Education

Available until October 26
Join us in creating a massive piece of public art. This your chance to pick up a paintbrush and make your mark on the Gallery walls. This October we want everyone in Ōtautahi Christchurch to help us create a new exhibition – a massive public paint-out of one of our downstairs galleries. You class will take part in a guided tour looking at and sketching ideas before using them on the Gallery walls.

Available all term 4
Your students will tour our exhibition spaces and look at a range of artworks that feature Māori motif and design. We will learn about common shapes and patterns and how they are used. In the Education Centre students will use what they have learned to design and paint their own pou or waka huia (treasure box).

Available all term 4
This lesson invites students to experiment with dyes and textiles to create beautiful hanging artworks. In the Gallery, your class will look at a variety of artists who use yarn, string, silk and all sorts of unexpected materials to make their work. In the Education Centre, each student will try dyeing techniques and play with pattern and colour to make a work of their own.

Available until October 26
This lesson is all about colour, construction, 3D form and working collaboratively. Your class will tour the Gallery, examining Ani O’Neill’s new collaborative work in Yellow Moon as well as other sculptures from the collection to see how artists use different materials to make their work. In the education centre, your students will be given a bag of materials to experiment and play with in groups and make a 3D work together. Works can be taken back to school or photographed and deconstructed at the end of the lesson. A great lesson for imaginative play and problem-solving for kids who love to make.

Available all term 4
Your class will explore the Gallery and look at the art of Juliet Peter. In the classroom they will create a night scene of native birds, nocturnal creatures and foliage. Students will learn to print stencils and use quick and easy printing tricks such as making rubbings with crayon and dye. They will use multiple techniques to build up a layered night-time image.

Available from October 29
Your class will discover the mix of characters, toys and objects in Philip Trusttum's large and vibrant paintings. In the Education Centre, students take part in drawing activities and games and create a bold and bright still-life drawing to take back to school.

Available all term 4
In this lesson students will explore more than 100 years of landscape painting in Aotearoa New Zealand. Your class will tour the exhibition spaces, examining colonial, impressionist, modernist and abstract representations of the land, discovering how painting has evolved over time. In the Education Centre, the students will create a cubist landscape painting of their own.