Explore the relationship between subject, artist and audience through portraiture. Investigate image, identity and representation by exploring significant portraits in the collection of one of Australia’s most important art museums – the National Gallery of Victoria.
Can music inspire your art? Join Cat Sewell as she combines visual and performing arts techniques by using music to inspire what she draws and paints. Listen to a music track and paint what you are feeling. What images does the music evoke? Explore your creativity, sharpen your listening skills and understand the links between … Read more
How do artists express their feelings and memories through sculpture? Look at and respond to Sweeney’s Keepsake (1987) by Les Kossatz – part of the collection of the Heide Museum of Modern Art, then make your own sculpture based on your feelings and memories. Sculptor Lucy Irvine shows young children a method that uses a … Read more
Students can bring narratives to life with this collection of activities! With Visual Storytelling, students will be guided through each step of the storytelling process, from conceptualisation through to creating their very own storybook. Visual storytelling is one of the oldest forms of storytelling. In this resource, students will be able to use a range … Read more
Shapeshifting Stories provides handy tips and techniques to create compelling and dramatic stories. With the help of characters, including superhero show-off Frostica and the trainee warlock Solpadon, you will learn the fundamentals of story building – who, what, how and where.
In a series of group activities, children will be led through a ‘story building’ process, creating and taking on character roles and bringing ideas to life. Children will be encouraged and supported to lead the story themselves – they will make decisions, solve problems, create images and sounds, imagine settings, and stay in character throughout … Read more
Learn how to create stories using photos or pictures from recycled magazines. It’s a great way to get imaginative with step by step instructions to help students plan and make their own stories using images, speech bubbles and captions. Younger children will love building a basic narrative, whether it be silly or serious, by creating … Read more
Apply your knowledge of sport to create a basic movement phrase and extend it using the elements of dance. Create your own unique Fizzie Dance. This is the first course in ARTS:LIVE’s Sports and Performance series.
There are close links between the extreme physicality required by an elite sportsperson and a dancer. They are more similar than you may think. Discover the physical and technical skills used in both dance and sport and compare the similarities.
Sing, Scat and Scoo Be Doo introduces younger children to the joys of active music-making through singing, speaking, moving, dancing, playing and creating. Be introduced to four songs that provide opportunities to be expressive through vocal improvisation (scatting) and playing along with instruments.