Interactive Tours & Art Workshops
Please note - prior booking is essential for these tours and activities. (Click here to go to booking page)
- Appreciating Art
- Australian Identity
- Creating with Colour
- Communication Through Art
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Faces and Feelings
- Family and Change
- Indigenous art
- Investigating Colour (upper primary)
- Just Imagine
- Mark on the Landscape
- Portraiture
- Responding to Artworks
- Swan River Settlement
- Theatre Sports
- Three Dimensions
- Unreal!
- Using the Gallery as a Resource
- Visual Analysis Art History & Criticism (Year 11 & 12 students)
- Visual Text & Contexts: The Constuction of Meaning (Year 11 & 12 Students)
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Appreciating Art
An exciting introduction to the diversity of our State Art Collection, exploring arts language and concepts.
Australian Identity
What does it mean to be an Australian and how do we feel about our country? Discover which images have helped shape our cultural identity.
Creating with Colour
An engaging experience for the younger student, this tour introduces the magic behind the colours of art.
Communication Through Art
Discover the ways that artists share their experiences of the world around them.
Every Picture Tells a Story
Find the clues to how artists tell stories through visual texts.
Faces and Feelings
Explore how 2 and 3 dimensional artworks express mood and feeling.
Family and Change
Time, Continuity and Change can be explored through discussion of artworks.
Indigenous Art
Investigate the diversity of Indigenous Art and Culture through our outstanding collection of paintings, works on paper, craft and sculpture.
Investigating Colour (upper primary)
Explore how and why artist utilize colour in their artworks.
Just Imagine
A wonderful extension to Just Imagine, A Children’s Guide to the Art Gallery of Western Australia, this program encourages children to actively engage with artworks.
Mark on the Landscape
Students uncover the different ways in which art depicts the Australian landscape and the impact of human interaction.
Portraiture
Secondary students can investigate a wide range of portraits in different styles, techniques and media.
Responding to Artworks
Self-guided worksheets designed to develop critical awareness and encourage the use of arts language.
Instructions
Discussion
Worksheet
Swan River Settlement
Students will gain a greater understanding of the period and representation of the Swan River Settlement by visiting the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the National Trust of Australia (WA)'s Tranby House in Maylands.
Theatre Sports
A unique and stimulating art experience which includes improvisation games within the gallery space. A great way to motivate students of all ages and abilities.
Three Dimensions
Discover the challenges faced by artists when creating artworks large and small.
Unreal!
Join a Voluntary
Gallery Guide for an exciting adventure
through the Contemporary State Art
Collection.
Using the Gallery as a Resource
Teachers can explore this unique teaching resource with a Voluntary Gallery Guide.
Visual Analysis Art History & Criticism
An interactive workshop for secondary art students, focusing on visual literacy and analysis. An Education Officer will design this learning experience to support the themes being covered in your classroom.
Visual Text & Contexts: The Constuction of Meaning (1.5 hrs)
Using artworks as a stimulus, an Education Officer will facilitate discussion on issues of representation such as: gender, social class, race and/or ethnicity and cultural identity.
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