Ceremony: Teacher Professional Learning Program

The National Gallery of Australia and Shepparton Art Museum present a full day program of professional learning for educators in the Goulburn Valley region and beyond, including both primary and secondary teachers.

The program will focus on the National Gallery’s touring exhibition the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony and will support educators in developing learning strategies for engaging with First Nations arts practice.

The day will include a curatorial led tour of Ceremony, a presentation on the National Gallery’s approach to First Nations art education, and opportunities to collaborate and workshop strategies to use in your learning environment.

Morning tea provided. BYO lunch or food available from the SAM Café.

Location: Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), 530 Wyndham St, Shepparton VIC 3630

The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by Visions of Australia, National Collection Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, Wesfarmes Arts and key philanthropic supporters.

Ceremony remains central to the creative practice of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. The 4th Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony exhibition and program of events will animate and heal to reveal how ceremony is at the nexus of Country, of culture and of community.

From the intimate and personal to the collective and collaborative, ceremonies manifest through visual art, film, music and dance. Ceremonial practice has a performative element. At its heart is the concept of iteration, the artist’s conscious engagement with what has come before. Iteration can be expressed in the painted minutiae of tali (sandhills) or the click of a shutter.

The Triennial is the National Gallery’s flagship exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. The National Indigenous Art Triennial is made possible through the continued generosity of the National Gallery’s Indigenous Arts Partner Wesfarmers Arts and key philanthropic supporters.

Curator: Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, Senior Curator-at-large, with National Gallery Curators