Clay Studio for Educators

Clay Studio for Educators

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28 Jul 2023  5 Nov 2023

Clay Studio for Educators
DatesFriday 28 July 2023 to Sunday 05 November 2023
(This event has past)
Times2 x Daily Sessions: Session 1 | 10:00am – 12:30pm Session 2 | 1:30pm – 4:00pm
CostFree
BookingAll Education Groups for IAG Clay Studio require a booking
AgeAll ages welcome

Clay Studio transforms our entire Children’s Gallery space into a ceramic atelier.

Gallery facilitators will guide students through the creative potential of clay. Students will explore traditional and non-traditional forms and develop visual literacy through experimental, process-based, hands-on exploration. Working with clay encourages sensory development, develops coordination and fine motor skills, fosters hand-eye coordination, and helps build focus and attention span. Students can take their clay creation home or leave it on display in one of our collaborative spaces. 

Clay Studio is our first kid's program designed to develop visual literacy through experimental, process-based, hands-on exploration of the Elements of Art, line, shape, texture, form, space, colour and value.

Clay Studio has links to specific Australian Curriculum outcomes from Foundation Year through to year 6 (see below), as well as broader conceptual links to the Australian Curriculum with links to mathematics, Science, English, Health and Physical Education and Humanities and Social Sciences.

Curriculum Links: Visual Arts

The program connects to these Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

AC9AVAFD01 - use play, imagination, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas.

Years 1 and 2

AC9AVAFC01 - create arts works that communicate ideas

AC9AVAFP01 - share their arts works with audiences

AC9AVA2D01 - experiment and play with visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials

AC9AVA2C01 - use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks

AC9AVA2P01share and/or display artworks and/or visual arts practice in informal settings 

Years 3 and 4

AC9AVA4D01 - experiment with a range of ways to use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials

AC9AVA2P01 - share and/or display artworks and/or visual arts practice in informal settings

Years 5 and 6

AC9AVA6D01 - experiment with, document and reflect on ways to use a range of visual conventions, visual arts processes, and materials

AC9AVA6C01 - use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning

Years 7 and 8

AC9AVA8D01 - experiment with visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to develop skills

AC9AVA8C02 - select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning

​To make a booking enquiry:

Please submit an Education Group booking request and please read the Education Group Risk Assessment.

If you have any questions about the programs on offer, contact us via email or call 3810 7222.