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Adventures in Portraiture!
Visual Arts (lower primary)
Event, Thursday 3 April
Join us for an interactive and engaging program designed to equip your students with the confidence and tools to explore and interpret portraits.
Portrait Quest!
Civics and Citizenship (upper primary)
Event, Selected days until Thursday 26 June
Join us for an interactive, curriculum-aligned program that explores the lives and contributions of significant Australians.
Portrait Exploration: Art and Identity
Visual Arts (upper primary)
Event, Selected days from Thursday 10 April
Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.
Portrait Journey around Australia
History (upper primary)
Event, Selected days until Thursday 3 July
From First Nations perspectives to the contribution of migrants, from the opening of Parliament to environmental protest, Australian history is full of fascinating stories – and we have the portraits to explore them.
Portraits of change and country
ATSI (upper primary)
Event, Selected days until Tuesday 27 May
Through the lens of the Visual Arts curriculum, students will delve into portraits of and by First Nations people in the National Portrait Collection, celebrating their rich stories, cultures and perspectives.
My Awesome Australian
Visual Arts & Civics and Citizenship (upper primary)
Event, Selected days from Thursday 8 May
To celebrate 50 years of the Order of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery invites school students nationwide to create portraits of outstanding community members.
My Awesome Australian
Visual Arts & Civics and Citizenship (lower primary)
Event, Selected days from Thursday 8 May
To celebrate 50 years of the Order of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery invites school students nationwide to create portraits of outstanding community members.
The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy
Visual Arts & ATSI (lower primary)
Event, Selected days from Monday 9 June
Join the National Portrait Gallery for an engaging 45-minute online session where lower primary students explore the NAIDOC theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy.
The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy
Visual Arts & ATSI (upper primary)
Event, Selected days from Monday 9 June
Join the National Portrait Gallery for an engaging 45-minute online session where upper primary students explore the NAIDOC theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy.