Kit right fit for art prize

TASMANIAN students are set to benefit from a new educational arts resource that will delve into Australia’s richest landscape art prize.

Now in its second year, the $100,000 Hadley’s Art Prize Hobart is open for entries, with finalists to be announced in early June.

The Hadley’s Art Prize Hobart education kit, launched on Friday, will be the most highly accredited resource of its kind, designed collaboratively by Hadley’s Art Prize Hobart and national peak body Arts Education Australia as part of a threeyear partnership.

AEA vice president Abbey MacDonald said the kit would give students real world experience of how artists and curators work.

“Primarily it’s for teachers to look at the things that they can facilitate with students, so it has activities that are outlined in teacher talk so they can get a sense of the things they need to do to be able to facilitate an activity,” Dr MacDonald said.

“Within that too there’s also work sheets and questions to help frame discussions and provocations for students to think about on-site at the gallery.”

Hadley’s Art Prize Hobart curator Amy Jackett said the kit provided a rich, unique and free viewing experience with great learning potential for students of all ages.

Primarily it’s for teachers to look at the things that they can facilitate with students

— ABBEY MACDONALD