Teachers – celebrate First Nations stories with version 9.0 of the F-10 Australian curriculum. Explore the visual arts collections from leading collections at the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Australia.
Activity outline
Teachers, educators, and school leadership are invited to celebrate the contributions of First Nations subjects and artists from the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Australia collections.
Using the scope and sequence of Visual Arts in version 9.0 of the Australian curriculum, First Nations educators will speak to First Nations specific content descriptors and match them with artworks, ideas, themes and learning opportunities.
This program will highlight the central ideas of the artworks in parallel to a selection of visual artworks under the ‘Exploring and Responding’ strand.
- explore examples of visual arts created by First Nations Australians
- explore how First Nations Australians use visual arts to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place
- explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures
- investigate the diversity of First Nations Australians’ artworks and arts practices, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights
- investigate the ways that First Nations Australian artists celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through their artworks and visual arts practice.
