Arts Education Programmes

Art of the People: Graffiti & Street Art

Across the world graffiti and street art plays an increasingly vital role in many areas of society: It is a mode of political expression, a form of popular education, and in some cases helps build a collective historical memory. Our programme explores the history of this art form, the issues of legality in its practice and the influence graffiti and street art have on contemporary art both internationally and locally. Students will also be given an opportunity to have a close up look at the works of practicing graffiti artists and will find the programme thought provoking and inspiring in their own artistic practice.

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Colours Go Wild

An exploration of colour and simple sketching techniques.
Our programme uses current exhibitions, interactive exercises and practical art to make art and colour come alive for your students: how colour is defined, how it is used to give meaning. the emotion of colour, cultural significance and more. In groups, students investigate the focus exhibition using key questions then have fun sketching upside down chairs (a great way to learn to look). They will listen to colours in music and create a collaborative artwork.

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Monster Hunting

This programme complements and includes the touring exhibition How to Make a Monster.

Bring your class for a wild storytelling adventure around the exhibition. In this programme your students will handle monster body parts, transform into their own version of a monster and create an imaginary world in the search for a perfect monster. On their journey your students discover the elements involved in the creative process of storytelling, whether the end product be a traditional piece of writing, an artwork or using technology to tell the story. However, be warned. At the end of this programme your students will have created a world of monsters they won't want to believe behind in the gallery.
Monster Hunting online teacher resource

Stop motion monsters

This programme complements the touring exhibition How to Make a Monster but does not include entry to the exhibition.

Learn how to animate using stop motion. Students will actively learn how to set up a world, use lights, camera and edit a stop motion film. Students will begin to think about story and characters and how they can use everyday objects to create stop animations back in the classroom.