Operation Art
Every year schools across New South Wales are invited to participate in Operation Art, an initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in association with the New South Wales Department of Education. The Operation Art program provides a forum for schools and students to demonstrate their visual arts achievements through exhibitions at the Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Learn more about Operation Art student workshops and teacher professional learning.
Heidi Windeisen
Operation Art Project Officer
heidi.windeisen@det.nsw.edu.au
This year, Operation Art and The Armory Gallery are very excited to once again offer virtual artmaking lessons to class groups of students in Years 1 to 6 in NSW public schools.
Students will be taken on a virtual excursion as they enter The Armory Gallery through the eyes of the camera to view the 2021 Operation Art Exhibition, and then participate in an interactive artmaking lesson.
Session dates:
Session costs: $220 per participating class group.
Bookings are limited so please secure a place for your class as soon as possible.
This virtual excursion will address the following visual arts outcomes for each relevant stage:
The 2021 Operation Art touring exhibition comprises of 50 selected artworks from the 2020 Operation Art exhibition.
These works will tour to regional galleries throughout 2021 and will then be given to The Children's Hospital at Westmead as part of their permanent collection.
Chullora Public School celebrates the opening of the 2021 Operation Art Touring 50 Exhibition receiving both the Outstanding Teacher and Student Award.
Walk through the exhibition and explore a few of the works hanging there this year with AGNSW's Leeanne Carr.
Meet student artists and their teachers at the Wollongong Art Gallery exhibition opening and hear how their work contributes to the well being of the students at school and the children in the hospital.
Dates: March to June 2021
Address: Level 2 High Street Randwick
Telephone: 02 9382 1111
Opening times – please check with the hospital
Dates: March 2021
Address: Art Gallery Road The Domain Sydney
Telephone: 1800 679 278
Opening times: Daily 10 am to 5 pm and Wednesdays until 10pm.
Dates: 6 May to 30 May 2021
Address: 46 Burelli St Wollongong
Telephone: 02 4227 8500
Opening times: Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 12 pm to 4 pm, closed Monday
Dates: 23 June to 24 July 2021
Address: – 77 Darling Street Cowra
Telephone: 02 6340 2190
Opening times: Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 2 pm to 4 pm
Dates: 9 August to 22 August 2021
Address: Cnr Baylis and Morrow Streets Wagga Wagga
Telephone: 02 6926 9660
Opening times: Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 10 am to 2 pm
Dates: 4 September to 5 November 2021
Address: 230 High Street Maitland
Telephone: 02 4934 9859
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday 8 am to 3 pm
Dates: 13 November to 12 December 2021
Address: Cnr Clarence and Hays Streets Port Macquarie
Telephone: 02 6581 8888
Opening times: Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 10 am to 2 pm
This eResource is a series of lessons that take their inspiration from 20 artworks exhibited at the 2019 Operation Art Exhibition. The artworks have been created by students in Stages Early Stage 1 through to Stage 3 in the classroom. Each lesson contains syllabus outcomes and indicators directly linked to teaching and learning activities with suggestions for formative assessment. There are recommendations for artist studies and step by step instructions on how to create artworks in your classroom.
