Teacher Professional Learning: Colour Portraiture Workshop with David Sequeira

Primary and Secondary school teachers are invited to join artist David Sequeira for a professional development workshop.

Spend time getting to know David’s exhibition All the things I never said that I should have said and then enjoy a colour portraiture workshop led by the artist. Using acrylic paints, this workshop will explore key elements of David’s creative practice while equipping teachers with skills and knowledge for the classroom.

Suitable for middle-upper primary and junior – middle secondary teachers. Materials and refreshments provided.

About your Teaching Artist

Dr David Sequeira is a visual artist, curator and is currently Director, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, University of Melbourne.  Sequeira has been at the forefront of Australian art and curatorship that addresses diaspora for almost 30 years. Much of his research has focused on the use of colour and geometry in the creation of contemplative experiences for viewers. Implicit in this research is an investigation of language and information within the context of space and time. His research practice incorporates painting, sculpture, installation, photography, curatorship and visual arts policy, advocacy and audience engagement.  

Born in India in 1966 and moving to Australia in 1970 with his family, Sequeira is constantly exploring the relationship between the two countries. For over 20 years he has worked with a group of traditional miniaturists in Udaipur, India. The resulting works can be connected with issues around change and continuity, high and low art and the reverberations of colonisation. 

David has exhibited his work extensively throughout Australia and his work is held in important public collections including the National Gallery of Australia. He is the recipient of several residencies and awards including the Australia Council for the Arts studio residency in Paris, the Collex Museum of Contemporary Art acquisitive prize, Artist in residence at the University of Texas, Dallas and the Wyndham Art Prize. 

Prior to his current role, David held senior positions in public cultural institutions including the National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, National Film and Sound Archive, Australian Parliament House and Old Parliament House, Canberra.