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RM UK are offering 10 free places for gifted and talented students between the ages of 6-13 from NSW to enter into the Galileo project being run by Oxford University.
The next course begins on the 20 April 2009. For further details, please contact Simon Jones, RM Asia-Pacific.
2009
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are presented annually by the Australian Museum, the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism & communication. Entries close on 1 May 2009.
2010
The Art Gallery of NSW has 2010 programs designed specifically for Gifted and Talented students.
For further information, contact Sherryl Ryan, Coordinator Gifted & Talented Programs
Email: sherrylr@ag.nsw.gov.au Telephone: 9225 1770 Fax: 9225 1842
Da Vinci Project: HOT Art
For gifted and talented children Years K-8
HOT Art workshops are designed to meet the needs of intellectually gifted and underachieving gifted children, offering stimulating and creative opportunities to develop Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills in a museum context. Students participate in a range of discussion tours and practical workshops relating to the Gallery’s permanent collection linked to the NSW syllabus. Pre and post-visit learning activities are incorporated into this program. A resource pack will be provided at the time of booking.
Da Vinci Gifted and Talented Program dates for 2010 workshops
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Permanent collection workshops are available at any time of year and include:
Manioo
Years K-8
Syllabus connections: HSIE/Art
Manioo is an Eora word meaning ‘to pick up anything’. This free workshop has been designed by the Gallery to specifically support and encourage underachieving, gifted K-6 students in an effort to meet their intellectual, artistic, social and emotional needs through using the Gallery’s permanent collection as a key resource within this ‘special environment’. The workshop is designed for disadvantaged, underachieving gifted children from differing backgrounds with a focus on Indigenous children.
Key Indigenous artists, whose work is in the Gallery’s permanent collection, will talk to students about their artwork in either the Prints and Drawings Study Room, or the Yiribana Gallery. Artists will discuss their artistic practice and will assist the students with an art-making workshop in either printmaking or painting. The program will also include a discussion tour of the Yiribana collection with the Gallery’s coordinator of Aboriginal Programs.
2.5 hours: FREE to disadvantaged groups of 15 students or less
HOT Art - Klippel
Years K-8
Syllabus connections: Art/Science/HSIE
This program meets the need of intellectually gifted students, offering stimulating and creative opportunities to develop Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills in a museum context. Based upon the work of eminent Australian sculptor Robert Klippel, the program focuses on artworks in the Gallery’s permanent collection.
Students will participate in a discussion tour followed by a visit to the Prints and Drawings Study Room for an intimate viewing of works on paper. This provides a unique opportunity to sketch from the artist’s diaries and original drawings. Finally, students will use sculptural materials in a 3D workshop to extend their visual thinking skills. Pre and post visit activities are included.
2.5 hours; cost $330 per group of 15 students or less
Margaret Preston: Written by Herself
Years 5/6 & 7/8
Syllabus Connections: English/Art History/Drama/Australian History
An in-depth discussion tour and writing workshop based on Margaret Preston’s work from the Gallery’s permanent collection. This workshop will engage students in a conceptual investigation of the notion of autobiography/biography in Preston’s artworks, essays and archival material. As a post visit activity students will be invited to write a biography or autobiography of the artist and invited to perform in one of the Gallery spaces.
A free online education kit is available to accompany the workshop – pre and post visit activities are provided. Online Education kit: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed/resources/ed_kits
1.5 hours; cost $195 per group of 15 students or less
Goddess – A tableau narrative
Years 5/6 & 7/8
Syllabus connections: Art History/English/Drama/History
A workshop program for gifted and talented students which includes an in-depth discussion tour through the Asian permanent collection focussing on the Goddess depicted in sculptures and paintings.
Students will participate in a writing/drama workshop, designing and directing their own narrative, tableau style performance in the Gallery.
A free online education kit is available to accompany the workshop – pre and post visit activities are provided. Online Education kit: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed/resources/ed_kits
1.5 hours; cost $195 per group of 15 students or less
Figurative Sculpture and Anatomy
Years 5/6 & 7/8
Syllabus connections: Art/History/Science
A workshop for gifted and talented students focussing on the sculpture of Bertram Mackennal and his peers including Rodin, leading students back to consider Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo’s anatomical research. The program includes an in-depth discussion tour including the work of Salle ‘The Anatomy Lesson’. Workshops will focus on drawing and sculpture or dance.
A free online education kit is available to accompany the workshop – pre and post visit activities are provided. Online Education kit: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed/resources/ed_kits
1.5 hours; cost $195 per group of 15 students or less
Impressionism
Years 5/6 & 7/8
Syllabus connections: Art/Global Studies/Science
This workshop tour includes an in-depth discussion tour of the work the Impressionist artists in the permanent collection of the Gallery.
Students focus on historical perspectives in Europe at the time that influenced the Impressionist artists including the development of photography and the introduction of Japanese printmaking and culture. The discussion tour is followed by a practical water colour painting workshop.
A free online education kit is available to accompany the workshop – pre and post visit activities are provided. Online Education kit: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed/resources/ed_kits
1.5 hours; cost $195 per group of 15 students or less
Bookings for all Access Gifted and Talented Programs require 2 weeks notice.
For further information and bookings contact the Coordinator, Gifted and Talented Programs
telephone: (02) 9225 1770 fax: (02) 9225 1842
email: sherrylr@ag.nsw.gov.au
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ed/access
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