Professional
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Professional Learning in 2019

In 2019 NGA Education is offering professional learning that will empower educators to harness the national collection as a teaching resource.

The schedule is as follows, please check back throughout the year as we update this page with specific information and booking links:

The National Visual Art Education Conference (NVAEC) took place from 21–23 January 2019 at the National Gallery of Australia. To access video recordings of keynote presentations by Sandra Jackson-Dumont, John Armstrong, Dr Flossie Chua and Anne Smith, feature artists Sally Smart, Ben Quilty, Lisa Reihana and paper presentations by over 35 practitioners go to the videos tab at the NVAEC website.

The following professional learning sessions are free of charge for educators, bookings are essential. These sessions are often fully booked, and we often have a waiting list, so if you have reserved a place and are no longer able to attend please email education@nga.gov.au to advise us.

Professional learning sessions for groups of teachers are also organised on request all year and can be tailored to a variety of areas of the collection and emphasis.

To speak with a team member about further professional learning opportunities please email education@nga.gov.au

 

Banner image: Teachers participating in a workshop at NVAEC 2019 in front of Danie Mellor's Landstory 2018, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased through the Members Acquisition Fund 2019

Term 1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art

All students should engage in reconciliation, respect and recognition of the world’s oldest living culture, that of our first nations people, an ambition set out and reinforced through the Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

The following workshops are divided based on age appropriate content, teachers are encouraged to attend whichever is most relevant to their context.

Workshop for early childhood and primary teachers
Saturday 30 March 10am – 12pm
Free (bookings essential)
Booked out

Teachers will be invited to connect with the concept of country/place and guided in how to foster a supportive space for students to engage with these ideas.

This session will be targeted towards early childhood and primary contexts and will consider several works from the national collection that could be used as resources for teaching.

Workshop for early secondary, college and and tertiary teachers
Saturday 30 March 1pm – 3pm
Free (bookings essential)
Booked out

Teachers will be invited to connect with the concept of identity and, in recognition of the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, consider the use of language in Indigenous Art. Teachers will be guided in how to foster a supportive and inclusive space for students to engage with these ideas.

This session will be targeted towards secondary, college and tertiary contexts and will consider several works from the national collection that could be used as resources for teaching. There will be an emphasis upon the work of Tony Albert who has been commissioned by the NGA to produce ‘I AM VISIBLE’ for the Enlighten festival 2019.

Image captions:

  • Mick Namari Tjapaltjarri Sunrise chasing away the night 1977-78. © the estate of the artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
  • Tony Albert Brothers (New York Dreaming) 2015. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney