Art Gallery
of Western Australia
Education
School Program Highlights, 2008
Visit www.artgallery.wa.gov.au and follow the links to Education for a full list of our programs.
TERM 1
Year 12 Perspectives 2007
showcases works produced by high school
arts graduates from 2007. This exhibition
features a wide range of media ranging
from painting to sculpture, photography
and textiles, and expresses the uniquely
colourful views of this emerging
generation of young artists.
1 March – 25 May. Free entry.
Catalogue available for purchase.
Visual Diary Viewing:
Suitable for senior secondary arts students.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,
10am – 3pm
11 March – 1 May
(excluding school holidays)
Visual Diary Study Days:
Suitable for Year 11–12 TEE Art
and Art and Design students.
One day workshops, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays or Thursdays, 15 – 24 April.
Bookings essential, charges apply.
TERM 2
PEEP Glimpses of the last 4 decades
from the Kerry Stokes Collection
emphasises the wide diversity of art
produced during the past four decades
and introduces aspects of Pop, Op and
pattern painting, New Realism, Minimal
and Conceptual art. Features work by key
artists such as Andy Warhol, Gilbert and
George, Bridget Riley and Howard Taylor.
24 May – 25 August. Free entry.
Catalogue available for purchase.
Interactive Guided Tours:
with Voluntary Gallery Guides, 1 hour.
Suitable for K-12. Bookings essential,
no charge.
Art workshops:
join an Education Officer in the
Gallery spaces and the Art Studio to
create individual artworks inspired by
this colourful exhibition.
Suitable for K-12 students.
Bookings essential, charges apply.
Alison Fisher, St Brigid’s College
Urban Jungle, 2007
Acrylic on canvas.
Art Gallery
of Western Australia
Education
TERM 3
Art workshops:
join an Education Officer in the Gallery spaces
and the Art Studio to create individual artworks
inspired by these stunning works.
Suitable for K-12 students.
Bookings essential, charges apply.
Wonderlust
comprises the best the State Art Collection
has to offer in one stunning integrated
display over 10 galleries. Includes
highlights from the Contemporary,
Historical and Indigenous Collections.
This stimulating experience is suitable for
students of all ages.
Begins 27 June. Free entry.
TERM 4
The National Indigenous
Art Triennial: Culture Warriors
includes the work of 30 artists and provides a
highly considered snapshot of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander contemporary arts practice.
20 September – 23 November.
Catalogue available for purchase.
Interactive Guided Tours:
Join Voluntary Gallery Guides, as they take your
class on a tour of the this stunning and thought
provoking exhibition. Suitable for upper
primary and secondary students.
Bookings essential, no charge.
Frederick McCubbin, Down on his luck, 1889
oil on canvas
State Art Collection,
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Grace Crowley: being modern
is an important retrospective exhibition
of paintings and drawings by one of
Australia’s most influential modern
painters.
14 June – 21 September. Free entry
Interactive Guided Tours:
with Voluntary Gallery Guides, 1 hour.
Suitable for K-12. Bookings essential,
no charge.
Treahna Hamm, Yorta Yorta people
Yabby 2006
sedge grass, wire inserts and gumnuts
Purchased 2007 National Gallery of Australia
© Treahna Hamm
Bookings Please email [email protected] or call Susan Way on 9492 6645 to make a booking.