SECONDARY LESSON PLAN

YEAR LEVEL & SUBJECT: VCE Studio Art Unit 4 Outcome

(Responding 2)

DATE: Week 29

NO. OF STUDENTS: 25

LESSON DURATION: 60 min

TOPIC/FOCUS: Gallery visits. Students visit Public Gallery(NGV) Commercial Gallery(Neon Parc) and an Artist run space(Blindside
Gallery)
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
The students will be able to: identify the key characteristics of 3 different galleries (Public, Commercial, and artist run space)
List some of the curatorial decisions made by gallery staff and artists, and analyse how specific artworks are presented in the galleries
visited with reference to the artists and gallery curators intentions.
SUMMARY OF RESOURCES REQUIRED: Gallery worksheets, pens.
LESSON PROCEDURE
TIMIN
G

RESOURCE
S

Exten
ded
lesson
due to
galler
y
visits.
Galler
y
visits
from
11 am3pm.

Gallery
worksheets,
pens.

STEPS OF THE LESSON

(key activities and key
questions)
Before visiting galleries:
Teacher calls each gallery in
advance to discuss outcomes
for the visit with gallery staff
to ensure you cover key
knowledge and skills.
Opening
Students go on en excursion
to visit:
-Public Gallery (NGV)
-Commercial gallery (Neon
Parc)
-Artist run space(Blindside
Gallery)
Worksheet for each
regarding; Curating, display

EXPECTED
STUDENT
REACTIONS OR
RESPONSES
Students come to
galleries prepared
with notebooks,
pens, and with notes
taken from previous
classes on
Conservation &
Preservation,
different Art spaces,
and the different
roles within a gallery
space.
Students handed
worksheet to be
filled in throughout
visits to each
gallery.

TEACHER RESPONSES
TO STUDENTS
(including consideration of
the need to adapt, reteach
or extend)

GOALS & METHODS OF

EVALUATION
(including specific informal
and/or formal assessment links
to VCAA)

Ensure students are aware

of the purpose of the visit
and how it relates to the
study design and the endof-year examination.

Unit 4 Outcome 3
Key Knowledge

Ensure students are aware

of etiquette and
appropriate behaviour in a
gallery space.
Students need to
document the visit in
relation to the key
knowledge and key skills
required for Unit 4. This
will include roles of public
and commercial galleries,
the various roles and

the methods and intentions of public art

galleries and museums, commercial and
private galleries, university art galleries,
artist run spaces, alternative art spaces,
outdoor spaces and online galleries in
exhibiting artworks
the curatorial considerations, exhibition
design and promotional methods involved
in preparing and displaying artworks in
current exhibitions
the methods used by and considerations
of artists and curators working in galleries
in conservation of artworks, including
lighting, temperature, storage,
transportation and presentation of specific
artworks in current exhibitions
the processes associated with the
production, presentation, conservation and
promotion of specific artworks in current
exhibitions
the characteristics of different types of
gallery spaces visited in the current year of
study
appropriate terminology

of artworks, conservation &

preservation, promotion.
Refer to one specific artwork
in each gallery.
Each gallery will include a
talk.
-NGV talk by conservator
Michael
Varcoe Cocks.
-Neon Parc talk by curator.
-Blindside talk by Verity
Hayward (Chair).

Exten
ded
lesson
due to
galler
y
visits.
Galler
y
visits
from
11 am3pm.
Exten
ded
lesson
due to

Gallery
worksheets,
pens.

Gallery
worksheets,
pens.

Lesson Development:
Students given worksheet
and instructed to fill it out,
ensuring the make reference
to a specific artwork in each
gallery space, filling out
specific detailed required on
each artwork.

Closure
Ask students which gallery
they enjoyed visiting the
most.

processes of those who

work in galleries, art
spaces and virtual
galleries.
Students take notes,
and ask questions in
relation to Outcome
3, ensuring all of
their worksheet
questions are
answered.

Instruct students to take

notes whilst they listen to
the talks.

Key Skills
identify and describe the characteristics
of different types of gallery spaces visited
in the current year of study
describe and compare the methods of
and intentions in exhibiting artworks in
public art galleries and museums,
commercial and private galleries, artist run
spaces, alternative art spaces, university
art galleries and museums, outdoor spaces
and online galleries, which have been
visited in the year of study
analyse how specific artworks are
presented in different exhibitions and
demonstrate an understanding of the
artists and gallery curators intentions
analyse and evaluate curatorial
considerations, exhibition design and
promotional methods involved in preparing
and presenting specific artworks for
display
analyse and evaluate methods and
considerations involved in the
conservation of specific artworks related to
exhibitions visited in the current year of
study
employ appropriate terminology.

Students go through
galleries filling out
worksheets, and
asking questions to
gallery staff after
presentations.

Ensure students remain

well-behaved and
respectful whilst visiting
galleries.

Formative Assessment: check

students understanding of task
required by checking in with
each individual during the
excursion and checking they
are filling out the worksheet
correctly.

Students ask any

questions regarding
task.

Cold call students:

-Can you please identify
the key characteristics of 3
different galleries (Public,

Formative Assessment: Ask

students if they have any
unanswered questions about
the worksheet or gallery visits.

galler
y
visits.
Galler
y
visits
from
11 am3pm.

Ask which artwork stood out

and why.
Ask about the approach for
displaying artworks in the
Commercial gallery.
Ask what the main
characteristic of the
exhibition space in the artist
ran space were.
What was the most
interesting thing you learnt
today?

Commercial, and artist run

space)
-Can you please give an
example of some of the
decisions gallery staff
make when considering
the placement of artwork?
-Can you give a specific
example of an artwork you
have seen today and how
it was presented?