Visual Literacy teaching tool kit

Working with facilitator Carly Grace, this interactive workshop will include guided visual literacy activities exploring contemporary artworks by Brendan Huntley and Lisa Walker.

The day will include tools for unpacking the Ethical Capability of the Victorian Curriculum through the use of Visual Thinking Strategies. VTS helps our students to explore works of art in a way that allows them to connect their own experiences and knowledge. The ensuing discussions are meaningful because students participate directly in the process of interpretation and feel connected with works of art and the ideas that they embody.

VTS discussions provide a space for our students to practise respectful, democratic and collaborative problem-solving. VTS nurtures emotional and social intelligence and builds students’ confidence and willingness to participate in group thinking and discussion. These skills and abilities are essential for our students in the 21st century.

Participants will learn about strategies for inquiry-based discussions of contemporary art and learn how to promote careful, close looking and questioning with their students. We will discuss the power of authentic art experiences to foster our students’ flexible thinking and resilience.

Carly Grace is an artist and visual arts educator based in Melbourne, Australia. She specialises in interpretation education and has an extensive experience in designing and delivering diverse education and public programs within museums, community arts and diverse educational settings. Carly is an experienced Visual Thinking Strategies facilitator passionate about introducing Australian teachers to VTS. Carly’s philosophy for visual arts’ education is to connect people with the opportunities that art making and engagement in art culture can have in enriching their lives.

This professional learning program is suitable for artists and educators of all year levels from early learning to tertiary education.

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