Name

Use the spaces below to list some words that you associate with the term RECONCILIATION:

Relationships Respect

reconciliation

take action

say something!

A concept represents an idea or theme. The theme for the Schools Reconciliation Challenge this year is “Say Something” Use the box below to brainstorm some of the ideas you would like to represent in your artwork. You might also find it helpful to discuss some of these ideas with your friends, teachers, or someone at home. Here’s a few words to give you a start..

Unity

Not everything we say is written or spoken. There are many ways to get a message across or communicate an idea. Use the space below to list some different ways people express themselveswithout words.

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Visual communication is one great way to get a message across. Often we use images to relay a story, message or instruction. Can you think of three examples where we use images to communicate something? Use the boxes below to record these examples using photography, cut and paste images from magazines & newspapers or to draw your own illustrations. Write a short description below each box explaining what these symbols represent.

Think about ways you can use images or drawings to represent places, things or stories important to you. In the space below, create & record your own symbols, and what they mean to you.

Object / Item How I might use it To me this represents

Sometimes artists use ‘found objects’ in their artworks as part of their creative process. Found objects are existing forms that are incorporated and re-worked in some way to create something new. Spend some time at home, school or outside collecting your own ‘found objects’ to use in your artwork that may help to tell your story. In the table below list some of these items, the way you are thinking of incorporating them into your work, and what it represents to you.

these waves represent the placeI live.. just near the beach

colour in & glue to my collage unity of Indigenous & non-Indigenous

Kangaroo crossingroad sign

picture of people marching over harbour bridge

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Activity BookletSchools Reconciliation ChallengeNow it’s time to Say Something! Use this last space to create something that symbolises the message you would like to convey in your artwork. Use any technique you like - illustration, rubbings form a textured surface, your own photography, cut outs from newspaper and magazines, stamps, stickers, stencils or anything you think will help to communicate your ideas.

Workbook prepared and created by Lucy Simpson of Gaawaa Miyay Designs for the

Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2013.

For more information please contact the NSW Reconciliation Council

11-13 Mansfield St, Glebe 2037 NSWTel: (02) 9562 6355 | Fax: (02) 8456 5906

Website: www.nswreconciliation.org.au