Not Just a Brush
Not Just a Brush (NJAB) is a visual arts 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 a professional gallery exhibition.
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.
2024 exhibition
Nominations
Nominations for schools to participate in the 2024 Not Just A Brush Exhibition – Beyond the Book are now open.
Artworks may be individual, small group, class or created by the whole school. Artworks can be any medium and must be for inside the gallery and comply with the gallery's WHS requirements.
To submit works, schools are asked to complete the Not Just a Brush participation form and deliver their artworks to Jannali East Public School by Thursday 26 September 2024 (Week 10 Term 3).
Exhibition
- Friday 25 October – Tuesday 12 November 2024
- Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Cost
$150.00 excluding GST per school (not per artwork).
Resources to support exhibition participation
Professional learning
2024 dates
Friday 7 June 2024 – Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Time
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost
$185.00 per person
To register
Go to MyPL and search course name Not Just a Brush or course code NR43278.
Registration for this professional learning event has closed.
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.
Not Just a Brush 2024 is proudly supported by Winc Australia.
All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in Not Just a Brush, please email katherine.horner@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.
