We are the peak national body for visual art education in Australia

The current Art Education Australia (AEA) Executive are as follows:

President - Associate Professor Kate Coleman, University of Melbourne (VIC)
Vice President - Professor Margaret Baguley, University of Southern Queensland (QLD)
Secretary - Ms Sarah Brooke, University of Tasmania (TAS)
Treasurer - Ms Sue Pavlovich, Horsham College (VIC)

Committee Member (Indigenous Representative): Ms Gail Harradine a Wotjobaluk/Djubagalk/Jadawadjali woman from the Wimmera region of Victoria; Koorie Heritage Trust (VIC) 

Committee Member (Communications): Ms Sabrina Baker 

Committee Member (Professional Learning): Robyn Carmody (South Australia)

Chief Journal Editor: Associate Professor Martin Kerby, University of Southern Queensland (QLD)

Welcome to the Art Education Australia website. We are the peak national body for visual art education in Australia. 

As an AEA member you have access to a number of resources on this website including the journal Australian Art Education which publishes research from national and international authors on a wide variety of art education and art related topics. We also encourage articles from teachers for our practice-based article section. Members are also encouraged to submit artwork for consideration for the front cover of the journal. Further information including how to submit articles for consideration can be found in the 'Publications' link tab. 

Hadley's Art Prize Hobart - Online Education Padlet Resource for Teachers

The AEA Team have been created several free and online education resource kits for teachers to use. The latest is for the Hadley's Art Prize Hobart (HAPH) which is an acquisitive Australian landscape prize, which offers $100,000 to the winning entry. The education kit has been designed to introduce students and teachers to the Hadley's Art Prize and enhance their understanding and enjoyment of the exhibition. It features a range of contemporary Australian landscape artworks that reveal how identity and land are interlinked, and how artists express their relationships to place in Australia. Please click on the following link to watch a video overview of the new digital education resource and to download the education kit/padlet: Education — Hadley's Art Prize

Australian Art Education - Volume 46, Issue 1, 2025 - is now available 

The most recent issue of Australian Art Education the journal of Art Education Australia has been published. This journal features cover artwork by the winner of the 2024 Hadley's Senior Student Art Prize. This prize is for an oustanding artwork by an Australian senior secondary Year 11/12 student working with a landscape theme in their visual arts practice. Each year, the winner of the senior art prize is featured on the cover of Australian Art Education.

The cover of this issue features a detail of the stunning artwork titled Nature’s Secret Passage, a photograph by New South Wales student Innes Winchcombe.Innes's photographic artwork skilfully captures the juxtaposition of urban decay and natural regrowth, presenting a poignant commentary on the passage of time and the resilience of nature.

This issue includes four informative and engaging articles including:  

• Racism, stereotyping and censorship: Textual and visual revisions in children's illustrated books - Denise Burkhard
• Lines of Enchantment: Mary Shepard's visual interpretation of Mary Poppins - Margaret Baguley & Martin Kerby
• Manifesto as method: Praxis and pedagogy in the visual arts - Yvette Hamilton & Vicky Browne
• 'We have built no national temples but the capitol' - The Pentagon 'Patriotic' Rotating Art Exhibit program (OSDPAEP) - Martin Kerby & Margaret Baguley

Thank you to the reviewers and wonderful authors who have shared their knowledge and expertise with us for this issue of Australian Art Education. We encourage all national and international authors to consider our journal as an important venue for your work.

We would also like to thank our hard-working editor Associate Professor Martin Kerby for his outstanding efforts in bringing this issue together and for providing high quality visual arts research for visual art educators locally, nationally and internationally. 

 Online Art Education Resources

During the COVID-19 crisis we have also uploaded some very useful online resources on our AEA Facebook page including a 10 key resources list. 

This collaborative visual arts digital teaching and learning document was created in the first few weeks of Australia’s response to the pandemic, however in the wonderful spirit of generosity that has pervaded this entire situation, other educators also contribute their resources to this resource. It is available as a Google Drive document and is moderated to ensure the quality of contributions. There is also a contents page to make it easier to navigate.

Thank you to everyone for supporting each other by so generously sharing your resources. 

More than Words Can Say: A view of literacy through the arts

The National Advocates for Arts Education have recently published the revised and updated version of 'More than Words Can Say: A view of literacy  through the arts'. There is a wonderful quote from Professor Margaret Barrett on the front cover: "In developing students' capacity to participate fully in the life of work and the work of life, it is essential that we foster students' skills, knowledge and understanding in the languages of all art forms." A free copy of this wonderful publication is available under the 'Education Resources' at the top of this page.

Please remember to check the AEA Facebook page regularly (linked to the home page on this website) for regular updates. We look forward to hearing about and promoting your exciting art-education events or initiativies via the AEA Facebook page.   

AEA would like to thank all of our members for your continued support. 

Kind regards, Art Education Australia