During lockdown we are bringing artists to you for home schooling via Zoom!
We are pleased to be offering a fantastic array of opportunities for students to meet with exhibiting artists for stimulating and informative programs in Term 4 whether you are in the classroom or home schooling.
Each of our Education Programs are tailored to the curriculum and target:
Have a look at what you can book for Term 4 below:
Artists who have exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea and educators facilitate an informative, stimulating, and multi-sensory sculpture making workshop virtually via Zoom.
The program has been adapted to allow students and teachers to meet and work with an artist online and actively explore material, themes and sculpture making skills based on the artists’ ideas, processes, and creative practice.
For Primary and Secondary students, suitable for Stage 2 – 6.
We will provide a list of materials for each school to prepare (low cost and recycled, alongside simple tools such as scissors and glue).
Location: Online
Dates: Weekdays 4 October – 26 November
Times: 10:00am – 11:30am and 12:30pm – 2:00pm (90 mins, flexible times are available upon request)
Cost: $270 (for a class of up to 30 students) includes artist’s fee and learning resources.
Artists who have exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea and educators facilitate an informative and stimulating talk about the artist, their practice, and their work virtually via Zoom.
The program has been adapted to allow students and teachers to meet and learn from a practising artist.
The artist will present a talk with images and information about their work. Followed by a Q&A where the students will be able to ask questions about the artist, their work and their practice.
Location: Online
Dates: Weekdays 4 October – 26 November
Times: 9:30am – 10:30am, 11:00am – 12:00pm and 12:30pm – 1:30pm (60 mins, flexible times are available upon request)
Cost: $190 (for a class of up to 30 students) includes artist’s fee and learning resources.
Joel Adler, ‘Viewfinder’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019. Henri Fanti
Joel Adler is an emerging Sydney-based artist who creates site-specific installations and sculptures. Joel is influenced by design and technological processes to render and digitally create his work. Programs with Joel explore:
Syllabus links: Visual Art, Design and Technology, Engineering, Physics
Jane Gillings, ‘Thrown’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2014. Photo Clyde Yee
Jane Gillings is a practicing artist with over 30 years of experience working with recycled and found objects. Her work explores concepts around our attitudes and responses to waste, possession, loss, and the effect human habits have on our natural environment. Programs with Jane explore:
Syllabus links: Visual Art, Design and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, HSIE, Society and Culture
Sally Kidall, ‘Urban Containment’, Sculpture by the Sea, 2019. Photo Charlotte Curd
Sally Kidall is an internationally renowned environmental artist/sculptor whose practice spans over 35 years. Programs with Sally will explore:
Syllabus links: Visual Art, Design and Technology, HSIE, Earth and Environmental Science
Barbara Licha, ‘Dance II’, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020. Photo Richard Watson.
Barbara Licha is a Polish-Australian artist based in Sydney. Barbara’s practice is focused on wire sculpture. She uses her work to explore human emotions. Programs with Barbara will explore:
Syllabus links: Visual Art, Design and Technology, HSIE, Investigating Science, Society and Culture
Katie Stewart, ‘Split Imprint’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019. Photo Henri Fanti
Katie Stewart is an emerging artist whose studio practice involves a conversation between modernist principles and organic forms, stripping nature back to basics. Programs with Katie will explore:
Syllabus links: Environment, History, Visual Art
Sian Waston, ‘Ancient Three’ 2021. Photo supplied by the artist
Sian Watson is a Canberra-based artist whose work explores the shared vulnerabilities and histories of humans and animals.
Programs with Sian will explore:
Syllabus links: Visual Art, Design and Technology, Industrial Technology, HSIE, Society and Culture
Sculpture by the Sea is now offering the opportunity for schools and students to have artists who have exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea and educators come into their classrooms to conduct informative, stimulating and multi-sensory sculpture making workshops that targets the following priority areas in delivery and assessment of NSW curriculum:
For enquiries, please contact:
Meghan Kennedy – NSW School Education Access and Inclusion Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02 8399 0233
We look forward to hearing from you!
The School Education Program Team at Sculpture by the Sea.