Art Education Victoria

Leading Visual Arts Education
Art Education Victoria Inc. (AEV) is the not-for-profit professional association of art educators across all sectors and levels of art education in the state of Victoria. AEV has approximately 800 members including individual teachers, art departments, faculties and schools. AEV is the major provider of specialist art curriculum information, resources and professional development activities.

Professional Development and Events

VCE ART & STUDIO ARTS
Tracey Moffatt, Contemporary (video) Art & Revised VCE Studies: Art & Studio Arts Workshop.
Tuesday 16 February 9.30 – 3.00pm, Shepparton Art Gallery.
Register here.

VCE ART: Analytical Frameworks
STUDIO ARTS: Professional art practices; Art industry contexts
Wednesday 17 February 5.00 – 8.00pm, Cunningham Dax, 34 Poplar Road, Parkville.
More information here.

Art and Studio Arts Folio Day for VCE STUDENTS and TEACHERS
Monday 22 February, Hamilton Art Gallery. 107 Brown St., Hamilton.
Register here.

Art and Studio Arts Folio Day for VCE STUDENTS and TEACHERS
Saturday 27 February , School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Gallery, 40 Dodds St Southbank.
Register here.

AEV Annual Conference 2009: Why Asia?
Download Lindy Stirling's conference Powerpoint presentation on Resources, networks & support.

UNDERSTANDING ASIA THROUGH ART
A portal of rich online museum education resources on Asian Art. You may search by medium or subject, time period and country or region. High quality images, background, historical and artist information are provided from leading museums around the world.afemuseums.easia.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/museums/search.cgi

VCE Art and Studio Arts Implementation Briefings: COMPLETED. Another briefing is to be organised shortly

Vipoo Srivilasa, ‘Capital Hug’ (2008), Ceramic with multi-firing glaze. Photographer: Andrew Barcham. Image courtesy of the artist & Uber Gallery, Melbourne

Publications

VCE Resources: Issues for Us / Art in Writing

AEV publishes a number of resources. Find out more here.

News

Learning in a Visual Age: The critical importance of Visual Arts Education
www.arteducators.org/olc/pub/NAEA/learning/learning_page_5.html - published by the US professional association of art educators, NAEA.

CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE NEW NATIONAL CURRICULUM
- latest information:The NAAE 'Update September 2009' paper (Draft - under consultation) is shared here for comments and discussion.
- Arts group hits out at curriculum
- The National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) media release

A way forward for National Curriculum?