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Teachers' preview
Introduction to Margaret Preston: art and life with insights into key works, the artist and her colourful life and the exhibition research and development process with curators Deborah Edwards and Rose Peel. Also includes associated teaching strategies and programs.
Thursday 4 August 2005
5.15-7.30pm
$15 (includes refreshments, exhibition viewing and resources)
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Years K-6
Art Adventure tour
Painted, printed and patterned
Journey from the city to the bush and discover the adventurous personality behind some of the most popular, enduring and iconic works of Australian art.
Tuesdays - Fridays
Wth the Children's Guides
Free with $4 exhibition entry
Studio session
The Gardens and the Gallery: bringing life to art
Connect life with art through the exhibition Margaret Preston: art and life and the Royal Botanic Gardens' living collection of flowers and plants featured in Preston's artworks in the exhibition. This practical workshop, held in the Botanic Gardens adjacent to the Gallery, will provide inspiration and experiences for students to produce their own artwork, through the drawing and printmaking techniques used by Preston.
Years 5-6
2 hours
$285 per group of 30 or less (includes exhibition entry)
Monday and Wednesday
10.30am-12.30pm or 12.30-2.30pm
Teachers please note: this Studio Session time does not incorporate viewing the exhibition. Teachers should allow time either before or after this session to do so.
A partnership program between the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Botanic Gardens Trust.
Teachers' Enrichment Day
Thoroughly modern Margaret
Margaret Preston is one of Australia's most celebrated modernist artists; her exuberant, innovative still lifes and images of the city have remained amongst the most popular of all Australian artists' work. Be inspired by talks, tours and practical workshops to develop ideas for the K-6 classroom.
Thursday 11 August 2005
9.30am-3.30pm
$70 / $35 for tertiary students
Includes lunch and educational material
Years 7-12
Study mornings
� Curator's talk: Looking for Margaret Preston
Gain insights into Margaret Preston's art and life with curators Deborah Edwards and Rose Peel, who will discuss the exhibition development process, through the 'detective' research required to locate the artist's artworks in the world.
Tuesday 16 August 2005
10.30am-12.00pm
$6 per student (includes exhibition entry)
� The art of Margaret's life
Meet Margaret Rose McPherson (aka Margaret Preston) and discover her bold personality and significance to Australian history and culture through achievements including decorative painter and modernist artist, art lecturer and magazine contributor, international traveller and colourful Sydney celebrity.
Years 7-10: 11, 23 & 31 August, 1, 6, 14 & 22 September, 19 October 2005
10.30-11.30am
$6 per student (includes exhibition entry)
Studio session
The Gardens and the Gallery: bringing life to art
Connect life with art through the exhibition Margaret Preston: art and life and the Royal Botanic Gardens' living collection of flowers and plants featured in Preston's artworks in the exhibition. This practical workshop, held in the Botanic Gardens adjacent to the Gallery, will provide inspiration and experiences for students to produce their own artwork, through the drawing and printmaking techniques used by Preston.
Years 7-8
2 hours
$285 per group of 30 or less (includes exhibition entry)
Mondays and Wednesdays
10.30am-12.30pm or 12.30-2.30pm
Teachers please note: this Studio Session time does not incorporate viewing the exhibition. Teachers should allow time either before or after this session to do so.
A partnership program between the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Botanic Gardens Trust.
Discussion tour
Engaging Australia
Situate Margaret Preston and her practice within the Gallery's Australian Modernist collection. Discover the changing images and stories of Australian art and social history between the World Wars through the images created by Preston's peers and colleagues.
1 hour
$97.50 per group of 15 students or less
Teachers please note: this tour will focus on the Gallery's permanent collection.
Da Vinci Project (Years K-12)
Starting with art
Margaret Preston: the nature of art
A workshop tour for students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities which includes discussion, art-making, role-play and the use of sensory materials. Pre- and post-visit activities are provided.
1 hour
8 students or less
Free with $4 exhibition entry
HOT art
Margaret Preston - written by herself
A workshop tour for gifted and talented students which includes in-depth discussion and written responses through Preston's original artworks and investigations of the artist's and students' biographies. Pre- and post-visit activities provided.
Years 5 & 6 or Years 7 & 8
1 hour
$157.50 per group of 15 or less (includes exhibition entry)
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