CMAG OUTREACH LEARNING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BORROW

Thank you for your interest in borrowing CMAG outreach learning resources for your school.

Please see below for the available resources we offer - along with the teacher development workshops offered as part of the program.
The loan duration for each resource is for one school term. All resources can be collected from Canberra Museum and Gallery and will fit into the boot of a small hatchback with the back seat folded down, or the boot/back seat of a larger sedan.

Available resources can be selected on the ticket selection page.

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY (OUTREACH PROGRAM - PRE-SCHOOL)
This is the in-class version of our existing EPTAS program.

Looking becomes an exciting adventure when exploring the paintings of Sidney Nolan! Children will engage with selected works from Nolan’s Kelly series and bring them to life through art-based games, singing, storytelling, puppetry and role-play. Children further investigate these ideas during a practical art-making session where they will experiment with a variety of media to create individual artworks.

OLD MACDONALD'S FARM (YEARS P-2)

This specialised early childhood learning program is a gentle introduction to the past. Through storytelling, play and song children learn about activities that happen on a farm. A practical butter-making workshop helps children to understand where butter comes from, allows them to make their own butter and taste the finished product.

This learning program aims to:

Introduce the concept of “the past”
Expose children to historical concepts and equipment
Explore the notion of a farm and the activities that might happen on a farm, such as butter-making.

THE ART BOX (YEARS F-3)

The Art Box is a lower primary visual arts outreach learning resource available for schools in the Canberra region. This resource features paintings in the Nolan Collection and encourages students to make connections between these paintings and works by other artists in the CMAG Collection. Students will engage with works of art through play-based activities and use QR code technology to respond and make. The maximum booking period for each school is one term and the cost is $50 per class. There are two Art Boxes available for schools to borrow:

Animals+Plants
Landscapes+Figures

Professional Learning Workshop: Unpacking The Art Box

The Teacher Professional Learning Workshop Unpacking The Art Box is built into a school booking and is offered at the beginning of each school term. The workshop is only available to teachers from the Canberra region who borrow THE ART BOX. These workshops are designed to empower and support teachers by providing them with methods, techniques, strategies and resources to confidently and creatively implement THE ART BOX outreach learning resource in their own classroom. Workshops are free of charge. Participation in an Unpacking The Art Box workshop will allow teachers to:

Become familiar with the teacher notes
Preview resources designed to encourage reading, playing, looking and making
Use QR code technology to view online video tutorials
Discuss various activities and approaches with colleagues
Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Unpacking The Art Box workshop participants are asked to BYO device with a QR code scanner/reader installed. These are free from your App store.

STOP.MOTION.NOLAN (YEARS 3-6)

Students will use stop motion animation techniques to engage with the paintings and stories in the Nolan Collection. Stop motion animation is a fun and creative means of combining technology and the visual arts in a way that is engaging and meaningful for students. Once the basic skills and techniques of stop motion animation are understood, students can then apply this knowledge to bring any subject area to life.

Teacher Professional Learning Workshop: Starting Stop.Motion.Nolan

The Teacher Professional Learning Workshop Starting Stop.Motion.Nolan is only available to teachers from the Canberra region who book STOP.MOTION.NOLAN. These workshops are built into a school booking and are offered at throughout the school year. They are designed to empower and support teachers by providing them with methods, techniques, strategies and resources to confidently and creatively implement the STOP.MOTION.NOLAN outreach learning resource in their own classroom. Workshops are free of charge.

The Starting Stop.Motion.Nolan workshop will allow teachers to:

Become familiar with the STOP.MOTION.NOLAN resources and teacher notes
Unpack and set-up the outreach education kits
Play with iPads and App to create a short stop motion animation
Discuss various activities and approaches with colleagues
Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions

THE BLUE SUITCASE: WHAT INSPIRES ARTISTS? (YEARS P-8)

This suitcase contains a series of quirky and exciting objects where the artists have used imaginative approaches to materials. Here you will find toast made from clay, Millennium Bug Teapots and other strange and inspiring objects made from plastic, timber and collected objects.
The suitcase has specially designed support materials when being loaned to preschools.
Developed in conjunction by Craft ACT in collaboration with Canberra Museum and Gallery

THE RED SUITCASE: WHAT IS DESIGN? (YEARS 5-8)

This suitcase contains a range of stunningly designed and made objects in glass, metal, ceramics, plastic and timber. Some of these use traditional techniques and others are made using hi-tech machines and materials.
Developed in conjunction by Craft ACT in collaboration with Canberra Museum and Gallery