| Learning at the National Portrait Gallery The National Portrait Gallery will open its new building in December 2008 with a new and dynamic suite of student programs, public lectures and workshops. For more information about the range of programs that will be offered, please contact the appropriate staff member listed below. |
 | National Portrait Gallery Lecture SeriesThe new National Portrait Gallery will host regular lectures on their rotating exhibitions and artworks from the collection. National Portrait Gallery staff members, visiting curators and academics will all participate in the program, sharing their knowledge and insights into the nature of portraiture.
For further information please contact Pamela Clelland Gray on (02) 6270 8157 or pamela.gray@npg.gov.au |
 | Student Education ProgramsLooking at portraits at the National Portrait Gallery expands students’ knowledge and understanding of Australia, its people and its cultural and environmental heritage. The student programs are designed to meet learning needs at all levels. Programs are available Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.
The National Portrait Gallery is now open for bookings for student programs. To arrange and book a student program call (02) 6102 7070 or email bookings@npg.gov.au. For more information about the range of student programs that will be offered, please contact amanda.poland@npg.gov.au |
 | WorkshopsNational Portrait Gallery workshops will be conducted in a number of formats including adult, family, student and school holiday groups. Workshops are designed to provide an environment that nurtures creativity through questioning, problem solving, and exploring works of art and art making processes. Workshops utilise the National Portrait Gallery’s collections as a resource for understanding and assimilating ideas and processes of portraiture - past and present.
For further information please contact helena.bezzina@npg.gov.au. |
 | Each year the National Portrait Gallery holds the Headspace Exhibition bringing together the art work of students from secondary schools around Australia under a central curatorial theme of portraiture. The project, running now for eight years, will feature prominently in the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition program when the new building opens in 2009. Click here to read more about the Headspace Project |
