Thursday, February 26, 2009

CROSS POST FROM AGNSW

County, Culture Community: a new education kit for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art collection

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is pleased to announce the launch a major new Education Kit for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art collection on Friday March 27.

The launch will be in the form of a Teachers Professional Development Day featuring artist talks by Judy Watson and Richard Bell, curator's talk, a discussion of the role of the art centre and related issues such as carpetbagging and re-sale royalty rights by a representative from Papunya Tula art centre, and strategies for using the kit to support classroom teaching practice with Visual Arts, Aboriginal Studies and History teachers.

Each teacher attending the day will receive a free copy of the Education Kit, valued at $45.00, as well as lunch and morning tea.

See here for further information and booking procedures.

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