MARGARET PRESTON ART AND LIFE
EXHIBITION
ARTIST
EVENTS
GARDEN TOURS
EDUCATION
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Art Gallery of New South Wales 29 July to 23 October 2005
EDUCATION
overview
educations kit
years K-12
teachers preview
studio session
da vinci project
K-6 programs
art adventure tour
teachers enrichment day
7 – 12 programs
study mornings
discussion tour
history teachers study afternoon
workshops
printmaking
natural baskets
painting
linoprinting
 
7–12 programs

Study mornings
Years 7 – 12
Curator’s talk: Looking for Margaret Preston

Gain insights into Margaret Preston’s art and life with curators Deborah Edwards and Rose Peel. Discuss the exhibition development process and the ‘detective’ research required to locate the artist’s artworks in the world

Tuesday 16 August, 10.30am–12noon
$6 per student (includes exhibition entry)

Years 7 – 10
The art of Margaret’s life

Discover Margaret Preston’s bold personality and significance to Australian history and culture. Explore her achievements as decorative painter, modernist artist, art lecturer, magazine contributor, international traveller and colourful Sydney celebrity

11, 23 & 31 August, 1, 6, 14 & 22 September, 19 October, 10.30–11.30am
$6 per student (includes exhibition entry)

Margaret Preston
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Image: Thea Proctor's tea party 1924 (detail) Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1942