CURRENT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES TERM 3 2008
EDUCATION PROGRAMMES TERM 3 2008
In Fiona Hall: Force Field, natural curiosity, a fascination with everyday materials and an exquisitely unpredictable imagination meet. Hall questions humanity’s increasingly problematic relationship with the environment, and delves into the histories of language and colonisation. Suitable for primary and secondary schools, with tours and creative workshops to suit students of all ages.
Experience Fiona Hall: Force Field: 12 July - 19 October 2008 (Term 3, weeks 1 to Term 4 week 1) and investigate humanity’s relationship with nature through Hall’s exquisite and imaginative works, suitable for students of all ages.
EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
Term 3 Week 1 – Term 4 Week 1
PRIMARY & INTERMEDIATE
Tour only (1 hour)
Students will develop their thinking skills through active interpretation of the artworks, and explore various art-making processes, such as: soap carving, beading, embossing, knitting, painting, collage. Discussion and games will help students to unravel themes in selected artworks, including: respect for the environment and sustainability; kaitiakitanga (guardianship) and Maori perspectives on the environment; cross-cultural perspectives of the origins of the environment; the global spread of different species; endangered and extinct plants and birds; and currency and trade.
Tour and worksheet (1.5 hours)
Following the tour students will work independently with
worksheets in the Gallery. Through closer analysis of the artworks, students will formulate their own creative responses to them using a combination of text and image.
Tour and workshop (2 hours)
Following the tour students will participate in a practical art workshop. They will learn a technique used by Fiona Hall of embossing on sheet metal. Students will make a coin which reflects the diversity of the New Zealand environment and incorporates important cultural icons celebrating the bicultural nature of New Zealand society.
SECONDARY
Tour (1 hour)
Students will employ their thinking and analytical skills during a tour of the exhibition, using aspects of post-modern theory to deconstruct meanings. Techniques employed by the artist such as soap carving, beading, embossing, knitting, painting, collage, photography and video will be introduced, and students will be encouraged to unravel and discuss the various issues Fiona Hall deals with in her work. These include: consumerism and the global crisis of environmental sustainability; contrasting world views held within eastern and western cultures; Maori perspectives on the environment and kaitiakitanga (guardianship); the effects on nature of colonisation and migration; the commercialisation of nature; relationships between natural resources and the economy: genetic engineering; conflict and camouflage.
Tour and ideas sheet (1.5 hours)
Following the tour an ideas sheet that will prompt and
promote critical thinking and discussion is available for
students to use in the Gallery, and on return to school. The ideas sheets encourage students to think critically and deconstruct the artworks independently, as well as providing a basis for discussion.
Please note: This exhibition contains artworks featuring nudity and sexual imagery. Please contact education staff for further information.
Cross-curricular visits and programmes
Maximise the potential for cross-curricular learning by making links with some of the exhibition themes. Combine your visit to City Gallery Wellington with a visit to another destination. We can help you with planning suggestions.
Currency, trade and the economy: Visit the Reserve Bank Museum: 2 The Terrace, Wellington. T: (04) 471 3682 http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/about/museum/2766074.html
Find out about Fair Trade http://www.tradeaid.org.nz/Home and visit Wellington’s Trade Aid shop: Cnr Victoria and Bond Sts, Wellington. T: (04) 499 1839.
Botany, plant species and uses: Visit Wellington Botanic Gardens or Otari-Wilton's Bush Reserve and find out more about New Zealand’s native plants. Wellington Botanic Garden: Tinakori Road, Wellington. T: (04) 499 1400 http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/gardens/botanicgardens/botanicgardens.html Otari-Wilson’s Bush: Wilton Road, Wellington. T: (04) 499 1400 http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/gardens/otariwiltonsbush/otariwiltonsbush.html
Native Birds: The Kereru Project is an excellent opportunity to be involved in protecting our endangered Kereru. See the website for resources and more info: http://www.kererudiscovery.org.nz/
Environmental Sustainability: Take some steps towards turning your school into an environmentally sustainable school, http://www.enviroschools.org.nz/ or learn more about sustainability in general: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/environ_ed/guidelines/index_e.php