Camp Overview:

Immerse yourself in a transformative professional development experience at the Art Teacher Camp on Stradbroke Island / Minjerribah. Designed specifically for arts educators, this weekend offers an inspiring blend of place-based learning, creative exploration, and First Nations cultural insight. Guided by lead artist and educator Andrew Peachey, alongside Fiona Vicig and Delvene Cockatoo Collins, participants engage in hands-on workshops and site-responsive activities that deepen understanding of both artistic practice and Minjerribah’s cultural and environmental heritage.

This immersive approach directly supports AITSL Standards by enriching teachers’ capacity to know students and how they learn through experiential and creative processes; strengthening their ability to know the content and how to teach it through exposure to diverse artistic methods and First Nations perspectives; and enhancing their skills in planning for and implementing effective teaching and learning by modelling authentic, place-based pedagogy akin to an IA1 stimulus. Additionally, the collaborative nature of the camp fosters meaningful professional learning and provides opportunities to engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers, and the community, equipping educators with renewed confidence, cultural awareness, and innovative strategies to bring back to their school contexts.

Principal Artist in Residence - Andrew Peachey:

Brisbane based artist, art educator and author, Andrew Peachey has over thirty nine years experience as an Art educator and painter. He has been co-author of the Senior Visual Art syllabus and two Cambridge Visual Art textbooks for senior secondary schools. Completing a research Masters in Visual Art from the Queensland College of Art helped Andrew to hone his art practice and thinking. His recent paintings and photographs explore notions of personal history, memory, nostalgia and rebirth. Andrew has had numerous exhibitions and has more recently, over the past two years, received the Queensland Award at the National Teacher Artist Prize.

Andrew has extensive knowledge of Stradbroke Island/ Minjerribah from running his Year 11 Stimulus Experiences on the island. During the camp, Andrew will share the activities he incorporates into his Stimulus Experience and guide teachers through some of those art making experiences to inspire their own response to the environment and enhance teaching practice.

Supporting artists:

Delvine Cockatoo Collins (First Nations weaver, printmaker, fashion designer)

Fiona Vicig - Photographer and Visual Art Teacher

Accommodation:

Snapper Units - 76 Mooloomba Road Point Lookout, QLD

https://www.visitstradbroke.com.au/holiday-rentals/snapper-units

Making Venue:

https://stradbrokeisland.com/point-lookout-community-hall/

Camp Outline:

Friday 6/3/2026

6:00 - 7:30 Arrive at Snapper Units - 76 Mooloomba Road Point Lookout, QLD

(note check in can commence from 3pm)

Welcome drinks and pizza

7:30 - 7:45 Camp outline and introductions - Andrew Peachey

7:45 - 9:00 TBC Art Media Supplier Presentation & Experimentation

Saturday 7/3/2026

6:30 - 7:30 Silent Walk and collecting objects to make brushes

7:45 - 8:45 Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 Set up workspace at Point Lookout Community Hall

9:00 - 10:30 Workshop 1 - Andrew Peachey

Brush making, sensory response to landscape mark making, Etching

Key inspirational artists: Lorna Crane, Sophie Munns, Rosie Lloyd Giblett

10:30 - 10:45 Morning Tea (catered)

10:45 - 12:30 - Workshop 2 - Andrew Peachey

Cyanotypes with collected materials, etching plates and archival imagery

Key inspirational artist: Glen Skien and Renata Buziak

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (catered)

Lunch: Catered Lunch at Point Lookout Hall

1:30 - 3:00 - Workshop 3 - Fiona Vicig

Incamera editing photography (optional activity or continue with making from workshop 2)

3:00 - 4.30 - Workshop 4

Collaborative Drawing, display and reflection

Key inspirational artist: John Wolesley

4:30 - 6:00 Free Time

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner (self catered or restaurant)

8:00 - 9:30 - Workshop 4 - Andrew Peachey

Collaborative photography, painting with light and projection

Key inspirational artist: Marian Drew

Sunday 8/3/2026

6:00 - 7:15 Gorge walk / drawing in journals

7.15: 8:45 Breakfast / swim / pack up accom (Self catered or cafe)

9:00 - 11:30 Independent work on compositions, morning tea and camp reflection

11:30 - 12:00 Pack up hall and return to units

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch at units

1:00 - 1:30 Transfers to Dunwich

1:30 - 4:00 Quampi Gallery Visit and workshop with Delvene Cockatoo Collins

4:00 Transfer to Straddie Flyer for 4:15 departure

This professional Development Opportunity relates to the following QCT Professional Standards:

2 - Know the content and how to teach it
3 - Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
6 - Engage in professional learning
7 - Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community

Cost includes:

Accommodation (unless you choose the No Accommodation option)
Friday night pizza dinner
Morning tea, lunch and refreshments Saturday and Sunday
Basic materials related to workshop tasks

Additional Costs to camp attendee:

Breakfasts for both mornings (full kitchen facilities are available)
Dinner Saturday night
Ferry Flyer: $22 return*
* Private car transfers from Dunwich to Point Lookout, and between Point Lookout locations. Alternatively, there is a bus service on the island and bus stops outside the accommodation and hall. It is a 30min walk between the hall and accommodation.
Bus timetable (50cent fares apply)
If you choose to bring your own car across to the island, it will be at your own cost. Please book your ferry in advance here https://www.sealink.com.au/north-stradbroke-island/

Please bring:

Breakfast for 2 mornings (You will have access to a kitchen or you may want to purchase from a local cafe)
Specialty brushes or media you like to work with
Apron
DSLR camera, tripod, releasee cable (only if you have access to one)

Please Note: Transport on the island will be provided in private cars.

Transfers in private cars between Dunwich and Point Lookout is provided for 4.45 and 6.00pm flyer services. If you are interested in alternative travel arrangements to private cars, the distance between accommodation and Point Lookout Community Hall will be 30 mins walk. Buses are also available and stops are right outside the hall and both accommodation houses.

Bus timetable: (note 50cent fares apply)

More information and FAQ's:

Please see our frequently asked questions doc here

QATA website: https://qata.qld.edu.au/art-teacher-camp/

Please email: qataexecutive@gmail.com with further questions