Not Just a Brush
Not Just a Brush (NJAB) is a 2-year program for NSW public schools. The program includes teacher professional learning workshops and culminates in an art exhibition for Kindergarten to Year 6 students in a professional gallery at the end of the year.
The NJAB program provides teachers with skills they can take back to school and use in their classrooms with their students to create artworks over a period of time, incorporating a variety of forms and media.
Students then have the opportunity to exhibit their artworks in one of two professional gallery exhibitions.
This program aims to enhance the status and value of visual arts in schools and local communities. It enables students to develop skills in critiquing art and to see themselves and their peers as young artists.
Professional learning
2023 dates
- Term 2 2023 - Campbelltown Arts Centre
- Term 2 2023 - Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
To register
Go to MyPL and search course name Not Just a Brush.
Aim
This teacher PL will enable teachers to:
- update their knowledge and practice by working with their colleagues and professional artists.
- learn about the properties of various natural and man-made materials and ways in which they can alter the state of these to make marks on paper or create sculptures.
- view and discuss artworks and examine the forms and objects within, looking specifically at each artist's unique styles and creativity.
- develop their ability to use artworks as a starting point for supporting their students to create their own 2D and 3D art.
- use the knowledge acquired to build sequential visual arts lessons, which will assist their students to develop artworks sequentially and understand that an artwork may not necessarily be finished in one sitting.
The workshop makes a point of addressing the use of readily available and inexpensive, found and recycled materials, incorporating these into lesson planning. The delivery of feedback that encourages students to take risks in their creative application is embedded in lesson planning.
2024 Exhibition
Nominations
Nominations for schools to participate in the 2024 Not Just A Brush Exhibition will open in Term 3 2024.
Dates
Exhibition
- November 2024 - Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Cost
$120.00 excluding GST per school (not per artwork).
