Label your Gallery

Children are invited to visit the Gallery during Education Week to share their questions and stories and help us create a series of children's labels to be displayed in the Gallery
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Thinking about: Shadowlife 24 May

There are three workshops per day. When booking, advise Education Officer of which workshop you wish to attend (10am, 11.30am or 1.30pm workshop)FREE entry and workshop for government school students Years 9-12‘Thinking about: Shadowlife’ is an exhibition visit and interactive activity promoting deep thinking and discussion of artworks. Students will learn about artworks by nine internationally renowned contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists engaged in photo-based practices from the exhibition Shadowlife, showing at Bendigo Art Gallery. In addition to engaging with the exhibition, each group will receive two complimentary copies of the Shadowlife catalogue.Shadowlife brings together an outstanding collection of contemporary indigenous photography, moving image and installation. Shadowlife’s artists employ the directness and theatricality of film and photo to address stereotypes and act out scenarios.This Education Week event is presented by Bendigo Art Gallery in partnership with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
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Walking the Land: Tours on Country - May

Spiritually connected to Country, the Dja Dja Wurrung are bound to the land of this region by a strong belief system. Join Dja Dja Wurrung people on a tour of Country. Gain deep insights into traditional knowledge about sites of cultural importance, connections between humans and nature, and cultural principles for land, water and species management. Refreshments provided.
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New Art Workshops

* Sketchbooks* Portrait Plays* Creative Compositions* Drawing games
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My Country: Dja Dja Wurrung stories - June

Dja Dja Wurrung people are Traditional Owners of Country across central Victoria and their ancestors have cared for this land for countless generations. Join Dja Dja Wurrung people as they share stories of their culture, customs and their long and deep connection to and management of Country in this area.
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Talking Art

Discover the language of artists and galleries and the words used to describe the visual art elements such as colour, line and shape.
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Contemporary Minds

Explore the materials and processes used by contemporary artists as well as the themes that Australian contemporary artists are exploring in their work today.
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Lets look Back, Australian People and Places

Who came to the Victorian goldfields and what did Bendigo look like in 1862? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this tour looking at Bendigo history and important Australian issues such as immigration and the altered environment.
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The Language of Landscape

View early Australian landscapes from the turn of the 20th century, modern landscape paintings and those of contemporary Indigenous artists. Compare and contrast these styles and discuss the meanings covered. Available for school groups, bookings are essential.
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