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Resources

General Resources

  • Arts Today, ABC Radio National:, Weekdays, 10am, highlights repeated each evening. www.abc.net.au/rn
  • Bennelong Program (Kids @ the House) - Ph: 02 9250 7111 Fax: 02 9250 7491 - Arts events at Sydney Opera House.
  • Newspaper articles eg Sydney Morning Herald, Australian: Visual Arts, Music, Drama and Dance reviews each week and specialist, feature articles on a regular basis.
  • Performing Arts Bookshop - Pitt Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Ph: 02 9267 2257 Resources, books, scripts etc.
  • Stereo simulcasts throughout the year, Sunday evenings, ABC TV
  • Primary Arts program, 2MBS - FM ABC TV and SBS TV, regular arts programs
  • The Arts Show, ABC TV, Thursdays 9pm.
  • The Australia Council - www.ozco.gov.au

Systems and School Authorities

Systems and School Authorities offer professional development programs and resources that are being produced to assist teachers in their implementation of the syllabus.

Department of Education and Training

Curriculum Support Directorate

The Curriculum Support Directorate produces resources in book, CD, video and CD - Rom forms to support implementation of the Creative Arts K - 6 Syllabus in each artform. A list of resources produced by the arts unit of the directorate is attached. Limited copies of these resources are available for sale from DET Sales, PO Box 218, Bankstown 2200. The state office and district arts consultants provide professional development programs for teachers in government schools in understanding the syllabus, teaching strategies and programming, as well as creating whole school change to develop schools arts curricular. Department of Education and Training Curriculum Support Materials. www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/gats/index.htm.

Arts Education Centre

The Arts Education Centre provides schools with information on theatre performances for schools and coordinates the State Drama Festival, Dance Festival, Schools Spectacular, Choral Concerts, Instrumental festivals, Sing, Dance as well as many other performance opportunities for NSW Government schools.

Catholic Education Offices

Materials produced by the Catholic Education Offices in the Archdiocese of Sydney and other dioceses across the state.

Association of Independent Schools

The Association of Independent Schools. www.aisnsw.edu.au

Art Materials and Resources

Ceramic Supply Company Pty Ltd - 02 9892 1566
Chroma Acrylics Pty Ltd - 02 9457 9922
Conti School Supplies - 02 9605 7611
Dean's Art - 02 9439 4944
Eckersley's Pty Ltd - www.eckersleys.com.au
Foto Riesel - 02 9299 6745
Piper Press - 02 9660 0364
Q Stores - 02 9318 7888
Ram Paper Disributors - 02 9646 4466
S & S Wholesale Pty Ltd - 02 9875 1155 or 1300 73 1529
The Art Scene - 02 9809 2222
Westgate School Supplies - 02 9799 7000

Galleries and Museums in NSW

Art Gallery of New South Wales - www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Australian Museum - www.austmus.gov.au
Brett Whiteley Studio - 02 9225 1881
Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Cooperative - www.boomalli.org.au
The Museum of Sydney - www.hht.nsw.gov.au
Museum of Contemporary Art - www.mca.com.au
Object Galleries Centre for Contemporary Craft - www.object.com.au
Powerhouse Museum - www.phm.gov.au
S.H. Ervin Gallery - www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/ervin.html
State Library of New South Wales - www.sl.nsw.gov.au

Metropolitan and Regional Galleries in NSW

Albury Regional Art Centre - www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/gallery
Australian Centre for Photography - www.acp.au.com
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery - www.bathurstregion.com.au
Bondi Pavillion Gallery - 02 9130 3325
Bega Valley Regional Gallery - www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au/Community/Art_Gallery/Art_Gallery.htm
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery - http://amol.org.au/guide/instn.asp?ID=N181
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre - www.casulapowerhouse.com
Dubbo Regional Gallery - www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au/public/content/default.asp?xcid=69
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery - www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/community/1037/1095.html
Grafton Regional Gallery - www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au
Griffith Regional Gallery - www.griffith.nsw.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=141&h=0
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre - www.hazelhurst.com.au
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University NSW - www.cofa.unsw.edu.au
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery - www.lakemac.com.au/page.aspx?pid=193&vid=13
Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery - www.penrithregionalgallery.org
Lismore Regional Art Gallery - www.liscity.nsw.gov.au/information/arts/
Long Gallery, University of Wollongong - www.uow.edu.au/crearts/GalleryLong
Maitland City Art Gallery - www.mrag.org.au
Manly Art Gallery & Museum - www.manly.nsw.gov.au
Manning Regional Art Gallery - www.gtcc.nsw.gov.au
Moree Plains Gallery - http://www.moreeplainsgallery.org.au/
Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre - www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/recreation/artgallery.html
Muswellbrook Regional Gallery - www.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/visitors/ artscentre.html
New England Regional Art Museum - www.neram.com.au
Newcastle Region Art Gallery - http://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/discover_newcastle/region_art_gallery
Orange Regional Gallery - www.org.nsw.gov.au
Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest - www.penrithregionalgallery.org
Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong - www.sturt.nsw.edu.au
Tamworth City Gallery - www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah - www.tweed.nsw.gov.au
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery - www.wagga.nsw.gov.au
Wollongong City Gallery - www.wcg.1earth.net

