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Craig Ruddy with high school students

Director with high school students

Top: 2004 Archibald Portrait Prize and The People’s Choice winner Craig Ruddy with students
Above: Edmund Capon with students.

Education Programs
7 - 12 years

$5 per student for booked school groups

K–12 Archibald Prize Education Kit
Available online only.
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Study mornings
Portraiture and the prize
Investigate links to previous Archibald exhibitions, consider the fascination with portraits and discover the often controversial, always dynamic, history of the prize.
YEARS 7- 9: 25 March, 4 April, 1 & 7 May 2008
YEARS 10-12: 13 March 2008
10.30-11.30am
$8 (includes exhibition entry)

Discussion tour
Reading the portrait
A tour focusing on the permanent collection. Investigate the traditional to the unusual, decoding what portraits can be, their roles, the relationship between artist, sitter and audience and the messages portraits can send.
YEARS 7-10
1 hour
$127.50 per group of 15 or less (exhibition entry not included)

Combination study mornings
An introduction to multiple major exhibitions, identifying key works, issues and ideas
• Archibald Prize + Michael Riley: the practice of portraits
YEARS 7-9
28 March & 3 April 2008
10.30-11.30am
$8 per student (includes Archibald Prize exhibition entry)

Bookings and pre-payment essential for all programs
tel 02 9225 1740 fax 02 9225 1842
pp@ag.nsw.gov.au

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