Visual literacy School Programs at Illustration House, South Bank, Qld, Australia

Year One students in Visual literacey workshop at Illustration House

Visual Literacy Programs

Grades 1–10

School group excursions to Illustration House at South Bank provide direct contact and experience with the world of book creation. Illustration House offers curriculum integrated visual literacy programs for grades 2 to 10 that periodically link with specific exhibitions in our calendar throughout the year.

Each visual literacy workshop is a 75 minute journey into the world of the author and illustrator. Students will learn to look beyond the words and discover the visual author within themselves.

Programs provide critical analysis and hands on application for students through a range of programs that explore the use of colour,

shape, sound, perspectives, and symbols, to express size, strength, texture, and mood, and convey a message regardless of language barriers. They will look at choices an illustrator makes in the development of a book, and explore the choices they themselves may make, in addition to the collaborative process authors, illustrators, and publishers engage in during the creation of a book.

· The visual and written narrative

· The collaboration process - author, illustrator, editor…

· Sequencing through pictures

· Visual Literacy in advertising - exploring visual media, images and communication

· Identifying, symbolism,

cause and effect, stereotypes, mood

· The creation and delivery of visual materials…

Gregory Rogers teaching grade eight Visual Literacy class excursion at Illustraion House, South Bank in Brisbane

School children looking at pictures at Illustration House

visual literacy workshop at Illustration House

Redeemer Lutheran students at Illustration House visual literacy program

TEACHERS:Download information on visiting Illustration House PDF information sheet,

Illustration House provided our Year 1 Students with a valuable opportunity to see how a book comes into existence. From the initial discussions about what we wanted to achieve from our visit, through to the presentation, staff were keen to meet the outcomes we had in mind. The personalised presentation relating to narrative texts gave our children the opportunity to have hands on experience with seeing not only how illustrations are created for books but also how the main elements of a text are developed. The opportunity to attend Illustration House and participate in this experience made it a tangible reality for children and staff alike. This was a worthwhile and enjoyable learning experience!

Lyn Irvine

John Paul College

Illustration House, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane - Phone: 07 3846 2558 Fax: 07 3846 4558 - email: admin@illustrationhouse.com.au

Our Vis-Lit News e-newsletter is a regular information line to teachers who would like to keep up with what Illustration House is doing in the area of visual literacy. Teachers need to submit your details on the online form to go on to our data base, and are able to unsubscribe at any time. Teachers must provide an education based email address in order to receive the Vis-Lit News, and subsequent educational information. All non educational addresses will be removed from the data-base unless otherwise discussed with centre staff.