Educational Resources - Art Gallery
Jenny Sages: Paths to Portraiture
Jenny Sages: Paths to portraiture, on display at TRAG from Friday 21 October to Sunday 31 March 2012, is an exhibition of portraits by Jenny Sages (b. 1933), accompanied by drawings that the artist made in preparation for the works, and materials that inspired and influenced them.
Subjects of the large portraits, most of them made in the unusual and challenging medium of encaustic, include Emily Kngwarreye, Helen Garner, Kerryn Phelps and Jackie Stricker, and the artist herself. The exhibition is accompanied by a documentary by independent filmmaker Catherine Hunter, which affords an intimate and moving perspective on the Jenny Sages’s life and work. Works in the exhibition are drawn from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; the Tweed River Art Gallery; and Jenny Sages.
A limited number of hardcopy Learning Resources are available that include the DVD Jenny Sages: Paths to Portraiture. When you make your booking to visit this exhibition, one of these resources will be available for your school.
 Education Resource - Jenny Sages: Paths to Portraiture (950kb)
Jenny Sages: Paths to portraiture is an exhibition of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, in conjunction with the Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah. Sponsored by Visa.
Perspectives: Jon Cattapan and eX de Medici
Perspectives is an Australian War Memorial Travelling Exhibition, and is on display at TRAG from Friday 23 September to Sunday 13 November.
Continuing a tradition that developed during the First World War, the Memorial has, in the last decade, commissioned many official artists to explore and record the Australian experience of war and peacekeeping around the world.
Perspectives presents the unique insights of two contemporary artists responding to the subject of peacekeeping. As official artists commissioned by the Australian War Memorial, Jon Cattapan travelled to Timor–Leste in July 2008 and eX de Medici went to the Solomon Islands in March 2009. Both artists gained insight into the role of Australian peacekeepers and from these experiences, created a series of works that reveal a personal vision and artistic style.
Bookings are essential for all school groups. Bookings can be made by contacting the Gallery on telephone 02 6670 2790. Education resources will be available on request.
Education Resource - About Perspectives (128kb)
Education Resource - About Jon Cattapan (131kb)
Education Resource - About eX de Medici (167kb)
An Australian War Memorial Travelling Exhibition
Surface Tension: the art of Euan Macleod 1991 – 2009
A Tweed River Art Gallery touring exhibition, curated by Gavin Wilson
This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.
Please download the Education Kit (1,118kb).
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