Galleries and Museums in the ACT

First Australians: Gallery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - www.nma.gov.au
National Gallery of Australia - www.nga.gov.au
National Portrait Gallery - www.portrait.gov.au
Nolan Gallery - 02 6237 5192

Galleries and Museums in Queensland

Institute of Modern Art - www.ima.org.au
Queensland Art Gallery - www.qag.qld.gov.au

Galleries and Museums in Victoria

Museum of Modern Art at Heide - www.heide.com.au
National Gallery of Victoria - www.ngv.vic.gov.au
RMIT Gallery - www.rmit.edu.au/art/gallery/

Other Sites

Art Education Society, NSW - www.ptc.nsw.edu.au/Content_Common/pg-Associations.seo
Arts Ed Net (J.Paul Getty Museum ) - www.getty.edu/education
Great Buildings Collections - www.greatbuildings.com
Guggenheim Museum - www.guggenheim.org
Louvre, Paris - www.louvre.fr
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - www.metmuseum.org/
Museums Around the World - www.icom.org/vlmp/world.html
Museum of Modern Art, New York - www.moma.org
National Gallery London - www.nationalgallery.org.uk
TATE (Britain and Modern) London - www.tate.org.uk
Vincent Van Gogh Gallery - http://www.vggallery.com

Music Resources

Australian Band and Orchestra Association (ABODA) - www.abodansw.com
Australian Broadcasting Commission c/ - ABC Enterprises - www.abc.net.au
Australian Music Centre (AMC) - www.amcoz.com.au
Australian National Choral Association (ANCA) - www.ancansw.org/main_body.html
Australian Society for Music Education, NSW (ASME) - www.asme.edu.au
Bennelong Program (Kids @ the House) - www.soh.nsw.gov.au
Dalcroze Society, NSW - www.dalcroze.org.au
Institute of Early Childhood - www.aces.mq.edu.au/iec/
Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia, Inc. - www.kodaly.org.au
Music Educators in Schools (MEIS) - 02 4934 3545
Musica Viva In Schools - www.mva.org.au
Australian National Council of Orff Schulwerk (NSW Chapter) - www.ancos.org.au
Powerhouse Museum - www.phm.gov.au
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Education Program - www.sydneysymphony.com

Drama Resources

The Australian Theatre for Young People, The Rocks - www.atyp.com.au
Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills - www.belvoir.com.au
Educational Drama Association of NSW - www.ptc.nsw.edu.au/Content_Common/pg-OPSA.seo
Freewheels Theatre Company, Speers Point - 02 4958 5244
Hot House Theatre Company, Albury - 02 6021 7433
Marian St Theatre (Northside Theatre), Killara - www.marianst.com.au
New Theatre, Newtown - www.ramin.com.au/online/newtheatre
NIDA, Kensington - www.nida.edu.au
Stage Struck ñ NIDA CD ROM -  
Pact Youth Theatre, Erskineville - www.pact.net.au
Performance Space, Redfern - www.performancespace.com.au
Q Theatre, Penrith - www.nb.au.com/RailwaySt/
Riverina Theatre Company, Wagga Wagga - www.riverinatheatrecompany.com.au
Shopfront Theatre for Young People, Carlton - www.shopfront.org.au/
Sidetrack Theatre Limited, Marrickville - 02 9560 1255
State Drama Festival - www.pau.nsw.edu.au
Sydney Puppet Theatre, Redfern - 02 9550 6457
Sydney Theatre Company - www.sydneytheatre.com.au
Theatre of the Deaf, Redfern - 02 9310 1255
Theatre South, Wollongong - 02 4229 6144

Dance Resources

Aboriginal Dance Theatre, Redfern - 02 9699 2171
AUSDANCE - www.ausdance.org.au
Bangarra Dance Company, Walsh Bay - www.bangarra.com.au
DEPA - 02 9886 7594
Doonooch Dancers, Nowra - www.lewisburns.com/Doonooch.htm
Meryl Tankard's Australian Dance Theatre, Adelaide - www.adt.org.au
National Aboriginal and Islander Skill Development Association (NAISDA) Dance Company, The Rocks - www.naisda.com.au
Resident performing artist at the Art Gallery of New South Wales - www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Sydney Dance Company, Walsh Bay - www.sydneydance.com.au
Thullii Dreamtime Performers - www.thullii.com.au

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