Jul – Dec 2016

Education Programme Terms 3-4

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July – Dec Primary programme Exploring Len Lye p.16 programme calendar Abstract animation p.17 Imagine me p.17 Colour Key

Mixing light and dark p.17 Y1 – 4

Y3 – 6 Photo thoughts p.18 Y5 – 8 Eye hand object p.18 Y9 – 10 Y11 + Selfie portrait p.19 All levels Measure p.19

Kinetic kapahaka p.6

Float and twinkle p.19

p.19 Contents Dance cubed

Word spin thing p.19 Introduction 4 Exhibitions 8 Mobile light lab. p.19 Projection Series 15

Primary and intermediate schools programme 16 Secondary programme Secondary schools programme 20 Science experiments in art p.21 Education events 26

Lifelong learning 27 Photography p.21 Exhibition tours and experiences 28 Planning your visit 29 Direct film workshop p.23 Meet our education team 30 Photogram workshop p.23

Media studies p.23

Introduction to Len Lye Centre p.23

Talk art p.24

Top art p.26

Cover: Jessica Field makes sculpture of words. Open Collection #2 p.24 Photo Glenn Jeffrey

P / 2 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 3 Kia uruuru mai Ā hauora, haukaha, haumāia Ki runga, ki raro, ki roto, ki waho Rirerire hau paimarire

Enter forth The winds of life The winds of strength The winds of courage As above, below, within, without Peace be upon us

We invite you to make the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre part of your teaching plan for 2016. Introduce your students to the vivid, original artworks in our current exhibitions and explore the who, what, when, why of art. We are accredited and funded by the Ministry of Education as a Learning Experience Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) provider. During their time with us, your students will be able to make use of our purpose- built education studios in the Todd Energy Learning Centre and 62-seat, wheelchair friendly, state-of-the-art cinema in the Len Lye Centre. Start your planning by taking a look at the exhibition and education programme detailed below. If you would like to discuss other options, further develop detailed content, or discuss the format of your visit, our education team is happy to help. All programmes for schools are free.

Subsidised Education Culture Bus

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, Puke Ariki and Aotea Utanganui Museum of South are offering subsidised bus transport to schools to enable students to participate in education programmes (see Subsidised Education Culture Bus flyer for details).

Ngā mihi,

Chris Barry, Rebecca Fawkner-Egli and Kaiako Māori Morgana James Govett-Brewster education team

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/ Len Lye Centre on ’s Queen St. Photo Patrick Reynolds

P / 4 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 5 E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha Tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou! Ki ngā o ngā hau e wha, nau mai, hou mai ki tēnei pou, Te Whare Toi o Ngāmotu

Ko Puoro e tangi nei Ko Rēhia me ōna wiwini, ōna wawana Ko Ataata me ōna kanohi

Ko tenei te pūrongo mahi toi mō te wāhanga tuatoru me te wāhanga tuawha o tēnei tau. He pōwhiri tēnei ki ngā kura kātoa kia uru mai ki tō tātou whare mō ngā akoranga toi Māori, ānana, ko ngā mahi ā Puoro, ā Rēhia, ā Ataata rānei. Ka whakahaere au i aua mahi i roto i te reo, ā reo rua rānei, heoi anō, mā koutou, mā tātou e hangaia te akoranga kia aroaro ki ō koutou kaupapa o te kura.

This is our newsletter for Terms 3 and 4 for the year. It’s also an invitation to all schools to come to the Govett- Brewster to engage in lessons with a Māori focus through music, performance or practical mediums. The lessons will be delivered in Te Reo Māori or bilingually. Together we can create a suitable learning experience for your school topic.

Kinetic Kapahaka Te Wiki o Te Reo Ngā manaaki (Māori focus lesson for Build on Māori language Morgana James week (4 – 10 July) with a visit Kaiako Māori mainstream classes) to the Govett-Brewster led [email protected] by the Gallery’s Kaiako Māori or phone 06 759 0858 5 Sep – 25 Nov 2016, morning only prior to 4 July. Y3-8, 75 mins. Learn from kinetic art in new ways with a Contact Morgana James to kapahaka focus using glow-in-the-dark discuss options. poi or tītī tōrea. A great way to incorporate Te Reo me Ōna Tikanga into your school programme.

