Education

Art Classes For Adults
School Holiday Workshops
Educational Opportunities for Students and Teachers
Educational Opportunities for Schools
Public Programs and Tours
Education Kits

To receive regular information on exhibitions and events, please subscribe to
Wollongong City Gallery’s email stream by sending a message to
vvidulich@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Art Classes For Adults

Classes are subject to change, and may be cancelled if insufficient bookings are received.

Payment is required once the minimum number of participants have enrolled.

For further information phone 4228 7500.

School Holiday Workshops

Wollongong City Gallery provides art workshops and activities for children aged 5 to 12
years during school holidays in January, July and October. Artist-run activities include
experimentation and investigation of various media in a casual and fun environment.
These workshops change regularly and sell out quickly so book early.

For bookings and inquiries phone 02 4228 7500.

To receive Gallery information electronically please e-mail Vivian Vidulich, at vvidulich@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Image: African Mask workshop with Tina Mackander, July 2008.

Educational Opportunities for Students and Teachers

Wollongong City Gallery's exciting exhibition program provides many opportunities for teachers and students to visit the Gallery. We hope the information below will enable you to incorporate these exhibitions into your teaching and excursion program. Please feel free to contact Gallery staff throughout the year to discuss your students' needs, or book in for additional activities such as workshops and guided tours. Information will be updated throughout the year highlighting education opportunities. We look forward to seeing you and your students at the Gallery.

If you are interested in a tour of the exhibitions, please contact Phillippa or Michael on 4228 7500 at the Gallery with your time preferences, or email: pwelfare@wollongong.nsw.gov.au or mbeare@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Download the Term 1 2010 Schools' Newsletter here

Term 1 2010 Schools' Newsletter [PDF, 472Kb]

Workshop - Teaching Aboriginal Art for Primary Teachers [PDF, 200k]

Workshop - Teaching Aboriginal Art for Secondary Teachers [PDF, 200k]

Educational Opportunities for Schools

Free guided tours of the Gallery are available to school and community groups by prior arrangement. Visits to the Resident Artist studio and hands-on activities for children can be arranged in conjunction with your tour. Tours may focus on special interest areas, particular exhibitions, or the whole Gallery. Education kits, wall panels, catalogues and our friendly desk staff are all available to answer your questions.

For bookings and enquiries please contact
Phillippa Welfare pwelfare@wollongong.nsw.gov.au or Michael Beare mbeare@wollongong.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 4228 7500

Excursion Risk Management Assessment

To assist teachers in preparing risk assessments for their own schools, the Gallery has prepared a Venue and Safety Information document for school excursions, is available for download by clicking on this link:

Venue and Safety Information [PDF, 88Kb]

School Visit Booking Form

Please use this Bookng Form to book your excursion

School Visit Booking Form [PDF, 61Kb]

Excursion Information

Please consider this information before and upon your arrival and, where appropriate, share this information with your students.

Your Visit to the Gallery [PDF, 213Kb]

Workshop Costing Guide

Price Guideline for School Workshops [PDF, 46Kb]

School Program 2010:

Please see the Exhibitions & Events page for details of our current exhibition program

Just Image: Workshop and Creative Writing Competition

Education Kits:

Zhongjian: Midway Education Kit
Murrimul: An Education Kit for the Aboriginal Collection
Colonial Works Education Kit
Printmaking Education Kit
Maths in a Visual World Kit

Public Programs and Tours

Regular public programs include talks by artists and guest speakers in conjunction with most exhibitions. Special events such as lectures, performances and art workshops cater for a broad range of audiences. School holiday programs conducted by local artists and our trained Volunteer Guides provide innovative activities for children.

Wollongong City Gallery's Resident Artist program enables visitors to see first-hand an artist at work, participate in workshops and discuss the ideas that inform their work. The annual residency culminates in an exhibition, providing an excellent opportunity for local artists.

Education Kits

Zhongjian: Midway Education Kit

Investigates the exchange of ideas between Australia and China within contemporary art practice through the works of fifteen artists.

Full colour 32 page kit includes 8 lift out cards with images, background and biographical information and activities for K-6 and 7-12. RRP $10.

Murrimul: An Education Kit for the Aboriginal Collection

Includes 12 liftout cards with coloured images of key works by 20 artists from the Aboriginal collection, artist statements, background and biographical information and art-making and art critical activities

for K-6, 7-10 and 11-12. RRP $10

Colonial Works Education Kit

Developed by Amanda Peacock (Educator, Art Gallery of New South Wales), this education kit contains 14 full-colour plates from the Gallery’s colonial art collection. The kit explores the work of 12 artists including: Conrad Martens, Eugene von Guerard, Hans Heysen, Tom Roberts and Sophie Steffanoni.

Topics include Illawarra Visions, The Colony, The Picturesque, and Representations of Indigenous People. The activities in the kit reference the Sredersas collection and provide links to other Key Learning Areas and syllabuses.

Free with your tour booking, or available to purchase from the Gallery Shop, RRP $10.

Printmaking Education Kit

Designed as an ongoing resource for use independently in the classroom or in conjunction with a visit to the Gallery and printmaking workshop. This kit explores the history of printmaking, various printing techniques, and links to other Key Learning Areas.

Free with your tour booking, or available to purchase from the Gallery Shop, RRP $5

Maths in a Visual World Kit

This kit explores ways in which art and mathematics converge. Line, shape, symmetry, grids, proportion, pattern and the Golden Section are some of the elements that are examined with reference to works from the Gallery’s collection. There are also practical art activities related to specific syllabus outcomes that link art and maths. The kit provides insights into both disciplines and stimulates thinking and learning using both the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Although designed with K-6 teachers in mind, the kit contains much that is appropriate or can be adapted for Years 7-10.

Free with your tour booking or available to purchase from the Gallery shop, RRP $5.