These video interviews of selected artists in the Art Gallery’s ARTEXPRESS 09 exhibition are the result of the peer2peer student video interview project. peer2peer is a new education initiative which continues the Gallery’s development of a comprehensive youth audience strategy (ages 13–18). This strategy already incorporates the annual ARTEXPRESS exhibition and InsideARTEXPRESS website, as well as the Artside-In outreach program for disadvantaged teenage students. The project, a first for an Australian gallery, invited seven teams of Year 12 Visual Arts students from diverse NSW schools, for a two-day workshop in video/filmmaking techniques and interview skills, with a filmmaker and Gallery staff as mentors. These teams then conducted research on an artist in the exhibition and his or her artwork, developing a series of investigative questions, which were presented in a ten-minute interview with the artist. peer2peer is a unique program specifically focused on teenage students in the Gallery context that offers them a public voice, a rich engagement with the visual arts and its professional world, and an enhanced educational experience. More information on the peer2peer project > Note: For best performance on slower connections, click the Pause button ( ) after each video finishes buffering, then wait for 30 seconds (or until the grey line is about 2cm long):
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