P / 6 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 7 Pressure Angle: Andrew The Old Bank Space Beck and Darcy Lange Look out for our changing photography exhibitions in the Old Bank Space at 87 5 – 24 Jul 2016 Devon St West through until end of August. Old Bank Space Following Andrew Beck's exhibition, 87 Devon St West, New Plymouth we will present pop-ups by photography

Open Fri – Tue | 10 am – 6 pm advocate Paul McNamara as well as moving

Closed Wed – Thu image work from the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Collection.

Prinicipal Funder Supported by

Andrew Beck Mirror Experiment 2011.

Exhibitions Emanations: The Art of the Cameraless

Andrew Beck Double Screen 2016 at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/ Photograph Len Lye Centre

Len Lye Georgia O’Keeffe 1947. Last day 14 Aug Courtesy Len Lye Foundation Collection Emanations explores the magic of photography in its most primal form. Featuring more than 200 images made without a camera, it is the first historical survey of cameraless photography to be held anywhere in the world. A cameraless photograph is a contact print in which an object or phenomenon (such as a botanical specimen, a piece of clothing or even rays of light) touches a piece of light-sensitive film or paper and leaves an impression, without the mediation of a camera. As Emanations demonstrates, this basic procedure can result in a surprising variety of images, bearing an equally various array of meanings.

Curated by world renowned photography historian Geoffrey Batchen

P / 8 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 9 Matt Henry: Long Division

27 Aug – 27 Nov Matt Henry grew up in New Plymouth and knows the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery intimately. Now, following major renovations and the addition of the Len Lye Centre, Henry is rediscovering the spaces that were once so familiar to him. For this exhibition Henry responds to the architecture of the galleries in which his work is displayed. Henry’s spatial interventions take form in paintings that are installed in an unconventional manner, often embedded into the gallery walls or protruding into space.

Exhibitions For Long Division these minimalist interruptions have been designed and installed according to the artist’s close studies of the exhibition spaces and Len Lye: Set in Motion: Len Lye, A fascinating exhibition of light, sound and how we navigate them. movement, Set in Motion presents kinetic Four Fountains Rebecca Baumann, sculpture by Len Lye alongside the work

Last day 4 Sep of four contemporary artists: Rebecca Žilvinas Kempinas, Baumann, Žilvinas Kempinas, Taree Take your last chance to see four versions Mackenzie and Ross Manning. Each of an audience favourite: the gentle Taree Mackenzie and artist’s practice is an experimentation swaying Fountain, a bundle of rotating Ross Manning and improvisation with materials and stainless steel rods that twist, movements. In Lye’s Zebra (1965), a steel flex and shimmer. 3 Sep – 27 Nov rod spins and sways, while in the

Curated by Paul Brobbel Matt Henry Structural Relief contemporary artworks, fans whir, magnetic In association with the (installation view), 2014-15, Len Lye Foundation and Technix Te Tuhi. Commissioned by Te Tuhi tape flies, and plexiglass shimmers. A display of archival material and process drawings offers a window into each of the artist’s making, thinking and ideas.

