Secondary

High School Education Program (Years 7–12)
The high school education program seeks to: 

• encourage students to develop an understating of the potential and the importance of the role of art to communicate diverse and discursive points of view.
• provide a forum to explore points of view, ask questions, challenge orthodoxies and experience the importance of context on the process of interpretation, exchange and understanding.
• develop an awareness of art as a cultural product.
• foster and refine visual discernment.
• develop and extend use of specialist art vocabulary.
• engage students in independent and group research and/or discussion stimulated by art objects.
• to develop and extend analytical and critical thinking.
• introduce and investigate the unique position that artists and artworks play in the development of culture.
• explore, debate and challenge students’ understanding of the role that artists and artworks play in the development of our individual and collective identities.
• develop students’ understanding of the importance of process and conceptual intent in the development of art objects.
• provide opportunities to participate in art making workshops with specialist tutors and contemporary artists.
• encourage students to manipulate and experiment with art materials.
• engage students in the process of making art as an expressive investigation of their emotional world.
• offer a safe, studio environment in which to make art that engages conceptually with contemporary life and with the history of art practice.
• foster the development of practical skills that will assist students to extend and refine their own art making practise. 

To make further enquiries phone Naomi McCarthy, Manager – Education and Public Programs on (02) 4735 1100.

To receive invitations to opening events and regular updates about Gallery education programs email your postal and email contact details to nmccarthy@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au

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Download Term One High School Visual Art Program

Download High School Master Class Booking Form