School Visits
Macquarie University Art Gallery and Sculpture Park
Macquarie University Art Gallery and Sculpture Park are a valuable resource for schools. The High School visits program to the MUAG supports student learning in key areas of analysis using the subjective, cultural, structural and postmodern frames to interpret art works. Curatorial staff will provide a walking tour of the exhibition followed by group discussion where students are issued with a set of problems for investigation. This session encourages students to make informed opinions into both past and current art practices. The session will finish with a hands-on workshop using the VAPD diary supported by Eckersley's art and craft.
A visit to the MUAG and Sculpture Park can be combined with a visit to other Macquarie University Museums on campus. The MUAG's changing exhibition programme follows an interdisciplinary model that highlights the links with teaching and research at Macquarie University.
The Macquarie Experience Program
Art, war and politics: George Gittoes and James Gleeson
A comparative study of Gittoes and Gleeson sourced from the Macquarie University Art Collection will provide students with an insight into the different ways artists have responded to and/or experienced war and the politics of war. As Australia's foremost surrealist artist James Gleeson has created disturbing and powerful images critical to a modernist response to the effects of World War 11. Since 9/11, artist such as George Gittoes, working within the postmodern/postcolonial context have utilised the visual media of photography and film to explore the conflicts of warfare including the rise of 'urban warfare'.
Duration: 2 hours 10am-noon or 1-3pm
Content: Lecture, film, tour and drawing
When: 2 Weeks notice
Bookings Essential: Katherine Johnston
Liaison Officer
Public Relations and Marketing Unit
Tel: (02) 9850 9446
The Macquarie University Art Collection