Len Lye: Four Fountains 2015 in the Large Rebecca Baumann Once More with Works gallery. Photo Glenn Jeffrey feeling 2014. Photo Bo Wong

P / 10 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 11 P /12 to thecity. Govett-Brewster relationship and its reflecting onthecomplex history of the space,gallery alongsideCollection works, of architectural interventions inthe of oneinstitution's approach tocollecting. and power thatplayoutthrough thestory systems of exchange, visibility, economy biography, Buchananlooked atthevarious primarily ontheperiod1970-1983. Govett-Brewster’s collection, focusing Over three monthssheinvestigated the the Govett-Brewster artist residency. (Te Ātiawa/Taranaki) recently completed Taranaki-born artist Ruth Buchanan 10 Sep–4Dec its document and actual The Ruth Buchanan: Exhibitions Her exhibition comprisesaseries Considering collections aform of Collection Courtesy LenLyeFoundation Twister 1966atBerkeleyArtMuseum. Photo RuthBuchananandBryanJames Express, vol.920,April18,1982. ‘Why sellgoodpictures?’TheSunday daily, timestobeconfirmed. tumblingdown‘icicles your back’. Performs the audienceandeven by theartist aslike described inLye’s dayasinducing terror in is oneof Lye’s most compellingworks, Intense, Trilogy frighteningandbeautiful, 24 Sep–Ongoing Twisters) Trilogy Two (A and Flip Govett-Brewster Gallery Art Education Programme P /13 16 Jul – 16 Dec 2016

Projection Series #4 Man Without a Camera

Len Lye's cameraless films screening daily including Free Radicals and A Colour Box

Len Lye film still from A Colour Box 1935. 4 min. 35mm Dufaycolour, sound. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation and the British Postal Museum and Archive. From material Lisa Reihana Digital Marae: preserved by the BFI National Marakihau 2001. Govett-Brewster Archive and made available by Collection. Courtesy the artist Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision Projection Series Exhibitions

Open Collection #2: Kanohi ki te kanohi Top Art 2016

29 Aug – 27 Nov Noon 1 Aug – noon 5 Aug Open Collection #2 explores how artists Todd Energy Learning Centre have portrayed themselves and others in An exhibition of ’s 2015 often surprising ways. Curated by Katie secondary schools’ NCEA Level 3 art Smith, art teacher at New Plymouth Girls’ portfolios that achieved Excellence or High School, the exhibition captures some Scholarship, including one Taranaki folio. of the varied personalities in the Govett- Brewster Collection. The Open Collection series extends Coming up the Govett-Brewster’s Ministry of Education Experimental moves funded Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) programming. Taranaki Dec – Mar 2017 art and art history educators are invited An exhibition of film, kinetic sculpture and to develop an exhibition enabling their ephemera from the Len Lye Foundation students to experience artworks relevant to Collection and Archive. Experimental their curriculum in the flesh. Moves presents a view into the exploratory, experiential dimension of Len Lye’s practice.

P / 14 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 15 Until 12 Aug Imagine me

Years 1–4, 75 min. We explore the abstract world of

cameraless photos, find out about the history of photography and compare them with camera photos. We analyse the artworks and take an imaginary walk into the photos, brainstorming words to describe the journey. In the learning centre students then create a collage of textured translucent materials, cellophane and pre- printed text. This is blown-up in projection for students to add their own silhouette into their imaginary world of light, texture and

Primary and Intermediate School Programme colour. BYO class camera

All primary and intermediate programmes Until 25 Nov Until 16 Dec Until 12 Aug take place throughout the building with our educators, and include hands-on Exploring Len Lye Abstract Animation Mixing light and dark activities for your students. The All year levels, 60 min. + Years 5–8, 75 min. Years 3-6, 90 min. programmes to follow indicate what you What can we learn from Len Lye? Introduce How did old-school animation work? What How can we be creative with black and can expect from each session; please your students to the wonders of Len Lye’s makes Len Lye’s movies so cool? We go to white? Investigate how artists create note however, that each programme can art and the acclaimed architecture of the flicks to discover how image, movement intriguing artworks using only light and dark. be customised for your class age group the Len Lye Centre. Experience the multi- and sound are combined to create an We practise making a variety of tones and and area of focus – simply chat with our sensory exhibitions through interactive illusion. Students analyse animation analyse the use of positive and negative team. activities adaptable to your students’ techniques and use gallery zoetropes composition in the exhibition. Students Te Reo Māori learning needs and level. (animation viewing devices) to create their experiment with ink on paper, learning own moving image. to control light and dark in subtle and The Govett-Brewster/Len Lye Centre BYO your class video camera or cellphone surprising ways. welcome kura kaupapa and bilingual to record students’ animations classes across all exhibitions. Our Kaiako Māori Morgana James works with teachers to ensure visits meet your language and hands-on activity needs.

