Art in Nature
Art in Nature
Integrating art and nature, students will learn how to forage for materials that will be used as both tools to create artworks and as elements of the artwork itself. Students will be introduced to the benefits of art in nature as a wellbeing tool. Our passionate facilitators guide students through activities, prompting creativity, problem solving and reflection.
Duration: 90 minutes
Year Levels: P-6
Cost: $330 for schools (GST incl).
Notes on cost:
- For schools a minimum of two sessions is required for booking the NP4K team.
- Other organisations, please contact NP4K for a quote.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how being in nature can promote positive wellbeing
- Understand how nature provides resources to create artworks
Sample Activities
- Wellbeing education
- Tuning into nature
- Foraging for materials
- Pictures in nature
- Nature rubbings
- Leaf printing (Years 5/6 only)
- Wild weaving
Australian Curriculum: Content Descriptors
Our incursions link to the cross-curriculum priority of sustainability and to the learning areas of Literacy, Science, Health & Physical Education and Visual Arts. General capabilities, of critical and creative thinking and personal and social capability, are also embedded.
For a detailed list of curriculum standards addressed at particular year levels, please contact us via email
