2019 EXHIBITIONTEACHERS NOTES

K – 6

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION     1

HOW TO USE THESE TEACHERS NOTES     3

ACTIVITIES TO DO BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL     4

HOW TO USE THE EXHIBITION DIDACTICS   5

EXHIBITION MAP     6

COVER : Anne Levitch Turf Wars, 2019 | IMAGE : Keith Maxwell

SCULPTURE AT SCENIC WORLD | 2019 EXHIBITION | PAGE 1

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Sculpture at Scenic World holds the unique title of Australia’s only dedicated rainforest exhibition. Now in its eighth year, Sculpture at Scenic World will feature 25 artworks from local, national and international exhibitors. The selected exhibiting artists range from established, to mid-career and emerging artists.

Three guest judges select the artists to exhibit from an ever-growing number of applications submitted to Scenic World. These judges, highly respected within the arts community, also select the winner of the Scenic World Major Award, which includes a $20,000 prize.

The 2019 independent judging panel selecting the finalists and awarding the major prize will be:

PROFESSOR MARIE SIERRA Deputy Dean UNSW Art and Design

AXEL ARNOTT Independent Curator

HEIDI AXELSEN Blue Mountains-based artist

AWARD CATEGORIES

There are six award categories open to the exhibiting artists:

$20,000 Scenic World Major Award

$5,000 Environmental Award

$3,000 Artist Peer Award

$2,000 Scenic World Staff Choice Award

$1,000 Carrington Hotel People’s Choice Award

$1,000 Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Exhibition Opportunity (Judged by Paul Brinkman and Sabrina Roesner Blue Mountains Cultural Centre)

Every award winning artist is presented with a unique trophy, hand designed by renowned Blue Mountains artist Keith Rowe.

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

To complement the 2019 Sculpture at Scenic World initiative, Sculpture Otherwise is an exhibition held at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre in Katoomba.

This exhibition offers audiences an insight into the processes employed by a number of artists whose works are installed in the rainforest at Scenic World. Small scale maquettes, sculptures, videos and drawings offer a rare glimpse into the conceptual and structural development employed by the artists to inform their final works in the main exhibition. Other works will highlight the range of skills in the mediums and methods used within their main practice.

Many of these works are available for purchase.

This year’s exhibition follows on from RE-MIX, ROCK ON and WOODSTOCK and presents a collection of artists who explore the marks we make and the traces we leave behind as we traverse the landscape. These works will be displayed across a number of venues including Scenic World, The Carrington, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Blue Mountains YHA, The Fairmont and Braemar Gallery.

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HOW TO USE THE TEACHERS NOTES

Activities offered within this program introduce students to the varied methods used by artists featured in Sculpture at Scenic World 2019, and promote inquiry into the artists' intentions and methodologies. Many unique mediums have been employed throughout the exhibition by artists responding to an environment outside the usual gallery confines. Students' experiences of art and their exposure to a variety of cultural backgrounds in the modern classroom will inspire a diverse range of responses to the exhibition.

The activities offered are designed to provide a foundation from which staff are able to continue to utilise and enhance already existing curriculum frameworks. Most beneficially, the resource seeks to expand the students’ comprehension of what it is to be an artist; the unlimited methods available to produce art; and to make evident the conceptual development of each sculpture presented in Sculpture at Scenic World. This is a rare opportunity available to staff and teachers alike that will excite, engage, challenge and inform the students, making them aware that they too are able to be as engaged with the art world as those presented here within the exhibition. Sculpture at Scenic World will also expand upon students’ ideas of a gallery setting by challenging the notion of the 'white cube'.

The structure of these notes is designed to provide teachers with an assessment tool which they may engage with as an extension of their existing curriculum, based on the students experience of the exhibition. It is an invaluable tool in teaching the arts to primary students, and an opportunity to introduce early comprehension of art related terms and visual language, and engage with some of the challenges of the contemporary art milieu.

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ACTIVITIES TO DO BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL

The following questions are designed as a preliminary activity to guide students as they are introduced to the various methods used by artists who are featured in Sculpture at Scenic World. This activity may also be used as a tool for revision and assessment to inform teaching staff of how much students have learnt from their excursion to the exhibition.

What does the word ‘exhibition’ mean? Where can an exhibition take place?

What is the main difference between painting and sculpture?

Is sculpture a two-dimensional or three-dimensional form?

What can a sculpture be made from?

What are some of the locations where you would typically find works of art?

List all the places where you have seen sculptures placed in an outdoor environment

Describe a sculpture you recall seeing. What did it look like? What do you think it was made from?

In your workbook, research the meaning of the following words. Describe how you could use these techniques and materials to make sculpture. Can you think of any other techniques or materials used to create sculptures?

TECHNIQUES MATERIALS

Carving

Clay modelling

Collage

Installation

Casting

Assemblage

Knitting, sewing, weaving

Wood, sticks, leaves, stones

Clay

Paper, cardboard

Glass, plastic

Plaster, steel, bronze

Wool, fabric, natural fibres

Recycled materials

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