Student Study Afternoon with Belinda Mason artist talk & Contemporising the Modern exhibition viewing, featuring works by Max Dupain & Olive Cotton

Friday March 10,  2017

1.30pm
Students arrive and view Contemporising the Modern: Photography from the Russell Mills Collection

This exhibition includes iconic works Sunbaker (Dupain, 1937/1980s), and 'Teacup Ballet' (c.1935) alongside contemporary works by Bill Henson and Narelle Autio. This will be an opportunity for students to independently engage with these important works.

1.45pm-2.45pm
Belinda Mason exhibition walk through and talk, with time for questions

Mason will discuss the work in her current exhibition Unfinished Business is a photographic essay which reveals the stories of 30 people with disability from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Work, starting points, materials, & techniques and inspiration for her work will be topics covered in this unique opportunity for students to talk with an internationally exhibiting artist. More information about these exhibitions please visit: The exhibition webpage 

This is a free event, but R.S.V.P is essential. Please contact the Gallery on 6767 5248, or email k.armstrong@tamworth.nsw.gov.au to secure a place for your students.

To assist with the organisation of this excursion a RISK assessment has been written for a visit to the gallery, click here to download.

OUTCOMES
Visual Arts:
Art Making: 4.2, 5.2, 4.5, 5.5 Critical and Historical Studies: 4.7, 5.7, 4.8, 5.8, 4.9, 5.9, 4.10

Photographic and Digital Media
Making 5.4, Critical and historical interpretations: 5.7 ,  5.8, 5.9, 5.10