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The Art Gallery of South Australia houses one of Australia’s most stunning art collections. Its outstanding collection of 38,000 works covers Australian, European, North American, and Asian art.

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AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia

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Browse our online galleries of student work created in response to works of art, exhibitions and education resources.

If you have student work you would like to submit for our online galleries see our submission guidelines.

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Works of art created by children and young people

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Civics and Citizenship - Radical Textiles

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AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia

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The AGSA Art School in a box is the 'one-stop-shop' for teaching students about art elements, art principles, art terms and art history. This resource will support you in delivering authentic art lessons that use artists and their stories as a starting point.

About the cards

Works of art

A selection of sixty works of art from the Gallery's collection. These cards include an image and basic contextual information. A larger image of the work of art can be found in our online collection.

Art elements

Definitions of line, colour, shape, form, texture, space and value, with corresponding activities. Elements are some of the visual tools artists use to make works of art.

Art principles

Definitions of balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, pattern, proportion, scale, rhythm, movement and repetition, with corresponding activities. Principles underpin how an artist uses visual tools (elements) to make works of art.

Art terms

These words are commonly used when we talk about artists and works of art. These cards include definitions and activities and will extend your art vocabulary.

Art history

These words are used to describe works of art or the movements they belong to. These cards include definitions and activities and will extend your art history knowledge.

Wild cards

Wild cards are our Curiosity Cards, which can be paired with any work of art in the Gallery or in the classroom. They are ideal prompts for engaging with works of art and practising critical and creative thinking.

How to use the cards

The AGSA Art Cards are versatile and can be used in the Gallery, classroom or at home. Of course, the entire set of cards can be explored by children independently or in groups; however, with over 100 cards to choose from, this might be a little overwhelming and unmanageable in a classroom setting.

A card dealing with a single work of art can be paired with multiple elements, principles, terms, genre and or wild cards. This may mean that potentially you could have twenty activities to choose from, for just one work of art. Let's use Absence Embodied by Chiharu Shiota as an example. This work presents a great opportunity for students to learn about line, pattern, colour, contemporary art or installation. In addition, you could even throw in a wild card as an icebreaker to start the lesson.

Planning a Lesson

Use our template to design a unit of work incorporating the AGSA Art Cards and a visit the Gallery.

Suggested example when using Chiharu Shiota's Absence Embodied as a starting point

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AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia

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Engage with the collection and develop ideas for the classroom anytime from the comfort of your home

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AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia

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While we prioritise 'long looking' at works of art, a wall label can provide you with some valuable information about an artist, where they are from, their age and where and when the work of art was made. This information can be 'drip fed' into discussion or contextualised further in your classrooms. For example, you may locate the artist's language group on a map of Australia or discover what year a work was made and investigate what else was happening in the world at the time the work of art was made. Wall labels will include the following information:

Artist

Language group

Where the work of art was made

Artist's date of birth

Medium (what the work of art is made from)

Dimensions

Credit line - this relates to how the work of art was acquired

Extended label; sometimes, an extended label, which provides some specific information about the work or the artist, might be included.

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Curiosity Cards promote critical and creative thinking and encourage 'long looking', resulting in students actively engaging with works of art, with ideas and with each other. The questions provide students with an alternative 'way in' to a work of art, sparking their curiosity and developing their confidence in responding to visual information. Some questions require a quick response, and so are great icebreakers for all students to have an opportunity to share, while other questions are designed to stimulate extended activities and could be completed in pairs or small groups.

A self-guided visit can often be a daunting experience with students seeing works of art in situ, sometimes for the first time. The Curiosity Cards assist you to plan a visit to a gallery, without the pressure of disseminating content in the exhibition space. Rather, slow down the gallery experience by providing opportunities for students to make connections and respond, emphasising that every student's opinion is acknowledged and valid.

Outcomes

Provide alternative ways in to a work of art.

Experience long looking to develop visual literacy.

Improve critical and creative thinking skills.

Increase confidence when talking about works of art and suggesting ideas.

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52 prompts to spark curiosity about art, ideas and the world

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The Art Engager podcast is here to help educators, guides and creatives engage their audiences with art, objects and ideas.

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How Picasso Helps to Solve a Murder Case, Amy Herman

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TEDxDartmouth - Brian Kennedy - Visual Literacy: Why We Need It

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Teaching art or teaching to think like an artist?

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Teaching art or teaching to think like an artist?

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Teaching art or teaching to think like an artist? | Cindy Foley | TEDxColumbus

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How art can help you analyze - Amy E. Herman