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Adventures in Asia education kit

Sample page from Adventures in Asia education kit

Adventures in Asia
An education kit for the Asian Gallery

Compiled by specialist educators at the Art Gallery of NSW, this kit features high-quality reproductions of artworks from the collection and extensive notes and ideas for teachers relevant to K – 12 curricula. Adventures in Asia includes:

• Focus on the art of China, Japan, India including painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints
• 16 A4-size colour images with background information and looking ideas, making ideas and related studies ideas for Years K-6
• Student activities for Visual Arts Years 7-12, introduction to the Asian collection, map of Asia indicating origin of artworks, selected resources
  ISBN 07313 8990 5
  Cost $25

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Hymn to beauty: the art of Utamaro

The exhibition section text provides an introduction to the different themes in the exhibition while the room brochure gives further information about selected works. The Japanese language study guide, prepared by the NSW Department of Education and Training Language Consultants, Japanese, is aimed at senior students of Japanese and uses Stage 6 Continuers kanji.

Room brochure
PDF file (1.7 MB)

Exhibition section text panels
PDF file (1 MB)

Japanese language study guide
PDF file (245 KB)

In association with the exhibition Hymn to beauty: the art of Utamaro

Taisho chic education kit

PDF file (1.8 MB)

Online education kit for the exhibition Taisho chic

Contents:
• Introduction
• Japan’s embrace of Western modernity
• Six works in focus, with K-6 looking and making ideas, and collection connections
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements

TEZUKA: the marvel of manga

Part 1: TEZUKA Osamu (1928-89)
PDF file (404 KB)

• Introduction
• Curatorial statement
• The exhibition: overview
• Biography
• Glossary
• Selected references

Part 2: Images
PDF file (1.1 MB)

• Works in profile
• Key images
• Commentary
• 9-12 framing questions
• Tezuka on manga

In association with the exhibition TEZUKA: the marvel of manga

The lost Buddhas

The room brochure provides general information about the exhibition as well as information on specific artworks, while the exhibition panels give details of the Qingzhou sculpture find and iconography.

Room brochure
PDF file (228KB)

English exhibition panels
PDF file (463KB)

Chinese exhibition panels
PDF file (868 KB)

In association with the exhibition The lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist sculpture from Qingzhou

Goddess: divine energy

Section 1
PDF file (2.1 MB)

• Introduction
• Buddhism and Hinduism
• Commentary
• Locating the goddess
• Decoding the goddess
• Go goddess: experiencing the Hindu festival of Durga Puja
• The exhibition
• Glossary
• Selected references

Stages 3-5 Visual Arts
PDF file (1.6 MB)

Stages 4-5 English
PDF file (264 KB)

Stages 3-6 Da Vinci Project
PDF file (464 KB)

In association with the exhibition Goddess: divine energy

Seasons: the beauty of transience in Japanese art education kit

PDF file (2 MB)

This online education kit tor the 2003 exhibition Seasons: the beauty of transience in Japanese art explores the enduring theme of the four seasons as expressed in screen and scroll painting, ceramics, lacquerware and textiles.

Contents:
• Introduction
• Works in profile
• The four seasons
• Spring and summer
• Autumn and winter
• Seasons and literature
• Support material

Zen mind Zen brush education kit

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Online education kit for the exhibition Zen mind, Zen brush

Contents:
• Introduction
• Themes (including collection connections and links to NSW K-6 Syllabus):
  • Daruma: the bearded and fierce-looking founder of Zen Buddhism
  • Kanzan and Jittoku: the mountain-dwelling eccentric pair
  • Calligraphy: pictograms expressing the spirit of the artist
  • Procession of monks: whimsical line of monks on their alms round
  • Dragon and tiger: powerful symbols of heaven and earth
  • Enso: the ink circle completed in one brushstroke
  • Six works in focus, with K-6 looking & making ideas
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements

Montien Boonma collection notes

PDF file (852 KB)

Dadang Christanto - They give evidence collection notes

PDF file (242 KB)

An in-depth examination of the installation work They bring evidence 1996-97 by Indonesian/Australian artist, Dadang Christanto. Includes issues for consideration and suggestions for further reading.

Inspirations: art ideas for the primary and middle years

Curriculum Corporation 2004
Written by the Gallery's coordinator of Asian programs Ann MacArthur this set of 16 A3 size cards covers traditional, modern and contemporary examples of the arts of Asia and includes seven images from the Gallery's own collection of art from India, China and Japan and Indonesia. Each card contains background information, learning outcomes, stimulus materials and ideas for looking, discussing, and making in addition to cross-curricular activities, a glossary and references.

ISBN 1863665862
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Collecting and exhibiting contemporary art

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This case study is part of a series developed from the short course Case Studies: Asia and the Contemporary World, designed for secondary visual arts teachers and held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in August 2004. Over four weeks of lectures by curators, artists and educators, several unifying themes emerged relating to the collecting and exhibiting of contemporary Asian art. These themes have become the framing questions for this case study, which is supported in the Key Resources section by edited lecture transcripts and articles.

Syllabus content areas:
Practice: Critical / Historical / Making
Frames: Structural / Cultural/ Subjective/ Post Modern
Conceptual framework: Artist/ World/ Artwork /Audience

Audience:
Visual Arts (Stages 5 & 6)
Photographic and Digital Media (Stage 5)
Photographic, Video and Digital Imaging (Stage 6)