Learn about Collage Excursion Package
Discover the world of collage! Collage is a stimulating medium. Many artists have employed collage to vitalise, warp or amplify a message. Others have challenged notions of perception, deployed wit and parody, or elevated its materiality for balance and beauty.
Your excursion will begin with a 1-hour guided tour of exhibition Shape Shifters: A Retrospective of Australian Collage, which includes Collages from our Collection as well as insight into the history of Collage in Australia. The tour will be followed by a 1-hour mixed media/collage workshop. Total time is 2 hours although 15 to 30-minute breaks in between each activity can be included upon request.
Worksheet
A worksheet will be provided for each student to complete during their guided tour, you can preview the worksheet by downloading below.
Shape Shifters: Collage from the Collection - Primary School Worksheet
Shape Shifters: Collage from the Collection - High School Worksheet
Important Information
We have a maximum group size of 40 students per excursion.
Our excursion packages are free!
Please contact us to request a booking. Bookings can be made on any Tuesday - Friday within Term 4, and must be requested before 24 November.
If your request is accepted, we'll send you a booking confirmation with information to help your visit.
Once your booking is made, we will issue a confirmation along with Council's risk assessments covering safety while at the Gallery.
Arriving
Allow 5 -10 minutes at the beginning of your visit for the Gallery introductions. Please be punctual as tours and workshops are scheduled for specific times. Late arrivals may result in a reduction in the number of artworks viewed and the shortening of practical workshops.
Please report to Gallery front desk and advise Gallery staff of your arrival. The Gallery Guides and / or Education Officer will meet you in the foyer area.
Bag checking
Bags must be checked in. Gallery staff will advise where to leave bags. Please make sure students have all they need with them (including medication) before they move into the Gallery’s exhibition spaces.
Art diaries, worksheets and lead pencils
Students are encouraged to bring art books to make notes and reflections in. For unaccompanied and self-directed tours, if you have prepared worksheets for class activities, clipboards and lead pencils are available for students to use. Please advise numbers in advance.
Please note
We have a minimal waste policy and ask that packaging of food items brought to the Gallery are minimised.