The MGA is committed to providing diverse, relevant and enjoyable education programs that service primary, secondary and tertiary students and teachers.

Programs utilise the permanent collection of Australian photography and temporary exhibitions of Australian art to interconnect with VCAL and VCE studies including Art, Studio Arts, Visual Communication and Design, Sociology and History and are supported by a range of valuable educational resources and events.

Talks by the Gallery's Education Coordinator are available on request and can be tailored to suit specific needs and address key learning standards.

>Talks are free. Advance bookings essential.

For all education enquiries and to book your school group, contact:

Stephanie Richter
Acting Education and Public Programs Coordinator
T: 9562 1569
E: stephanier@monash.vic.gov.au

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Anne ZAHALKA
The Cleaner 1987
cibachrome photograph
Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection
Reproduced courtesy of the artist

:: education schools program

Program includes:

• Guided tours for pre-booked groups of temporary exhibitions with the Gallery's Education Coordinator. Tours can be specifically designed in consultation with teachers to support school curriculum at early, middle and VCE levels .
• Admission for pre-booked groups to artists' talks and programs tailored to complement student interests and curriculum requirements.
• Printed education resource materials for selected temporary exhibitions and for students of VCE Studio Arts Unit 4.
• Teacher previews to learn about selected temporary exhibitions and associated education programs.
  

:: CURRICULUM BASED Programs

The Gallery's Education Coordinator can provide guided tours of the Monash Gallery of Art and its temporary exhibitions. Talks can be specifically designed in consultation with teachers to suit specific needs and address the VELS (Levels P – 10) and VCE curriculum

Behind the scenes education program

MGA offers talks and printed education resource tailored to VCE Studio Arts Unit 4: Arts Industry Contexts. Talks incorporate a tour through the exhibition spaces, and offer the unique opportunity to tour ‘behind the scenes' to see the curatorial room, storage areas, equipment and materials used. Students also receive a demonstration on preservation and safe handling practices in relation to photographic works.

Topics discussed include:

• Public Gallery operations in relation to other types of exhibition spaces
• Collection, acquisition policies and procedures
• Curatorship
• Exhibition types and selection processes
• Exhibition installation and design
• Gallery building and facilities
• Storage, preservation and conservation issues
• Publicity, funding and sponsorship
• Signage and publications
• Staff roles

Children's exhibition guides and activity sheets

Available for selected especially designed for the K-6 age group, these activities encourage children to explore the exhibitions and seek responses to specific artworks

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Lives and Times – NGV touring exhibition
Exhibition Dates: 17 July to 24 August 2008

This selection of works acquired through the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists reflects the vitality and dynamism of contemporary art in Australia today.  The National Gallery of Victoria collects work in all media, by artists from across generations and from a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds.
The works in this exhibition represent aspects of the individual lives and times of the artists. They also communicate to the widest possible audience something of the beauty, enigma, fragility and history of the complicated times in which we live.
In painting, drawing, fashion and textiles, photography and sculpture, artists render images of their inner lives and external environments uncompromisingly, poetically, and experimentally. They do so with a sense that, while vision and experience are deeply personal, works of art have the capacity to connect with the wider world, universal human conditions, and provoke new ways of being and understanding.

• Education Kit for VELS (Levels 4-6) and VCE ART and Studio Art. This resource has been designed for students and teachers to explore the key themes of the exhibition: Culture, Nature, Beliefs and Identity. It contains detailed information about selected artists and suggested questions and activities. It is suitable for VELS (Levels 4-6) and VCE Art and Studio Art.
• Teachers preview in 19 July with NGV curator, education officer and artist.
• Educational talks by the Gallery’s Education Coordinator
• Children’s workshop with Nadine Christiansen
  
  
  Events

Saturday 19 July

SATURDAY ART CLUB
Drawing workshop with Nadine Christensen

Nadine will work with the group to make drawings that engage their imagination, elements of chance and the accident, as well as encouraging participants to practice their fine motor skills when carefully rendering their observations of the world.

DATE: Saturday 19 July
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00pm
VENUE: MGA
COST: $10 General Admission, $8 Children of Friends of MGA
Suitable for 5-12 yr olds

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Friday 18 July

TEACHERS PREVIEW
Lives and Times

Lives and Times is a National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition features work in all media, by artists from across generations and from a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds. The works in this exhibition represent aspects of the individual lives and times of the artists. They also communicate to the widest possible audience something of the beauty, enigma, fragility and history of the complicated times in which we live. For this Teachers Preview Kelly Gellatly, Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, will discuss the exhibition; Susie May, Education Officer, National Gallery of Victoria will talk about the education resources available and curriculum links; and an artist from the the exhibition will speak about their works in the exhibition and professional practice.

DATE: Friday 18 July
TIME: 3.00 – 4.30pm
VENUE: MGA
COST: FREE

Top Shots!
8 August - 14 September 2008

Monash Gallery of Art introduces its inaugural Top Shots! exhibition in 2008. Top Shots! will showcase some the best photographic works by students completing VCE Arts and Studio Arts in 2008 promoting the high standards of art education in secondary schools within the Eastern and Southern Metropolitan Regions. The exhibition will enable students to gain valuable experiences of exhibiting within a significant public gallery, and opportunities to deliver public programs.

• Student’s TalksTalks delivered by Education Coordinator
• Interpretative texts and educational resources