Education

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Classroom #15

Friday 30 Aug, 2024

9am - 3pm
Ticketed
Radford Auditorium

$150 non-member, $130 TRT, Department for Education teachers and AGSA members

All Educators
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Led by Aboriginal artists and curators, this professional development workshop provides educators with suggestions on incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists into the classroom in a meaningful and culturally appropriate way. Learn about the way relationships between people, culture and country for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be conveyed through works of art.

This workshop includes:

  • Gallery tour with Nici Cumpston, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and Gloria Strzelecki, Associate Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
  • Presentation workshop led by Education Coordinator, Kylie Neagle
  • Artist talk and workshop with Gamilaroi Yinarr artist Sophie Honess
  • Lunch and morning tea
  • Professional Learning Certificate aligned to the AISTL Standards

Sophie Honess

About Sophie Honess

Sophie Honess is a Gamilaroi Yinarr based in Tamworth, NSW. She has been creating textile art professionally since 2017. Sophie's work responds to her immediate environment, finding and exploring hidden beauty on Gomeroi Country through colour and texture. Sophie has been included in a number of group exhibitions and has held 2 solo exhibtions at Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, in 2021 and 2023. A selected artist in Tamworth Textile Triennial in 2023, and a selected artist in the County Road and NGV First Nations Commissions 'My Country' exhibition 2024. Sophie is also a part of Yinarr Maramali, a gomeroi weaving collective.
www.sophiehoness.com

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