Vibrant and diverse education programs
All school programs offered are designed by VIT registered art educators and are mapped to the Victorian and Australian curriculums. Our education programs are tailored for foundation through to VCE students.
How to book a school program
Complete the Art Gallery school group booking request form to book one or more of our education programs.
Programs for VCE students
These programs deepen critical thinking and artistic practice, connecting students with contemporary art and real-world creative processes.
Creative Practice
Join us for a guided tour of the gallery and explore how artworks can be examined through structural, personal and cultural lenses. Discuss how these concepts apply to the work of contemporary artists. What do they tell us about the artist, the time and environment they are working in?
Unit 1: Interpreting Artworks and Exploring Creative Practice
Unit 2: Interpreting Artworks and Developing the Creative Practice
Unit 4: Interpreting, Resolving and Presenting Artworks and the Creative Practice
Making and Exhibiting
Join us for a guided tour of the gallery to explore how exhibitions are created from proposed themes to presentation and response. Why have the artworks on display been chosen? What are the connections between artworks? How have the curator and artist/s worked together to reflect their own ideas? How has the exhibition been crafted to convey meaning to an audience?
Unit 2: Understand, Develop and Resolve
Unit 3: Resolve – ideas, subject matter and style
Sculpture Walk
Join one of our art educators for a guided tour of the Deakin Burwood Campus Sculpture Walk – Collect, Extend and Connect. Explore artworks in the environment and discuss their inspiration and influences. This is an opportunity to experience outdoor public art and develop art folios.
Unit 3: Resolve – ideas, subject matter and style
Exhibition Practice
Join us for a guided tour of our current exhibition and learn about how the works have been collected, presented, conserved and cared for. Discuss curatorial themes, exhibition design, label writing, plus catalogue and promotional flyer marketing material. Explore how the artwork is collected and stored, and what career opportunities exist in the arts industry.
Unit 4: Consolidate, Present and Conserve
Foundation to Year 10 programs
Designed to spark curiosity and creativity, these programs introduce students to art through interactive tours and hands-on workshops
Exhibition Tours and Workshops
Join us for an exhibition talk and workshop focused around our current exhibition. Groups can choose from a range of practical photography, drawing or iPad activities, or visual and creative thinking exercises. Session run times are 60 or 90 minutes.
Art Expedition! Guided Sculpture Walk
Join us for a guided sculpture walk and workshop focused around the sculptures featured on campus. Groups can choose to include practical drawing activities and/or visual and creative thinking exercises. Session run times are 60 or 90 minutes.
Foundation program
A playful introduction to art and the campus environment, encouraging younger students to explore, imagine and discover.
Art Safari!
Did you know we have a chimpanzee, a cat and a kangaroo on campus? Join one of our art educators as we go on safari to see what animals might be hiding on campus!
Downloadable education resources
Please find below downloadable education resources for primary, years 7 – 10 and VCE students.
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2025
Glass, Ochre, Iron and Mud: Anindita Banerjee, Deanne Gilson, Aaron Hoffman and Todd Johnson
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2024
George Gittoes: Ukraine Guernica
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2023
Education and public programs
Public programs at Deakin University Art Gallery include floor talks, panel presentations and seminars. We also offer education programs for schools and community groups that feature guided exhibition and collection tours, behind-the-scenes presentations and hands-on workshops.
Community group programs and guided tours
We offer a range of different options for community groups, including outreach programs based around the Deakin University Art Collection. Contact us with your requirements and we can tailor a session for your group or arrange a guided tour.
Self-guided tours
For self-guided tours, explore one of our free art collection (Deakin Downtown and Warrnambool Campus) or Sculpture Walk guides (Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds and Geelong Waterfront campuses) via the izi.TRAVEL app.
Contact us
Contact us with any enquiries. Or register to our mailing list and follow the Deakin University Art Gallery on social media to stay up to date with the latest news.
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