Early Childhood and Primary resources
Early childhood educational resources including exhibition labels and activity books encourage young children, their parents and carers, to engage in learning about art. Please visit the Children's Art Centre for more information.
Curriculum research
Research projects are undertaken to investigate the many ways that students can learn through their interaction with contemporary art, to allow teachers to extend the information and ideas presented in the Gallery's exhibitions into the classroom.
‘Made for This World: Contemporary Art and the Places We Build’
Teachers, children and families were interviewed during their visits to the Children's Art Centre exhibition ‘Made for This World: Contemporary Art and the Places We Build’ (26 November 2005 – 19 February 2006) and Box City Summer Family Day (15 January 2006), the largest scale interactive art project for children commissioned by the Gallery, in which children worked with over 30 Queensland artists to build a giant city within the Gallery.
Interviews with teachers and students were compiled into short videos and an accompanying curriculum guide for early childhood and primary teachers. The ‘Made for this World’ research project revealed that children were interested in learning about the built environment, and in experimenting with ideas relating to the architecture, design and functions of the many places that make up our world.
For more information on 'Made for this World' visit the exhibition archive.
