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Exploring select works from the NPPP 2020. For secondary students.
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2019. For secondary students.
Providing a closer look at individuals and groups who established contact with Asia and Oceania during the European age of discovery. This resource ties in with the Australian Curriculum, specifically for Year 4 and Year 9 students.
Travel the collection and see how portraiture reflects aspects of identity, art conventions, technology, storytelling, making processes and reveal historical connections. For Year 5 to Year 7 students.
Explore migrant stories of individuals from early European colonisation to today. For secondary school students.
Learn about the Australian doctor and scientist who dedicated her life to the research and treatment of poliomyelitis. For Year 5 – 7 students.
Australians love their sport. We find many of our heroes and shared values on the sporting field – notions of being a good sport, having dignity in defeat, being socially inclusive and playing fair. For anyone with an interest in sport.
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2018. For teachers of primary and secondary Visual Arts.
Through visual analysis, activity and conversation you will evaluate how photographic portraits communicate artistic intentions, see the impact of evolving technologies and be inspired! For Years 7 to Year 10 students.
The images and themes in this resource are designed to provide inspiration and to encourage critical thinking. For Year 11 and 12 students.
Explore our complex history and those who have been living in Australia, connecting with the land and telling their stories for 60,000 years. For year 5 – 8 students.
Explore pose, place, expression and meaning in the photographic portraits from the 2017 Prize. For secondary students.
Learn about artist John Brack, who said that portraits involve three people: the painter, the sitter and the viewer. For Year 6 – 8 students.
Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.
Learn about some colourful characters from Australia's colonial past. For Year 9 students.
Senses, movement and imagination in portraits of children from the 2016 Prize. For Year 1 - 3 students.
These books include sixteen inmates including Ned Kelly, Captain Moonlite and Frederick Deeming and twelve sketches of the deceased, including several children. For Year 7 – 9 students.
What makes someone awesome? And how does a portrait tell a person's story? Bring your students up close and personal with some great Australians. For upper primary school students.
In this ten-part series on Australian portraits, Angus Trumble and Fiona Gruber hold a wide-ranging, thought-provoking and often unexpected face-off with history and culture.
Self-portraits are among the most direct yet intriguing works created by artists for analysis and self-expression. As both subject and creator, the artist is represented entirely in their own terms. For primary students.
Features the stories of five colonial women. For Years 3 to Year 6 students.
A great addition to themes such as Australian History, Sport, Australian Studies, Cultural Studies, English and Visual Arts. For Year 9 – 12 students.
Explore the medium of digital portraiture (will take you to the ABC Splash website). For Year 7 to Year 12 students.
A companion to our 2013 exhibition Paul Kelly & The Portraits. For Year 7 to Year 12 students.
Structured around the biography of artist Hilda Rix Nicholas, this is a companion to our 2013 exhibition Paris to Monaro. For secondary students.
Explore portraits of those who had a Canberra suburb or street named after them. For primary students.
A companion to our 2012-13 Paths to Portraiture travelling exhibition, which provides suggestions for teachers to use before, during and after their Gallery visit. For Secondary students.
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