3 Stages

Stage 1: school visit

Gallery educators and a practising artist visit the selected school and present an intensive day-long program that "takes the Gallery to the students". This includes:

• discussion about the nature and role of art in relation to the syllabus such as the Frames and Conceptual Framework
• an introduction to the Gallery
• a focus on the practice of the visiting artist
• an interactive workshop session with Year 11 and 12 students developing ideas for their HSC body of work
   

Stage 1: Airds High School 2003 

Stage 2: Gallery visit

A visit to the Art Gallery of NSW for 25 students from the participating school for an intensive one-day program. This includes:

• 'behind-the-scenes' visits to Gallery departments, including Curatorial, Conservation, Registration, Research Library and Archives
• floor talks and practical workshops with Gallery educators
• discussion and workshop with a prominent artist talking about his/her art practice and work in the Gallery's collection
• viewing a major current exhibition
• lunch provided by the Gallery's caterers, Trippas White
  

Stage 2: JJ Cahill School, Mascot, attend a life-drawing class at the Gallery for Artside-In 2005

Stage 3: mentorship

Students from each school who have particpated in both Stage 1 and 2 during the year are invited to apply for a short but intensive mentorship at the Gallery.

The most outstanding applicants from each of the participating schools will attend a two-day mentoring program focusing on:

• a particular area of interest within the Gallery, such as curatorial or conservation
• art-making workshop with a prominent artist
• deeper investigations into the working of the art world

Airds High School students with Wayne Tunnicliffe, Curator of Contemporary Art, 2003