education
As a combined gallery and studio complex, Gertrude Contemporary provides a unique insight for students of all ages into the public presentation and behind-the-scenes production of art.
The gallery offers a range of valuable educational experiences for students and school groups, catering for a diverse range of curricula and study fields within the visual and media arts.
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ARTNOW
Gertrude's Core Education Program
Gertrude Contemporary’s program presents approximately 20 exhibitions annually featuring work by Australian and international artists across two gallery spaces - Gertrude Contemporary, Preston South and Gertrude Glasshouse, Collingwood.
Our ARTNOW education programs are led by Gertrude Contemporary staff can focus on a range of contemporary art issues and ideas within the context of the current exhibition program. The visits can also be tailored to focus on outcomes specific to the group’s learning needs and interests.
Alongside Gertrude Contemporary’s Exhibition Program, the gallery’s Studio Artist Program provides a unique opportunity for students to access one of the sixteen artists-in-residence and experience a behind-the-scenes look at a working studio practice and a Q and A session with the artist.
ARTNOW programs must be booked ahead of time.
ARTNOW provide an excellent opportunity for Primary, Secondary or Tertiary Students.
For Secondary and VCE students, we particularly focus on the following areas of study:
In 2020, The Department of Education and Training through its Strategic Partnerships Program (SPP), have provided funding to fully subsidise the cost of these programs to Low-SES metropolitan Melbourne schools. For schools that fall outside this classification the cost is $55 (incl. GST).
Bookings: To book a tour, please email Siobhan Sloper, Gallery Coordinator on education@gertrude.org.au or call the gallery between 10.00am–5.00pm Tuesday – Friday.
RESOURCES
These resources were created around our artistic programs and alligned with curriculum. These resources are created to provide teachers with a range of questions and tasks they can use both in the gallery and in their classroom.
Please click the links below to download each resource.
EDUCATION RESOURCES 2020:
Artist Collaborations: Lewis Fidock and Joshua Petherick, and Foster + Berean (7-10 and VCE)
Curators, Galleries, Conservation: VCE: Arts Industry Contexts (VCE)
EDUCATION RESOURCES 2019:
Atlanta Eke: The Tennis Piece (7-10 and VCE)
Ali McCann: Οι νεοί (7-10 and VCE)
Jamie North: Slag Studies (7-10 and VCE)
Dale Harding: The Golden Mile (7-10 and VCE)
Octopus 19: Ventriloquy, Curated by Joel Stern (7-10 and VCE)
an unreliable narrator: Consuelo Cavaniglia and Brendan Van Hek (7-10 and VCE)
Hope Dies Last: Art at the End of Optimism (7-10 and VCE)
EDUCATION RESOURCES 2018:
David Noonan: A Dark and Quiet Place (7-10 and VCE)
Sangeeta Sandrasegar: It's Like That (7-10 and VCE)
Great Movements of Feeling, Curated by Zara Sigglekow (7-10 and VCE)
Raafat Ishak: Chicken River and Khadim Ali: Fragmented Memories (7-10 and VCE)
Octopus 18: Mother Tongue (7-10 and VCE)
Zzzzz: Sleep, Somnambulism, Madness (7-10 and VCE)
Gertrude Studios 2018 (7-10 and VCE)
ARTIST INTERVIEWS for VCE ART + STUDIO ARTS
These resources have been developed for VCE Art studies. Together these four resources address the Analytical Frameworks of Structural, Personal, Cultural and Contemporary. They are intended to introduce students to these frameworks and how they can be used to gain understanding of the meaning and messages conveyed in artworks.
These resources are also relevant to VCE Studio Arts, detailing Gertrude Studio Artists' inspiration and techniques, exploration and concepts, and studio process.
1. The Structural Framework with Mia Salsjö
For accessibility, a transcript of this discussion can be downloaded HERE.
2. The Personal Framework with Darcey Bella Arnold
For accessibility, a transcript of this discussion can be downloaded HERE.
You can download a copy of Matthew Greaves' essay 'A Narrative Review of Bilingual Aphasia Research' HERE.
3. The Contemporary Framework with Andrew Atchison
For accessibility, a transcript of this discussion can be downloaded HERE.
Video interview for the Cultural framework coming soon...
These video resources were produced as part of Gertrude Contemporary’s core education program ARTNOW.
Contemporary Art on the Road is a professional development program founded to bring artists, art educators and teachers together to exchange ideas, share creative experiences and explore contemporary art and culture. The program has been designed to introduce teachers to a range of hands-on, expertly designed strategies and resources for teaching contemporary art in their classroom.
In 2020, CAOTR presented workshops online, in conjunction with educatiors from three regional galleries: Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Castlemaine Art Museum, Shepparton Art Museum.
The program consisted of presentations by educators from Gertrude Contemporary, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and educators from the above regional galleries. It will provide insights and enable deeper knowledge of contemporary arts, art practices and exhibitions.
A presentation and hands-on workshop by a current Gertrude Studio Artist formed the second part of the program. Resources containing information on how to conduct these activities in the classroom can be download below.
Contemporary Art on the Road is an initiative developed by Gertrude Contemporary in partnership with Monash University Museum of Art, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Contemporary Art on the Road is funded by the Department of Education and Training Victoria through the Strategic Partnerships Program (SPP).
2016 - 2019 CAOTR RESOURCES:
These resources were created for our Contemporary Art on the Road program to introduce teachers to a range of hands-on, expertly designed strategies and resources for teaching contemporary art in the classroom. Click the links below to download each resource.
Jahnne Pasco-White - Natural Dyes and Salt Rubbing (includes starting task, assestment rubric and CCT activity)
Andrew Atchison - Sculpture and Public Art (includes starting task, assestment rubric and CCT activity)
Isadora Vaughan - Material investigation: Clay and Beeswax ((includes starting task, assestment rubric and CCT activity)
Spiros Panigirakis - Diagrammatic Posters (includes example assessment rubric)
Mark Shorter - Writing and Performance (includes example assessment rubric)
Georgina Cue - Set Design and Photography (includes example assessment rubric)
Rebecca Agnew - Stop Motion Animation (includes example Unit Planner and assessment rubric)
Esther Stewart - Model Making (includes example assessment rubric)
Eric Demetriou - Sound Art (includes example Unit Planner and assessment rubric)
Rosie Isaac - Text and Performance (includes example Unit Planner and assessment rubric)
Minna Gilligan - Painting and Collage
Noriko Nakamura - Limestone Sculpture
Nik Pantazopoulos - Photography
FITZROY ART SPACES TOUR
Fitzroy Art Spaces Tour (FAST) is an education initiative for teachers and students of VCE Studio Arts. The program offers a new pathway to explore the art industry in Fitzroy and surrounding areas. Participants experience different approaches to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary art and introduced to curatorial considerations involved in the display of artworks.
Fitzroy Art Spaces Walking Tours complement FAST online resources, enabling students to engage with professionals behind the scenes at a number of galleries including:
In 2020, FAST has gone digital, offering students a virtual tour through participating gallery spaces including the exhibition Hope in the Dark, presented across Gertrude Contemporary and Gertrude Glasshouse.
Video courtesy of Centre for Contemporary Photography
For more information please see the FAST website.
The program has been developed in consultation with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) with support from the Department of Education and Training through its Strategic Partnerships Program (SPP).
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