Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes

Years K-6

Art adventure tour
Let's face it: Meet the famous faces and discover the techniques used by contemporary portrait artists to capture their sitters' personalities and identities.
Tuesdays - Fridays
with the children's guides
free with $5 exhibition entry

Teachers holiday workshop
Engage with this ever-popular exhibition with our Gallery educators, discuss the works of art and experiment with a range of art processes and materials to develop ideas for the classroom.
Friday 18 April 2008
2-4.30pm
$35, $30 for AGS members and tertiary students &- includes afternoon tea and cross-curricular educational material

Years 7-12

Study mornings
Portraiture and the prize: investigate links to previous Archibald exhibitions, consider the fascination with portraits and discover the often controversial, always dynamic, history of the prize.
Years 7- 9: 25 March, 4 April, 1 & 7 May 2008
Years 10-12: 13 March 2008
10.30-11.30am
$8 (includes exhibition entry)

Discussion tour
Reading the portrait: A tour focusing on the permanent collection. Investigate the traditional to the unusual, decoding what portraits can be, their roles, the relationship between artist, sitter and audience and the messages portraits can send.
Years 7-10
1 hour
$127.50 per group of 15 or less (exhibition entry not included)

Combination study mornings
An introduction to multiple major exhibitions, identifying key works, issues and ideas
• ARTEXPRESS 08 + Michael Riley: the body of work
Years 10-12
4 & 12 March 2008
10.30-11.30am
$3 per student

• Archibald Prize + Michael Riley: the practice of portraits
Years 7-9
28 March & 3 April 2008
10.30-11.30am
$8 per student (includes Archibald Prize exhibition entry)