THE ART - Canberra 100
THE ART - Canberra 100
THE ART - Canberra 100
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GOING FUR<strong>THE</strong>R<br />
••<br />
Research the life and work of<br />
Eleanor Gates-Stuart who comes<br />
from an English background and<br />
is a printmaker by trade. Like Jan<br />
Brown (Icarus) she studied at the<br />
Chelsea College of Art.<br />
••<br />
Explore Gates-Stuart’s association<br />
with the Australian National<br />
Centre for the Public Awareness<br />
of Science (CPAS). It is the world’s<br />
most diverse academic science<br />
communication centre, located<br />
at the ANU in <strong>Canberra</strong>. They train<br />
highly qualified scientists to<br />
become skilled communicators<br />
who can excite the imagination<br />
of the public about science and<br />
encourage informed decisions<br />
about scientific issues that will<br />
concern us in the 21 st century.<br />
••<br />
Follow Gates-Stuart’s work—<br />
www.eleanorgatesturat.com.au/<br />
egs/RESEARCH.<br />
••<br />
Visit the CSIRO Discovery Centre<br />
regarding the work being done<br />
around the issue of food.<br />
••<br />
Visit Megalo Print studios.<br />
••<br />
Experiment with digital image<br />
processing (e.g. photoshop) to<br />
layer students’ photographs.<br />
••<br />
Research William Farrer (b.<br />
1845) and his work with wheat,<br />
conducted in the <strong>Canberra</strong> region.<br />
He and his wife, Nina, lived at<br />
Cuppacumbalong near Tharwa,<br />
and then at Lambrigg, just a short<br />
distance from the suburb of<br />
Gordon, where he is buried.<br />
MAGICal (re)Mix by Eleanor Gates-Stuart<br />
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