Creative Thinking &

The Christmas Story

Monday 5th December 9:00am – 3:30

A New Day of Art AppreciationReflectionat Polding House, St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt for the ‘Christmas Story Art Exhibition & Competition 2016’& The Art Gallery of NSW Sydney,

Facilitated by John Charadia & Amanda McPaul Browne.

Professional Learning

Primary school teachers/educators will engage in a day of knowledge and skills in Stage 3 Visual Arts Process and Creative Thinking. Utilising St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt,‘The Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition 2016’ and the Art Gallery of NSW’s ‘Manifesto’,and a practical workshop at Polding House, participants will acquire compositional skills, artistic process and religious understanding about the annual exhibition and competition, and assessment process.

Manifesto
In this dramatic new video installation, renowned German artist Julian Rosefeldt works with famed Australian actor Cate Blanchett to give new life to some of the most famous and provocative writings by artists of the modern era.

The work presents a series of striking monologues that Rosefeldt has created by editing and reassembling a collage of artists’ manifestos, from declarations penned by the futurists, Dadaists and Situationists, to the musings of individual artists, architects, dancers and filmmakers such as Sol LeWitt, Yvonne Rainer and Jim Jarmusch.

Blanchett performs these ‘new manifestos’ while inhabiting 13 different personas – among them a schoolteacher, a newsreader, a factory worker and a homeless man – to explore the power and urgency of these historical words in our world today.

Workshop

Participants will explorequality assessmentof student artwork in an engaging experiential approach that models classroom teaching and learning strategies.

Furthermore, participants will engage in quality appreciation time with three of this year’s judges, and the ‘Christmas Story Art Exhibition’ in the Crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral gaining insights into the quality art and reflection of Year 5 & 6 Students from three dioceses in NSW.

Closing Date for Enrolment: Friday, 25 November 2016

Venue:Polding House, St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt and The Art Gallery of NSW Sydney.
Date: Monday, 5 December 2016.

Time: 9.00am-3.30pm.

Limit: 22 participants

Contact: John CharadiaJodie Micallef

MB: 0418 416224.PH:9568 8248

Timetable

9.00am – 3.30pm

8:30amRegistration at Polding House, Level 8, Barlow Room, 133 Liverpool Street Sydney

9:00amSession1

Practical Workshop – Artistic and Creative Thinking Processes

  • All materials provided
  • Fully practical drawing workshop
  • Thinking processes and tools

11:00am

Morning Tea

11.30am

12 minute walk via Hyde Park to St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt

11:45amSession 2

(East side doors of St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt – between Cathedral and Cathedral House)

  • Prayer Ritual
  • Exploring the Exhibition and Competition (conversation with Judges)
  • Criteria, guidelines
  • Syllabus Links and Essential Understandings
  • Time for photos and notes

12:45pm

Pack-up materials

1:00pm

Lunch and 7minute walk to Art Gallery NSW via Art Gallery Road

2:00Session 3

“Manifesto”

  • Task 1 and 2 explained
  • Engaging with the Exhibition and engaging in tasks

3:00pmSession 4

  • Task 1 professional conversation
  • Task 2 delivery
  • Conclusion and group evaluation

3:30pmContinue to enjoy the gallery, and networking