ARTEXPRESS Teachers Day 2008
Practice - student, teacher, artist, gallery
Friday 7 March 2008
9am-3.30pm Celebrating 25 years of ARTEXPRESS at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the ARTEXPRESS Teachers Day offers presentations by students, teachers, artists and gallery professionals to stimulate ideas, classroom strategies and provide resources. This professional development day investigates ARTEXPRESS as a nexus between visual arts education and the professional practice of the artworld. Cost: $77, AGS members $70, tertiary students $38.50 (includes morning tea/lunch and resources) Program | 9am | Registration and coffee | | 9.30am | Welcome
Brian Ladd Head, Public Programs Department, AGNSW | | 9.40am | ARTEXPRESS, over my dead body.
Robin Norling, former Head, Public Programs, AGNSW (1978-1988) in conversation with Tristan Sharp, discussing the initiation of ARTEXPRESS at the Gallery, its enduring success and influence on art education and gallery practice. | | 10.10am | Inside ARTEXPRESS 2008
Co-curators Victoria Collings, Coordinator of K-6 School and Family Programs, and Leeanne Carr, Coordinator Secondary Schools and Asian Education Programs, AGNSW. | | 10.40am | Morning Tea: Restaurant Function Space Ground Level | | 11.10am | ARTIST PRESENTATION
Ms & Mr. Represented by Kaliman Gallery www.kalimangallery.com | | 11.50am | Classroom collaborators: student and teacher
Joe Toutai Alone, ARTEXPRESS 2008 exhibiting student with Dennis Nguyen and Siobhan O'Gorman, Visual Art Teachers, Sarah Redfern High School. | | 12.20pm | Lunch: Restaurant Function Space, Ground Level | | 1.20pm | ARTIST PRESENTATION
Sean Cordiero and Claire Healy. Represented by Gallery Barry Keldoulis www.gbk.com.au | | 2pm | The Body of Work
Gay Bucknall, Visual Arts Teacher, Killara High School, discusses approaches to classroom practice and programming for the BOW, through two students exhibited in ARTEXPRESS 2008. | | 2:30pm | From ARTEXPRESS to Archibald.
On the day of the announcement of the Archibald Prize, a special floortalk with artist Ben Quilty, finalist 2004, 2005 and 2006, who also exhibited in ARTEXPRESS in 1991. Includes a sneak preview of the exhibition and winning work. Ben Quilty (www.benquilty.com) represented by Grant Pirrie Gallery www.grantpirrie.com | | 3.30pm | CLOSE | Please note:
9am early entry through front entrance.
Registration will take place in the Ground Level Vestibule.
Coffee and tea served at the Yiribana Foyer, Lower Level 3 Brochure & booking form (PDF, 400 KB)
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