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Paul Kelly
Learning resource archive
A companion to our 2013 exhibition Paul Kelly & The Portraits. For Year 7 to Year 12 students.
Paul Kelly and The Portraits media information
18 June 2013
Archived media releases 2013
Paul Kelly & The Portraits presents a multifaceted image of the performer over the course of his career.
Deborah Kelly
Artists and Collectives
Deborah Kelly, based between Gadigal Country, Sydney and Jerrinja Country, Currarong, is known for her multi-disciplinary, exuberant and diverse participatory collages and costumes that come to life in workshops and performances.
Gail Kelly, 2018
by Paul Newton
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Westpac Group and Optus 2018
Prison and death in the 19th century
Two iBooks of authentic records
Learning resources
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.
She saved his life. He showed her painting.
Nearest & Dearest
Leaders, painters, friends
Artists and Collectives
General content
Arts Project Australia, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble, Abdul Abdullah, Alison Alder, Amrita Hepi, Atong Atem, Christopher Bassi, Kate Beynon, Mia Boe, Baby Guerrilla, Tarryn Gill, Julie Gough, Naomi Hobson, Deborah Kelly, Fiona McMonagle, Angelica Mesiti, Dylan Mooney, Nell, Sally Smart, Vipoo Srivilasa, Latai Taumoepeau and Kaylene Whiskey.
Mia Boe
Artists and Collectives
Mia Boe is a Narrm/Melbourne-based artist known for her haunting and evocative painting practice, informed by her Butchulla and Burmese ancestry.
Mal Meninga, 2018
by Peter Hudson
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
Icons Syndicate
Listed alphabetically
Honour board
The Portrait Gallery
General content
Photography played a significant role in the circulation of messages about law and order, and in the creation of sensation and celebrity.
Judge a person by their cover
Death masks and phrenology
General content
Alexandra Roginski explains the history behind the pseudo-science of phrenology, popular in the nineteenth century.
Sideshow Alley: Infamy, the macabre & the portrait
5 December 2015
Archived media releases 2015
Bushrangers, oddities, true crime and scandal come together in this modern day cabinet of curiosities.