Please contact Morgana James to discuss options [email protected]

06 759 0858

P / 16 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 17 photography. that makes about visibletheirthoughts create aUVlightcameralessphotograph photography andscience. Students light andmake connections between translucent andopaquematerialson We analyse theeffect of transparent, it hastaken over thelast 180years. beginnings of photography anddirections photography, discovering thefascinating ourselves intoaworld of cameraless How canlightmake marks? We immerse Years 5-8,90min. P /18 Photo thoughts 12 Aug Until Primary and Intermediate School Programme

representing us. create acompositeartwork hand, anobject of ourfaceto andpart then combinegraphitedrawingsof our styles. We outsomedrawingtechniques try variousportraiture andidentify portraits Who are lookcarefully we? Students at Years 3-6,90min. Eye object hand –2529 Nov Aug and photography BYO classcameratocombinedrawing reveals andhidessimultaneously. reconstruct yourself inanartworkthat in new ways. Usepenandwatercolour to mirrors tozoom intoyour facetoseeyou disposal. Experimentwithviewfinders and techniques andcompositionsatanartist’s comparingandcontrastingportraits, the showHow identity? We canart focus on Years 5-8,90min. Selfie portrait –2529 Nov Aug Govett-Brewster Gallery Art pathways, dancingindividuallyandtogether. experiment with3D Students or light. mirror, flicker, twinkle, balance, weigh heavy to kinetic sculptures, bigandsmall. Turn, moving ourbodiesinfresh ways responding Invent new moves! We zero inonmotion, Years 1-4,75min. twinkle Float and –25 Nov 5 Sep student’s mathslearning. geometric artwork thatsummariseseach area andvolume, creating a3Dgridded subtract andestimate distance, height, andLenart Lye Centre architecture. Add, your mathsbrainthrough MattHenry’s What hasmathsgot Exercise todowithart? Years 5-8,90min. Measure –2529 Nov Aug

Education Programme BYO classcamera sculpture thatcomestolife when activated. materials tocreate agroup kaleidoscopic They experiment witheffects of lightand in front of themtotheworld of science. generating words thatconnect whatis activateStudents theirsciencebrains, forces tocreate mysterious artworks? How doLen Lye andother usevisible artists What happenswhenenergy collide? andart Years 5-8,90min. Mobile light laboratory –25 Nov 5 Sep generator. constructs theirown twirling poetry theneachstudentscience behindtheart movement around us. We investigate the describe thesights,sounds, colours and in groups brainstorm poetic words to wonder aboutthemoving sculptures and Create your own sculpture of words. We Years 1-4,75min. Word thing spin –25 Nov 5 Sep through andaround anelastic 3Dframework. work together toexperiment withmoving kinetic sculptures. Inthestudio students and problems of movement andlightin imaginative ways inspired by theplayfulness navigateabstractStudents spacein Move your bodythrough timeandspace. Year 5-8,75min. cubed Dance –25 Nov 5 Sep

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Secondary School Programme The Emanations: Art Cameraless of Photography

Depending on your Science experiments in art curriculum and class needs How can science be used to create art? we can shape a lesson Analyse how photographic artists use specifically for you and chance and science to create intriguing your students. Here are images. Explore and experiment with some ideas based on our art making using a combination of simple exhibitions to help inspire chemical processes and mixed media. your programme and are Try out our wearable camera obscura. multi-level from Year 9 + Photography Do your students know how photography began? Students discover the ideas behind some of the earliest photos and the fascinating directions camera-less photography has taken over the last 180 years.

