Foundation - Year 2
Light and shadow
Workshop + exhibition visit
Tickets
When
Monday to Thursdays during school terms
10am-2pm
Inspired by the art and history of shadow puppetry, students create moving silhouette artworks that explore the interplay between light and shadow.
Students will:
- explore the history of shadow puppets
- watch contemporary Indigenous Australian shadow-artist works
- understand how light, shadow and shape can be used to create visually stunning artworks through their own creations
Important information
This workshop is designed to accommodate two classes of up to 28 students (up to 56 in total). It includes a 90-minute workshop for each class plus a visit to our The Story of the Moving Image exhibition.
Links to pre-visit information and post-visit activities will be made available upon booking.
Access a social story for this workshop space here.
Curriculum links
Visual Arts Foundation
explore ideas for artworks through play and visual arts processes VC2AVAFE02
use play, imagination, experimentation, materials and processes to discover possibilities and develop ideas VC2AVAFD01
share their visual arts works with viewers and audiences VC2AVAFP01
Visual Arts Level 1 & 2
explore where, when, why and how people across cultures, communities, times, places and/or other contexts experience visual arts, including artworks created by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples VC2AVA2E01
explore ways of using visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials VC2AVA2D01
present and share artworks in informal settings VC2AVA2P01
Design and technologies Level F-2
explore, generate and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing or modelling, using manual and digital tools VC2TDE2D02
use materials, components, tools and techniques to safely make designed solutions VC2TDE2D03
explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create designed solutions VC2TDE2C04