Term 1 Programmes 2010

The Tauranga Art Gallery education programme is partly funded by the Ministry of Education and has a Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom contract to deliver progammes that support teaching and complement learning in the classroom. The programmes are curriculum focussed and provide authentic hands on interactive and specific learning experiences. The Gallery's education team works closely with teachers, tailoring programmes to ensure that school visits are both valuable and enjoyable educational experiences for all age levels.


Term 1, 2009 Programmes

These programmes are only a selection of many possibilities and are mostly media based. Themes that are school wide, syndicate, or classroom based can be accommodated for, as we will tailor a programme to suit.


Jo TorrNGA KAKAHU  Jo Torr
  • create a Mäori design on strips of plain material.
  • embroidery stitch designs onto heavy paper and finish with dry media.

Exhibition until 21 February 2010










Tracey WilliamsMY SHIP / Tënei Wakahëra Tracey Williams

The work utilises cultural connections to Tauranga's waterfront as a position from which to consider the construction of individuals and societies via imagination and history associated with place. The Atrium installation is multimedia and has several key components. These include a custom-built 'ship', entirely clad in textiles and women's craft-work. There are also wall projections specific to Tauranga Moana and 2-D works on wood that appear to 'float' across all of the main walls.

  • using black paper and white tissue, create a silhouette of a ship.
  • create a shadow theatre as an extension of the above activity.
  • use the ship as a metaphor for life’s journey and add text to a drawing of a ship to create an art work.

    • Exhibition until March 2010







    Doreen McNeillNAVIGATING HER WAY Doreen McNeill

    • work over navigation charts in mixed media to create layers of colour.
    • experiment with colour mixing and glazing with paint and tissue paper to create an abstract composition. Add further meaning to the work by adding symbols or text to it when it is dry.

    Exhibition from 13 February 2010





    Ey! IranEY! IRAN Contemporary Iranian photography

    • enlarge a photo on the photocopier to at least A4 size, and paint over it in an expressive manner.
    • enlarge a photo on the photocopier and add text over the top.

    Exhibition from 13 February 2010












    Len CastleMOUNTAIN TO THE SEA Len Castle

    • using the natural environment as inspiration, recreate textures and create art works through rubbings, plaster casts, or slab clay pressing.

    Exhibition from 13 February 2010








    EslingTHE HOUSE THAT JAMES BUILT

    Contemporary works from The James Wallace Art Trust

    Using the theme of houses:

    • create your fantasy home using dry media and photo-montage.
    • design and construct a home using found funky materials.
    • through the use of mixed media re-contextualise an object, natural or human, to assume the appearance of a home.
    • within a grid-like structure, include different aspects associated with the home.

    Exhibition from 27 February 2010





    Nigel BorrellHAWAIKI Nigel Borell

    Using mixed media:

    • draw outlines of traditional Mäori objects on heavy paper. Cut them out and apply selected coloured fabrics or papers to the back of the opening. Dry media or embroidery stitch can be used to complete the design.
    Exhibition from 6 March 2010










    Judy DarraghTHROW UP Judy Darragh

    Using found objects:

    • re-contextualise found objects by painting them.
    • use pictures and photos and create a montage on the surface of the objects.
    • draw the object and alter it to give it a personality.

    Exhibition from 12 March 2010