Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Education Kits
Women with Clever Hands: Gapuwiyak Miyalkurruwurr Gong Djanbatjmala
3 September - 31 October 2010
Mary Djupuduwuy Guyula, twined basket with wrapped rim, 1997 (detail)
A Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Initiative, touring to Flinders University Art Museum (Adelaide), Melbourne Museum - Bunjilaka Aboriginal Gallery (Melbourne), Tamworth Regional Gallery (Tamworth), and Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre (Canberra).
Colour Country: Art from Roper River
5 June - 2 August 2009
Amy Jirwulurr Johnson, Women Fishing, 1995, synthetic polymer paint of cotton duck (detail)
A Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Initiative, touring to Flinders University Art Museum (Adelaide); the Drill Hall Gallery (Canberra) and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (Darwin).
Language of Glass Suitcase
Contains an overview of glass terms and techniques. Highlights the background to the nationally significant art glass collection at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. Includes ideas for making and appreciating art. Specifically aimed at Stage 3 but can be extended to Stage 4. Also a good resources for general understanding and interacting with art glass.
Paperweight suitcase
Perthshire Paperweight, 1976, Perthshire-patterned milefiori red (detail)
Contains highlights from the Gibb Paperweight Collection, part of the National Art Glass Collection of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. These flashcards take you through basic techniques and activities. Ideal for primary school.
Education Kits for Touring Exhibitions
Travelling Exhibitions (exhibitions that are curated and toured by other institutions) often come with education material for pre, during and post activities. This education material is often in the form of an education kit. Some will also have 'hands on' resources available for interaction in the exhibition space with supervision. Below is a list of touring exhibitions with links or PDF versions of education kits.
The CCP Documentary Photography Award
A biennial showcase of contemporary Australian documentary photography.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor
100 Women, 100 Brooches, 100 Stories
8 June - 22 July 2012
Claire Townsend, Janet Holmes a Court: Art, home and life, 2011 (detail)
An artisan travelling exhibition, toured by Museum and Gallery Services Queesland.
Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO
9 March - 29 April 2012
Robert Owen, Untitled Xll (Origami series), 2009 (detail)
A Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) touring exhibition.
Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture
13 January - 4 March 2012
Danie Melor Red, White and Blue, 2008 (detail)
AnObject Gallery and Australian Museum touring exhibition.
GW Bot: the long paddock
27 July - 18 September 2011
GW Bot Engraved poem 2006 (detail)
A Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Touring Exhibition.
Industrial Desire: Detroit Concept Cars
22 July - 4 September 2011
Presented by artisan in partnership with the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, and toured by Museum and Gallery Services Queensland.
Industrial Desire: Detroit Concept Cars Catalogue (436KB)
Goya: Los Caprichos
3 June - 17 July 2011
Francisco Goya, The sleep of reason produces monsters, 1797-98, etching and aquatint
An exhibition curated from the Albury City collection.
Goya: Los Caprichos Education Kit (2.2MB)
Recycled Library: Altered Books
4 March - 29 May 2011
Glen Skien, I'm coming back for my wings, 2009 (detail)
Tour de Force: In Case of Emergency Break Glass
21 January - 13 March 2011
Timothy Horn, White Death 2009, crystallised rock sugar, foam-core, hot glue, varnish
A Museums and Gallery Services Queensland touring exhibition.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010
5 November 2010 - 16 January 2011
John Somes, Lipstick, 2009 (detail), digital print
A National Portrait Gallery touring exhibition.
Archibald Prize 2010
23 July - 22 August 2010
Jasper Knight, Bill Wright AM, 2010
An Art Gallery of NSW exhibition toured by Museums and Galleries NSW.
Education Kit Part 1 (1.61MB) Education Kit Part 2 (1.81MB)
Days of Summer
2 April - 30 May 2010
Salvatore Zofrea, Illawarra Flametree, 2008
A Maitland Regional Art Gallery Touring Exhibition.
Momentum: 18th Fibre Textile Biennial
7 August - 27 September 2009
Melissa Hirsch, Red/Orange Staghorn Coral, 2006
This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia. A Tamworth Regional Gallery exhibition toured by Museums and Galleries NSW.
Shaun Gladwell: Videowork
26 June - 16 August 2009
Shaun Gladwell, Busan Triptych: Negative Galligraphy and Skull, 2006 (still)
An Artspace exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries NSW.
Sixth Leica/CCP Documentary Photograpy Award
7 November - 14 December 2008
Steven Siewert Pigeon Loft 2006
Toured by the Centre for Contemporary Photography.
Student Response Sheet (124KB)
Wallpaper
8 February - 6 April 2008
Christl Berg, Instrusions, 2006
Toured by CAST. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Cuisine & Country: A gastronomic venture in Australian art
2 November 2007 - 6 January 2008
David Keeling, Morning, 2003, oil on linen
Cuisine & Country is an exhibition toured by Orange Regional Gallery, curated by Gavin Wilson.
Drawn Together: The drawing lives of Nora Heysen, Judy Cassab and Margaret Woodward
17 August - 21 October 2007
Margaret Woodward, Rod Shaw, c. 1985 (detail)
Drawn Together is a Parramatta Heritage Centre Travelling Exhibition
Strange Cargo: contemporary art as a state of encounter
27 July - 23 September 2007
Lionel Bawden, The monsters(like some colossal python which after swallowing a mountain is sluggishly digesting the meal), 2004
There is a 'hands on' educational resource available in the exhibition space.
Strange Cargo is a touring exhibition curated from the contemporary collection of Newcastle Region Art Gallery.
