Celebrate NAIDOC with First Nations portraiture during a live National Portrait Gallery program.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily 1993 Jenny Sages © Jenny Sages
#NPGNAIDOC Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 NAIDOC Portraits – For Our Elders Students celebrate the contributions of First Nations Elders in the National Portrait Gallery collection. In association with NAIDOC Portraits are used to encourage engagement in students, to build the knowledge and skills to look, respond and create.
This program will highlight the achievements of Elders, by telling the stories of their lives. We will examine what we notice about who they are – their identity through the visual communications of art.
Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times, including artwork by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to use as inspiration for their own representations.
Present artworks and describe how they have used visual conventions to represent their ideas. Please have drawing material/tools ready for each participant! Free National Portrait Gallery Presenter April Phillips is Wiradjuri-Scottish educator, digital artist, graphic anthropologist and audience specialist with ancestry to the Galari people of regional NSW. She is passionate about innovative approaches to learning such as multi-modal resources and live virtual delivery. April is a First Nations Learning Designer, developing resources and engaging experiences for students across the nation. Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Free One-off Events Wellbeing NAIDOC Week