Thursday, March 17, 2011

ART MATTERS wiki


ART MATTERS is a fantastic wiki filled with links and Youtube clips that are relevant to Australian Art studies.

The 'Animation' link alone (left hand side of the Homepage) has 11 YouTube clips that have been well selected for their quality and value to the classroom.


But why TELL you all about the wiki when I can show you?

The rest of this post includes some intriguing images that will hopefully whet your appetite and encourage you to explore 'ART MATTERS'.





Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Draw Your Dream competition for students


Draw Your Dream competition for students

The Age ERC
February 09, 2011

As a proud partner of the Dreams Come True: The Art of Disney's Classic Fairy Tales exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, The Age is pleased to bring your students the 'Draw Your Dreams' competition.

Simply submit a drawing that illustrates your dreams and you could win a major prize as well as having their work displayed in an online gallery on the ACMI website.

The competition is
open to all Victorian primary and secondary school students.

In addition to being showcased online, the winner will receive a major prize pack from ACMI.

The major prize includes:

- A family pass to Dreams Come True

- Two family passes to any session of Kids' Flicks at ACMI

- A 12-month ACMI Family membership

- A Dreams Come True catalogue

- A Disney merchandise pack worth $50

- Two Disney DVDs


How to enter:

To enter, email your drawing to creations@theage.com.au along with your name, age and contact details (including postal address and phone number).

Or,
post your entry to:

Draw Your Dreams competition
The Age Education Resource Centre
Level 4
655 Collins Street
Docklands VIC 3008


Entries close Friday,
March 11, 2011.

Good luck!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Google Art Project

Welcome to 2011, everyone.

Google's Art Project is a powerful webtool that allows you to access a multitude of Art Museums world Wide.

If you click on the up arrow (above 'The Frick Collection New York City) or down arrow (below the yellow highlighted 'The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg' that make up part of the list in the image to the left you will discover even more museums BUT, you will need to go to the actual site to do so as the image to left is only a copy, not an active site :)



Click on Google's Art Project to access the site.


Once you've arrived at the site, if you click on a specific museum, e.g. Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, the picture will change to one that exists in that museum for e.g. The Bedroom.


If you click on 'View Artwork) beneath the painting, the piece will enlarge for you.















If you use the small image at the bottom right of the screen (I have cropped the image of the screen so don't worry if Van Gogh's painting is cropped in this example) which has a 'slide' - ______________ + capacity to make the image larger or smaller, you can zoom in on details for youir students, for example: Below is a detail from 'The Bedroom'.


Note that the 'slide' is halfway instead of overe to the left in the previous image.




If you click on the 'Van Gogh Museum' writing at the top left of the screen, you will be given a virtual image of the museum itself. You can navigate using the 'compass' at the top left of the screen and also using the 'arrows' that appear in front of the paintings. You can also zoom in and out using the + and - provided beneath the 'compass'. You can navigate to another museum by using the V arrow to the right of the 'Van Gogh Museum' title and you can navigate from painitng to painting within the collection by using the V arrow to the right of 'The bedroom Vincent van Gogh' title at the top of the screen. Whilst in the virtual museum mode, you can also navigate using the floor plan, the link titled: 'floor plan' appears at the top right hand of the screen. There is also a multitude of other useful information available in this mode

Have fun! :)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

This is Modern Art - Episode 1

This is Modern Art

This series can be viewed on YouTube at CollingsShrine channel. Below, I have linked an extract from the first episode for you to preview but you can see the entire series by clicking on the link I have placed under General Art History links to the right of this blog.

The Power of Art

The Power of Art written and presented by Simon Schama comes in 8 episodes:

1) Caravaggio - David with the Head of Goliath
2) Bernini - Ecstacy of St. Theresa
3) Rembrandt - The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis
4) David - The Death of Marat
5) Turner - The Slave Ship
6) Van Gogh - Wheatfield with Crows
7) Picasso - Guernica
8)Rothko - Black on Maroon

This amazing BBC documentary series is available on YouTube in 10 minute captures. Download the excepts to your laptop or view them via the link on this blog placed under General Art Links.

Below I have included an extract from the first episode:


Welcome to Gippsland Grammar's ART SPOT

This space is designed for both student and staff use. I will add useful links as I find them or when they are requested and also tips for using applications and tools that will aid you in ART projects and assignments.

If you are a Gippsland Grammar Art teacher or student and have a particular request, make a comment on this blog or email me at: joy.reid@gippslandgs.vic.edu.au