National Gallery Learning

16/12/2024

Thank you to all the teachers and students who participated in our programs onsite in Kamberri/Canberra, online and across Australia throughout 2024.
It has been a big year with the National Gallery Learning team connecting with over 50,000 students!

We wish all educators & teachers a well deserved break over the summer period and we look forward to seeing you in 2025.

If you are looking for professional development opportunities in early 2025 please book into our Teacher Engagement Program:

Online
18th Feb 2025
With Red Room Poetry & Dylan Van Den Berg

Onsite
1st March 2005
With Lindy Lee

Across Australia
7th March 2025
Wanneroo Regional Gallery, WA

14th March 3025
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, VIC

21st March 2025
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, QLD

11th April 2025
Gallery M, SA

Book via link.

More dates and locations across Australia coming soon!

Images:

Lindy Lee. Photograph by Daniel Marsden. Courtesy of the ABC.

Dylan Van Den Berg. Photograph by Alex Vaughn. Image courtesy of Cameron’s Management.

Installation view of Dr Carol McGregor, Wadawurrung people, Wreath for Oodgeroo, 2020, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia’s 40th anniversary, 2022 © Carol McGregor

01/11/2024

NEXT FRIDAY Art Live!

Featuring
Workshops with artists Brian Robinson, Maluyligal/Wuthathi/Dayak peoples and Jessika Spencer, Wiradjuri people

Music line up
6pm – Tahalianna
6.30pm – Femme Normale
7pm – Lemonise
7.45pm – Batjula

and MORE

If you're 15–25 years old, join us up late at the Gallery
Fri 8 Nov 2024
5.30–9pm

FREE, please book
https://nga.gov.au/events/art-live-/

04/10/2024

Free School Holiday Art Lab with artist Tom Buckland inspired by the recently acquired work, Last Riot by AES+F

Step into the world of imagination as Tom guides you to sculpt a fantastical miniature landscape inspired by your own visions of the future. Using recycled materials, clay, and cardboard, you'll combine hands-on making skills with basic special effects technology.

Superimpose yourself into your new world using green screens and editing, bringing your creation to life in a 90-second video installation. All materials provided—just bring your creativity!

Book your spot to attend either Fri or Sat 11 or 12 Oct 2024, 10.30am
https://nga.gov.au/events/art-lab-world-builders/

image: Fantastic Voyage, 2021. Still image. Tom Buckland

20/09/2024

📢 Attention future arts workers! The 2025 National Summer Art Scholarship is now open for applications! 🎨
If you’re in Year 10 or equivalent and passionate about a career in the arts, this is your chance to connect with a creative network of like-minded peers and arts professionals and gain invaluable experience

📅 Applications close: 20 October 2024
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!

Link in bio!

13/09/2024

Join us today for the opening weekend of Ever Present,
First Peoples Art of Australia.

Talks, performances, workshops from 10:30am.

Free, no bookings required.

What’s on:
• 10.30–11am, Welcome and Smoking Ceremony
• 11–11.30am , Performance: Dhamuw-Koedal Cultural Group
• 11.30am-12pm, Artist Talk: Paul Girrawah House
• 12–4pm, Workshop (Drop-in) for Kids & Families with Artist Billy Bain (12-1pm & 3-4pm)
• 1.30–2.30pm, Artist Talks: Billy Bain, Alick Tipoti, Yhonnie Scarce

30/08/2024

Teachers, it’s not too late to celebrate Australian Poetry Month! With our new Learning Resource in partnership with “A Vivid Expansion”.

An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description in response to a visual work of art.

This resource discusses two works of art and the poetic responses by Barina South and Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss.

Find it on our website now: https://nga.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/a-vivid-expansion

image credit:
Eugene von Guérard, North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko, 1863, purchased 1973

30/08/2024

Teachers, it’s not too late to celebrate Australian Poetry Month! With our new Learning Resource in partnership with “A Vivid Expansion”.

An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description in response to a visual work of art.

This resource discusses two works of art and the poetic responses by Barina South and Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss.

Find it on our website now, link in bio.

20/08/2024

Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series
Wednesdays, 4–25 Sep 2024

Tickets available now, link in bio.

This annual lecture series showcases the latest work of renowned Australian architects.

For more than two decades the National Gallery has proudly partnered with the Australian Institute of Architects (ACT Chapter) to present the Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series.

Kaunitz Yeung Architecture. Image courtesy of Kaunitz Yeung Architecture.

20/08/2024

Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series
Wednesdays, 4–25 Sep 2024

Join us every Wednesday in September. This annual lecture series showcases the latest work of renowned Australian architects.

For more than two decades the National Gallery has proudly partnered with the Australian Institute of Architects (ACT Chapter) to present the Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series.

Season tickets include access to all four lectures. Single tickets will be available closer to the date based on availability.

EARLY BIRD SEASON TICKETS, DISCOUNT available only until Wednesday 28 August 2024.

Photo: Kaunitz Yeung Architecture. Image courtesy of Kaunitz Yeung Architecture.

The annual Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series.

15/08/2024

Free, booking essential. 🔗 in bio

11–12pm: Conversation on the SaVĀge K’lub paepae (Gallery 11)

12.45–2.15pm: Kōauau instrument workshop (Learning Studio)

Join Thomas Carroll (Māori, Ngāti Maru, Hauraki, European) and Salvador Brown (Moana nui, Samoa, Tuvalu, European) practitioners of nga taonga puoro o te Moana nui (the singing treasures of the Pacific) for a creative conversation on the SaVĀge K’lub paepae.

Thomas and Salvador will share and sing stories of their practices in conversation with Cara Kirkwood (Mandandanji and Mithaka peoples). This is a special opportunity to see and hear the instruments up close and learn more about the long history and revival of the haumanu and tohunga.

The conversation will be followed by an artist-led workshop to make and play your own Kōauau instrument. The Kōauau can be made from timber, kelp, albatross wing bones and human bones. In this workshop, you will learn how to make a Kōauau from bamboo, a material common in the wider Pacific.

Creative Conversations is suitable for people of all ages and abilities. All children must be accompanied by a participating adult. No previous making or music experience required.

This program can be Audio Described for people who are blind or with low vision, and Auslan interpreted. Please email [email protected] to book this service.

Participants are encouraged to bring a packed lunch to enjoy in the Learning Studio between the talk and workshop. Please pack your lunch in a bag 30x 30cm or smaller.