Join artist Atong Atem online and discover the wonders of myth making and portraiture.
Presented in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, this virtual event will give students an opportunity to reimagine their capacity for personal storytelling through art. Whether a water spirit, a saint, an ancestor or an imagined figure, students will consider their own cultures and beliefs as tools for personal and creative storytelling.
During this program, students will be guided by Atong Atem in a series of warm-up activities and developmental drawing exercises to help them imagine and compose a unique self-portrait depicting or celebrating a mythical figure. This program will also include direction to help students develop their preliminary drawings into a finished work of art beyond the event.
Students will:
- Engage in the developmental stages of the creative process under the guidance of a practicing artist.
- Consider the ways mythical creatures or figures can inspire and inform a unique self-portrait.
- Develop techniques that can be applied to the development of an artwork.
Students participating in this program will need:
- Paper
- Graphite and coloured pencils
- Images of mythical, cultural or imaginary creatures/figures* that they can reference during and after the program (optional).
*Guidelines for helping students select personal and meaningful reference material will be distributed to registered participants closer to the program date.
This program is presented in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