P / 20 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 21 Until 29 Jul and 5 Sep – 16 Dec Media Studies

Direct film workshop How did old-school animation work? What

75 mins. minimum, 24 students max makes Len Lye’s films so cool? Inspired by his innovative approach to filmmaking and How did Len Lye make films without a the stimulating art environment, we lead camera? Students view Len Lye’s direct students to deepen their knowledge of films then use cameraless hand animation where film came from through a variety of techniques to create their own whole class hands-on options including zoetropes and 16mm film. No cost, BYO class video camera ‘direct’ filmmaking. Bring your school video to record the film camera or mobile phone to record students’ animations. Photogram workshop The Len Lye Centre includes a state- of-the-art 62-seat cinema and access to 45 min. minimum Nga Tāonga Sound and Vision’s Medianet, Why make photos without a camera? enabling students year-round access to Inspired by the photograms in Emanations, New Zealand’s rich history of film and students discover how artists play with television. what Hungarian artist György Kepes called the ‘language of vision’ to create meaning Until 12 Aug and 29 Aug – 25 Nov from light. We discover how photograms are different to other types of photography and Introduction to the why someone would make a photogram. Key words include positive, negative, Len Lye Centre symbol, transparent, translucent and opaque. Then experiment with the light What can we learn from Len Lye? Students properties of different materials, arranging explore the current exhibitions to find them on cyanotype paper to make a out about who Len Lye was and how his photogram. This unusual process combines art connects with contemporary art and science with art to make fantastic images. architecture. Tours can focus on art or have Try out our wearable camera obscura. a cross-curricula approach. With teacher input, students may focus on materials technology, movement and time based art, and wider social contexts such as the functions of contemporary art and the role museums including cultural tourism.

P / 22 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 23 Senior Art and Art History Talk Art

Can your students say more about art other than whether they like it or not? This general introduction to the exhibitions gives students confidence and skills to analyse art through discussion and instant activities.

Open Collection #2: Kanohi ki te kanohi

29 Aug – 25 Nov How do artists portray themselves and others? Students compare and contrast techniques, media and compositions of the portraits in Open Collection #2. We brainstorm ideas to use back at school. Students experiment with viewfinders and mirrors to create portraits in new ways. BYO class camera to combine drawing and photography

The George Mason Visual Arts Scholarship

This scholarship is open to Year 13 students studying Design, Painting, Photography, Printing, or Sculpture at a Taranaki secondary school. The winning student will Students using the Gallery’s camera obscura. be awarded $3,000. Photo Glenn Jeffrey

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P / 24 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 25 P /26 Education Events allowed. Cost $70 unframed,$155framed by peopleunder the ageof 19. Noadults to beseenandpotentially owned exclusively by prominentThese originalprints are artists The annualexhibition of MukaStudiolithographs. Todd EnergyLearningCentre Fri 25Nov|10am–5pm Thu 24Nov|12–5pm Youth 2016Muka Prints in the Todd Energy Learning Centre. Taranaki Art Teachers Association meet Thu 4Aug|4.15pm meeting TATA folio. Excellence orScholarship, includingone Taranaki schools’ Level NCEA thatachieved portfolios 3art See anexhibition of New Zealand’s 2015 secondary Todd EnergyLearningCentre 12 pmMon Top 2016 Art 1 Aug–12pmFri5 July School Holiday Art Art Holiday School July 10 am–12pmand13 Todd EnergyLearningCentre Govett-Brewster Gallery Art Look onlineatgovettbrewster.comformoredetails Drop ininteractive activities art-making inspired by ourexhibitions for thewhole family. Free entry No bookingnecessary Wed 13and20,Thu1421,Fri1522 Lifelong Learning | All ages,kidsbringanadult Education Programme Term 4 Term 3 Term Young 2016 Visionaries Join our weekly after school art classes schoolart Join ourweekly after Thursdays, 13Oct–15Dec Thursdays, 28Jul–22Sep of art, inspiredof art, by thecurrent exhibitions.

