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Headspace 4

Facing Memory

Facing Memory: Headspace 4 provides us with valuable insights into the thoughts, creative processes and art-making practices of secondary students from Year 7 to Year 12 from sixty-two schools in the Australian Capital Territory, regional New South Wales and Victoria

More information on Headspace 4

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Checkered Past, 2003 by Alex Epoff
Checkered Past, 2003 by Alex Epoff
Looking Back, 2003 by Sarah Ashton
Looking Back, 2003 by Sarah Ashton
Untitled, 2003 by Anna King
Untitled, 2003 by Anna King
Looking For Reasons, 2003 by Andrew Rees
Looking For Reasons, 2003 by Andrew Rees
Grace, 2003 by Caitlyn Hogan
Grace, 2003 by Caitlyn Hogan
Untitled, 2003 by Chris de Hoog
Untitled, 2003 by Chris de Hoog
Chalking Up Memories, 2003 by Hannah Bull
Chalking Up Memories, 2003 by Hannah Bull
Self-portrait, 2003 by Jessica Gibson
Self-portrait, 2003 by Jessica Gibson
Present, 2003 by Stephanie Downey
Present, 2003 by Stephanie Downey
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The Joy Of Life, 2002 by Janelle McKay
The Joy Of Life, 2002 by Janelle McKay
The Joy Of Life, 2002 by Janelle McKay
The Joy Of Life, 2002 by Janelle McKay

Headspace 3

Being Me

Previous exhibition, 2002

The self-portrait enables students to explore emerging and changing aspects of their own identity, their sense of self, their place in the world, their experience of being human
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody

Headspace 5

Crystal Gazing

Previous exhibition, 2004

Crystal Gazing: Headspace V, the fifth in the National Portrait Gallery's program of secondary student portrait exhibitions, invites students from Canberra and the surrounding regions to explore the possibilities of portraiture
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