Schools’ Program
Schools Program
A slow art collaborative installation for all ages
Archi-Loom
A giant, interactive loom installation where everyone fills in the walls of the structure by weaving, and using recycled materials. What emerges is a large, slowly evolving collaborative art installation.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
Years 9 to 10
Artistry of science – student workshop
Blend the skills of scientific inquiry with practical experiences and creative expression of drama through kinaesthetic activities
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
For drama and scientific inquiry teachers
Artistry of science – teacher workshop
A teachers’ workshop exploring elements common to teaching science and drama and how they build student curiosity and engagement
Thu 2 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
Prep to Year 6
Billie and the dinosaurs
A musical journey through a narrated orchestral performance, where our hero, Billie, runs away from school bullies, falls through a mysterious waterfall, and discovers a world of dinosaurs.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Year 10 to 12 students of art, biology, media, studio arts and creative and digital media (VET)
Biomedical animation – digital cell division student workshop
Using 3D software used in Hollywood cinema productions, participants in Dr Maja Divjak’s interactive workshops create their own fluid motion cell division animation. Biology meets art meets digital media.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 3 sessions
Schools Program
Teachers of art, studio art, biology and media
Biomedical animation – digital cell division teacher workshop
In this workshop teachers of art, media and biology will gain an insight into how biomedical animation can become a tool for communicating detailed scientific information through an arts-based aesthetic.
Thu 2 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
For teachers who want to build digital learning content and resources
Connecting collections
Join the NGV and MFA for a virtual tour of their art collections, showing how place inspires and influences artists.
Fri 3 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
Years 4 to 7
Constellations and clouds
Aracaladanza performs dance especially for children. Using bold imagery they bring to life the visual artwork of Miro, Magritte and Bosch.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 7
The creative garden
A hands-on workshop by the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. Activities include making pots from newspapers and planting seeds in them, and leaf rubbing to explore the shape, texture and colour of local plants.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
Years 7 to 10
Deaf slam poetry
Led by deaf artists, these Arts Access Victoria’s workshops combine the expressive quality of spoken word, and the intensity of ideas contained in poetry, into a powerful experience when combined with Auslan interpretations.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
Years 5 to 8
Design, Create and Technology – Where We Are
Indigenous fauna is under pressure in our modern world. How can technology help? In this workshop, students find solutions and build models.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 10
Dialogue in the Dark™ Education Day
What can the dark teach you about your day-to-day life? Students and teachers will explore a simulated tour of Melbourne set in complete darkness, guided by a skilled facilitator with blindness or low vision
Fri 3 May, 16 sessions
Schools Program
Years 5 to 8
The exquisite now – Federation Handbells
Join renowned composer Graeme Leak in this exciting opportunity for selected Victorian schools to create their own link in a chain of music - a rondo - for the Federation Handbells.
Fri 3 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
Secondary teachers
Exploring complexity through contemporary art
How can teachers integrate contemporary art into the classroom? Dr Flossie Chua, from Project Zero, Harvard University, and Anne Smith, from Independent Schools Victoria, have developed a new framework for viewing contemporary art.
Thu 2 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 7
Friendship mandala – the world in colours
Students will create a great social mosaic out of recycled plastic caps to celebrate the diverse richness of Australian society.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 3 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 8
The Ghost of John King
A performance-based, interactive workshop by The Storey Players presenting the Burke and Wills expedition through the eyes of its only survivor, John King, who was supported by an Indigenous community.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 8
The inner voice – student workshop
Operatic tenor Chris Elliott and a classical accompanist will lead students through a transformative musical experience exploring the power of song.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 3 sessions
Schools Program
For Teachers
The inner voice – teacher workshop
Operatic tenor Chris Elliott and a classical accompanist present a workshop for teachers of all disciplines, reinvigorating the power of song for them, and helping them to develop students’ emotional intelligence and wellbeing.
Thu 2 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
Year 10 to 11
Introduction to electronic music production
Learn the basics of electronic music production, from mixing audio samples to programing virtual instruments and production techniques
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 3 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 6
Let’s go fly a kite
Science and art combine in kite-making workshops, and spectacular flying of giant kites against the city skyline, over Birrarung Marr near the Yarra.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 5 to 12
Make and play instrument making workshops
Students will learn how to upcycle everyday objects into their very own junk percussion instruments, with music maker Graeme Leak and The Song Room
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 5 to 12
The make and play orchestra
Join Graeme Leak and the Make and Play Orchestra in a public community performance at Deakin Edge, playing instruments created from upcycled materials.
Thu 2 - Sat 4 May, 5 sessions
Schools Program
Years 7 to 8
Making tracks
With Australia’s leading Indigenous dance college, NAISDA, students will use dance to discover and tell their own story. Our inspiration is the tracks of animals.
Thu 2 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
Year 4 to 7
Pondlife
Pondlife looks at dynamics of playground politics through a theatrical experience with the Catherine Wheels Theatrical Company.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 9 to 12
Objects in the Round
In an Australian-first, New York visual artist Mary Mattingly will create a collaborative artwork, creating a Melbourne landscape in miniature.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
For Teachers
Social practice and education in contemporary art – in conversation with Mary Mattingly and Kym Maxwell
A conversation with contemporary artists Mary Mattingly and Kym Maxwell on their multidisciplinary approaches to storytelling and performance.
Thu 2 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
Years 3 to 7
Rhythms and cycles
Students create paper puppets that come to life, in a workshop that includes ‘brain gym’ movements, storytelling and performance. Presented by internationally-renowned puppeteer Gary Friedman.
Thu 2 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
All year levels
Student film festival
Seeking the best from our most creative young film makers, with selected films featuring in our film festival. People’s Choice votes on the night, with prizes for the winners in this celebration of the moving image.
Thu 2 May, 1 sessions
Schools Program
For senior secondary students
TASK Party
Acclaimed international artist Oliver Herring will create his celebrated TASK Party at the festival. Students will use an assortment of random materials to create imaginative responses and limitless solutions to randomly selected tasks.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 4 sessions
Schools Program
Years 2 to 8
Teaching dad to dance – student workshop
This Ausdance workshop sees a role reversal, where students become the teachers, learning a dance routine to teach dads – stereotypically poor dancers – or any other adult.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
For Teachers
Teaching dad to dance – teacher workshop
In this Ausdance session linked to the Teaching Dad to Dance program, teachers of all disciplines explore the movement skills required across band levels F-10 in the Australian Curriculum.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
Senior secondary
The third paradise forum
Created by Italian master, Michelangelo Pistoletto in 2003, the forum involves students joining a dialogue on sustainability in their communities, examining the creative practices of the artist, and creating a large scale collaborative artwork.
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions
Schools Program
Years 7 to 10
Wheelie bin camera obscura
An Arts Access Victoria workshop, delivered by artists who identify with a disability, exploring the workings and science of the camera obscura, in an unusual, fun take, using wheelie bins as cameras
Thu 2 - Fri 3 May, 2 sessions