUT LATE
With SAM Out Late on Thursday evenings to our art forums, we invite Friends, teachers, students and the general public to come along and enjoy some informed conversation each month about our current exhibitions and contemporary art.
Please visit the Programs/Events page for more details on what's coming up Out Late.
SEMESTER 1
EDUCATORS PREVIEW
Thursday 23 February, 5.30pm to 7.00pm.
Bookings essential for catering purposes.
Teachers from all sectors are invited to an educators preview of Longstaff's Portrait of a Woman and the Indigenous Ceramic Art Award 2012 and the new upstairs collection hang. Teachers attending will receive a free Longstaff and ICAA exhibition catalogue. Join us for free canapés and drinks to mark the re-opening of education services at Shepparton Art Museum.
SCHOOL TOURS AND TRAILS
Suitable for Early Years, VELS 4, 5, 6 and VCE Art and Studio Arts
During semester 1 SAM education will focus on key art works from the collection to explore ideas and themes on art making, art history and artistic practices. Students will be introduced to selected artists and forms and will consider contemporary art themes and ideas or focus on a particular aspect of Australian art history and culture. Guided tours, trails and short activities can be tailored to suit all school and visitor groups including pre-school children, special needs students and adults.
FEELING AND FORM
Looking at both 2D and 3D art forms this tour will give particular consideration to the expressive quality or nature of selected art works and the similarities and differences in form, techniques and approaches by various artists. Students will explore and compare art works by Benjamin Armstrong, Arthur Boyd, Merric Boyd, Dale Frank, Brendan Huntley, Tony Tuckson, John Perceval, Stephen Benwell and others.
All group visits need to be booked in advance with our education staff who will provide relevant guidelines and information to teachers.
Art Museum staff can also provide hands-on workshops for up to 20 students. Workshops in clay modelling, drawing, basic painting, printmaking and other specialised skills are available upon request for all school groups. There is a small materials fee per child.
Please check our current public programs that may include professional development opportunities for teachers and art activities for children.
BUSH MYTHOLOGIES
The representation of landscape has been a dominant theme in creating identity for both aboriginal and white Australians. This tour will examine changing and conflicting mythologies and consider links between the past and present. Discussion will focus on art works by Brook Andrew, Steven Bush, Tracey Moffatt, Frederick McCubbin, Lin Onus, Arthur Streeton, Dr Gloria Fletcher AO, Christian Thompson, Fred Williams and others.
POP ART AND NEO 'PLASTIC' POP
The early 70's saw the emergence of young artists working in printmaking, ceramics and sculpture that challenged mainstream art and culture. Reflecting the political and social milieu of the period Shepparton Art Gallery acquired works into the permanent collection that reveal a direct influence of Pop Art on Australian art. This tour also looks at recent contemporary art acquisitions. Artists include Richard Larter, Alex Danko, Margaret Dodd, John Davies, Mike Brown, Mandy Martin.
TERM 1 2011
INDIGENOUS CERAMIC ART AWARD
With eleven Aboriginal language or community groups and regions represented in this years Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, this exhibition presents an insight into of the increasing diversity and accomplishment amongst Indigenous ceramic artists. The tour will also present an overview of themes and the ongoing importance of ancestral ties through the depiction of stories, country, rituals, symbols and motifs.
SIR JOHN LONGSTAFF: PORTRAIT OF A LADY
This tour examines the stylistic development of Longstaff's portraits of women and reflects upon the era and lives of the women represented. It also includes aspects of exhibition design and the conservation of art works.
TERM 2
REAL SCULPTURE
This tour considers aspects of representation and the role of art in evoking memory and emotion in the works on display by Sam Jinks and Patricia Piccinini. For secondary students a focus on specialised technologies and skills required to make ‘hyperreal' art will be included.
Booking Information
All workshops are small in class size and vary throughout the term. Bookings are essential as places are limited. Where workshop fees apply payment is required to secure your booking. Bookings T: 5832 9861 or for further information T: 5832 9520.
Outreach Programs
Our current VCE Outreach Program for Rural Schools aims to provide a greater appreciation of the role of regional galleries in maintaining and developing public collections. Our Education staff welcome the opportunity to visit your school to provide an informative session that includes a discussion of relevant issues.
Education Kits
To support our ongoing exhibition program the gallery regularly provides education kits (including the Sidney Myer Fund ACA 2010 Kit) to accompany each show. Please contact the gallery education officer for more information.
Additional support material and advice on meeting specific outcomes can be provided by contacting our education staff. This includes curriculum requirements for VCE Art and Studio Art and VELS curriculum. Cross curricular learning can also be catered to through personal learning experiences, sharing ideas with others, conceptual and analytical skills development and activities that build knowledge and creativity through art.
