Winter Newsletter from Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Kia ora koutou,

We hope you had a restful holiday and look forward to welcoming you to the Gallery. Our only Covid Protection requirements are that you keep a distance of at least 1 metre from others and everyone aged 12+ (and all ākonga working in the Taupuni Mahi Studio) wears a mask. So, haere mai!

We’ve exciting exhibitions throughout hōtaki winter and into kōanga spring with a range of programmes, including a new Outreach programme and new bespoke programmes for ECE, Secondary and Tertiary groups that relate exhibitions to your specific teaching and learning foci. We look forward to your booking enquiries for Terms 3 and 4.

All ECE, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary programmes are FREE, while entry to ticketed shows is discounted to $10pp for booked education groups with some complimentary tickets available. Please enquire about these when making your booking, and about how we can help with transport costs for your school or kura, should these present a barrier to your visit.

If you would like a Gallery kaiārahi to support your group’s learning in te reo and te ao Māori, please make a note in your enquiry.

We’ve exhibitions to inspire ākonga of all ages this hōtake winter and will work with you where possible to develop a bespoke programme to best suit your learning areas and outcomes.

We’ll provide your ākonga with authentic, hands-on/minds-on learning experiences that complement the New Zealand Curriculum, Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, and Te Whāriki and enrich your local curriculum (ELC).

To find out more, please click the button below or send us an email. We look forward receiving your enquiries.

PLD days
We’ll be hosting two teacher PLD days in Term 4 – please email us with suggestions and requests for workshops and other content:

• Primary School & Kura Kaiako: Workshops to develop skills and confidence in using art-making practices in the delivery of the curriculum across the learning areas and to enrich local curriculum (ELC).

• Secondary School & Kura Kaiako: Talks and workshops to support the development of critical thinking and creative responses through engagement with art. Workshops will focus on how art can enhance teaching and learning in response to the refreshed curriculum aims to enrich local curriculum (ELC) and to develop Key Competencies.

Beyond the Walls
Beyond the Walls is an outreach programme co-ordinated by Mosese Uhila, our Gallery Educator, Pacific Engagement, in association with Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda.

Over six months and eight engagements in both the Gallery and at kura, our educators, curators and artists have been working with 50 ākonga from five kura to engage with and respond to the exhibition artworks and their contexts. There will be a celebration in September to showcase creative responses from the participants with invitations to participate in Beyond the Walls 2023 going out later this year.

Learning resources
We are proud to make available to all kaiako and ākonga teaching resources borne of the magnificent Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art exhibition. Available in English and Māori mediums, please download these for your teaching and learning programmes in Years 7 and 8. Resources for Primary-aged tamariki will be available soon. In the meantime, read more here on the stunning Toi Tū Toi Ora publication in English and te reo Māori – complimentary copies have been sent to all secondary schools.