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Educator professional development
The National Gallery of Australia offers professional development sessions for teachers in conjunction with special exhibitions, and the opportunity to explore the permanent collection. Teacher's in-services and exhibition previews are scheduled throughout the year. Teachers can book guided tours of the permanent collection, special exhibitions and the Sculpture Garden on request. Gallery educators can also assist teachers plan visits to meet specific curriculum needs.
For more information, call the Education Office on +61 2 6240 6519 or email groupbookings@nga.gov.au.
Professional development 2008
Degas
12 December 2008 – 22 March 2009 | nga.gov.au/Degas
An extensive examination of Degas’ painting, sculpture, drawing, monotypes and prints, the exhibition will highlight his role as a key figure in the development towards modern art. Degas traces the evolution of the artist’s style from finely crafted paintings to exuberant canvases with brilliant palettes and loose brushwork.
Teachers' Christmas viewing
Tuesday 16 December 2008 4.00 – 6.00 pm
Free | Educators only 3 max per school | Please send an email to Joanne.McCarthy@nga.gov.au listing: full name of each teacher attending, school and current role in the school/year level teaching
Download flyer (pdf).
Edgar Degas Dancers, pink and green c. 1890 (detail) oil on canvas 82.2 x 75.6cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York HO Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs HO Havemeyer, 1929
Home at last
13 September 2008 – 1 February 2009 | Children’s Gallery
This exhibition is suitable for preschool and primary students. The exhibition will focus on the centrality of home to the experience of childhood featuring a range of media that explore house and garden and the ‘spaces’ of home, furniture and household objects, toys and play and rituals and relationships. Works of art are drawn from the Australian and Aboriginal Art collections with a focus on the Australian experience across time and place.
Howard Arkley Floral exterior 1996 synthetic polymer paint on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
© The Estate of Howard Arkley
Picture my world
Online project in conjunction with Home at last
Picture my world is a collaborative project involving the National Gallery of Australia and early childhood educational centres in the Canberra region. Schools have responded to the topic of home or sense of place in a variety of ways. Each teacher was given a set of four quality photographic reproductions of works of art from the Home at last exhibition to use as a stimulus for discussion and creative responses in the classroom.
Grace Cossington Smith Interior with verandah doors 1954 oil on composition board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Bequest of Lucy Swanton 1982 Part of the Home at Last exhibition
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National Gallery of Australia
GPO Box 1150
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia