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Design This! Curating an exhibition

Terms 1-4
Design This! Curating an exhibition

Design This! Curating an exhibition

This immersive workshop offers students a unique opportunity to step into the shoes of a professional curator. By selecting artworks from the HOTA Collection, students will work from a design brief to curate their own personal exhibition. Starting with a curatorial premise and theme, they'll delve into the Collection to find pieces that resonate with their vision. From considering the logistics of installation to crafting a compelling exhibition blurb and title, students will gain invaluable hands-on experience.

Grades: 7-12

Medium: Various

Links to curriculum:

Visual Arts F-10: Exploring & responding, Developing practices and skills, Creating and making, Presenting and performing

Visual Arts 11 & 12 Unit 1: Art as lens, Unit 2: Art as code, Unit 3: Art as knowledge, Unit 4: Art as alternate

Visual Arts in Practice 11 & 12: Unit Option A: Looking Inwards (Self), Unit Option B: Looking Outward (Others)

English F-10: Texts in context, Analysing, interpreting and evaluating, Interacting with others

Design & Technologies F-10: Technologies and society, Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations, Evaluating

Social & Community Studies 11 & 12: Unit Option F: Arts & Identity

General Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability, Literacy 

Image credit: Davida Allen, Mother in surf & Danger (1989). Collection, HOTA Gallery. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Davida Allen 2005 © Image courtesy of the artist and Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane Photography by Pete Waddington

Dates
Terms 1-4
Where
HOTA Gallery
Duration
1 hr 30 mins
Tickets
A $4 transaction fee will apply for e ticket delivery purchases (excluding free events + donations).For Hold at Box Office ticket delivery purchases, a $6 fee will apply.Please view full Terms and Conditions prior to purchasing your tickets.$15 per student

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Links to curriculum:

Visual Arts F-10: Exploring & responding, Developing practices and skills, Creating and making, Presenting and performing

Visual Arts 11 & 12 Unit 1: Art as lens, Unit 2: Art as code, Unit 3: Art as knowledge, Unit 4: Art as alternate

Visual Arts in Practice 11 & 12: Unit Option A: Looking Inwards (Self), Unit Option B: Looking Outward (Others)

English F-10: Texts in context, Analysing, interpreting and evaluating, Interacting with others

Design & Technologies F-10: Technologies and society, Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations, Evaluating

Social & Community Studies 11 & 12: Unit Option F: Arts & Identity

General Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability, Literacy 


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