Teachers rule

A Together in Art Pocket Exhibition curated by Leeanne Carr

Leeanne Carr is manager of education at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW collection Julian Rosefeldt Manifesto 2014-2015

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/235.2013.1/

A teacher can impact our lives like no one else.

They inform, inspire and mentor us, and shape who we want to become.

AGNSW collection E Phillips Fox Art students 1895

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/7319/

Teachers help us to reach further and soar higher than we dare to believe.

AGNSW collection Harold Cazneaux Lino-cuts: Frensham School 1934

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/89.1975/

Who was or is your favourite teacher, and why?
Did they encourage you to think for yourself, to believe in yourself?
Or did they simply give you a voice?

AGNSW collection Kawanabe Kyōsai School for spooks (Bakebake gakkō) no 3 1874

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/89.2018/

As many students and parents tackle home schooling, our gratitude for teachers in every field has been recharged.

AGNSW collection Company style A scholar (pandit) circa 1770

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/9648/

For the teachers in our lives, we say a heartfelt thank you.

AGNSW collection François Sallé The anatomy class at the École des beaux-arts 1888

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/728/