guest tutors. Children have fundiscovering and beinspired by great Classesare art. in or forenquiriesphone067596715 Ages 9–13|45.30pm Ages 6–8|45.30pm Ages 9–13|45.30pm Ages 6–8|45.30pm the thinkingandwonder behindthecreation the Todd Energy Learning Centre andledby $55 perterm.Bookingessential. Book online at govettbrewster.com at online Book Wednesdays, 12Oct–14Dec Wednesdays, 27Jul–21Sep P /27 Seniors All Govett-Brewster Health and safety education Please bring your class register in case of Second Friday of the month programmes emergency evacuation. While at the Gallery Meet at Monica’s Eatery are free student safety is the responsibility of the teacher and Gallery educator. We love parents 9.30 am ready for 10 am start and caregivers to stay with the class during For older people keen for a regular the tour to share in learning and help with dose of art and culture. hands-on activities. The adult to student ratio should reflect your school’s EOTC policy for Monica Brewster Evenings your student level. Preschoolers need to be supervised by their parent/caregiver at all times. Last Thursday of each month | 6 – 8 pm Special needs Len Lye Centre Cinema We welcome all students. Please help us | Students with ID Free Entry $15 cater for students by letting us know of Friends $10 | All welcome your special needs when you book. Spend a thought-provoking engaging evening with Car parking local and international artists and cultural thinkers. A bus stop/drop off zone is available straight In association with Govett Quilliam – The Lawyers outside the main entrance on Queen St with Exhibition Tours and Exhibition Tours Experiences For monthly session dates, speakers and Planning visit your bus parking further down the street. Car parks themes visit our website govettbrewster.com are available in surrounding streets but you will need to allow for walking time. Family Art Quiet Art Open six days Planning a whole day out? Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat | 10 am – 6 pm Our education team is happy to be Sundays | 1 – 3 pm Mondays | 3.30 pm – 6 pm Thu | 10 am – 9 pm part of class rotations with other EOTC Todd Energy Learning Centre Free entry | All welcome Closed Tuesdays, except by special providers, including Puke Ariki. Free entry | All welcome Visit and explore the exhibitions at our appointment for education groups quietest time of the week. Suitable for people Contact Chris or Rebecca with your Drop-in interactive art-making sessions How do I book? special requests. Phone 06 759 0858 or within the autism spectrum and visitors for the whole family. Call in on Sunday Booking is essential. Complete your booking email [email protected] who want some space in the galleries. afternoons for free family friendly art making enquiry at, or download a form from the Govett- Subsidised Education Culture Bus activities inspired by our exhibitions. Brewster website (govettbrewster.com), then scan Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, and email to [email protected] Puke Ariki and Aotea Utanganui Museum of Once a booking is received teachers are sent Babes South Taranaki offer subsidised bus transport pre- and post-visit information to complement the to schools to enable students to participate First Friday of the month | 10 am visit and link with the New Zealand Curriculum. in education programmes (see Subsidised Adults $5 (includes morning tea) Kura kaupapa Education Culture Bus flyer for more details). Under 5s Free | Booking essential Our education team’s Kaiako Māori offers How do I keep in touch with Mums, Dads and caregivers get your art fix with bilingual and kura kaupapa lessons that future programmes? a baby-friendly talk then enjoy morning tea. reflect te ao Māori. Please contact us to discuss your kura kaupapa visit. Information about Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/ Len Lye Centre exhibitions and education programmes is sent to every school in For all enquiries contact Chris Barry Taranaki. Contact the education team if you or Rebecca Fawkner-Egli. wish to be a contact person for your school Phone 06 759 0858 or email or to receive a copy of our brochure.

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P / 28 Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Education Programme P / 29 Contact us at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre Private Bag 2025 42 Queen Street New Plymouth 4342 Aotearoa New Zealand 06 759 0858 [email protected] govettbrewster.com

Chris Barry Meet Our Meet Team Education

Principal Funder

Rebecca Fawkner-Egli

Organisation Partners

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Kaiako Māori Morgana James

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