Gallery on Tour
Victorian Curriculum Levels 3 to 10—The Arts (Visual Arts), Humanities
Duration: 1 – 2 hours
Interpret and explore key works of art from Geelong Gallery's permanent collection in the classroom with your students.
Be inspired by ideas, materials and techniques of contemporary artists with this exciting program.
Gallery on Tour outreach program provides you with the opportunity for a Geelong Gallery Educator to visit your school and engage students in visual arts learning providing:
—An introductory video
—An information resource on the artist and work
—Discussion questions
—An art-making activity
—Materials
Designed to support schools located in the Barwon South Region of Victoria, this program provides free, hands-on art-making workshop kits and practical art experience facilitated by a Gallery Educator at your school.
Workshop Kit 1: Christian Thompson’s self-portrait Untitled (Banksia Leaf) (2007)
Workshop Kit 2: Kate Beynon’s work Graveyard scene / the beauty and sadness of bones (2014–15)
Workshop Kit 3: Luminous relic (2017), a major collaborative project by Mandy Martin, Alexander Boynes and Tristen Parr.
Workshop Kit 4: Marlene Gilson’s painting William Buckley and John Batman (2021)
(Available March 2023)
To learn more about this program please visit our Gallery on Tour section or contact Learning and Audience Engagement Manager Elishia Furet elishia@geelonggallery.org.au or complete a booking form.
Program partner: Anonymous donor