ART TEACHER CAMP

Friday March 6 to Sunday March 8, 2026

Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island)

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Ticket prices from $500.

Camp Overview:

Immerse yourself in a transformative professional development experience at the Art Teacher Camp on Stradbroke Island / Minjerribah. Designed specifically for arts educators, this weekend offers an inspiring blend of place-based learning, creative exploration, and First Nations cultural insight. Guided by lead artist and educator Andrew Peachey, alongside Fiona Vicig and Delvene Cockatoo Collins, participants engage in hands-on workshops and site-responsive activities that deepen understanding of both artistic practice and Minjerribah’s cultural and environmental heritage.

This immersive approach directly supports AITSL Standards by enriching teachers’ capacity to know students and how they learn through experiential and creative processes; strengthening their ability to know the content and how to teach it through exposure to diverse artistic methods and First Nations perspectives; and enhancing their skills in planning for and implementing effective teaching and learning by modelling authentic, place-based pedagogy akin to an IA1 stimulus. Additionally, the collaborative nature of the camp fosters meaningful professional learning and provides opportunities to engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers, and the community, equipping educators with renewed confidence, cultural awareness, and innovative strategies to bring back to their school contexts.

Principal Artist in Residence – Andrew Peachey

Brisbane based artist, art educator and author, Andrew Peachey has over thirty nine years experience as an Art educator and painter. He has been co-author of the Senior Visual Art syllabus and two Cambridge Visual Art textbooks for senior secondary schools. Completing a research Masters in Visual Art from the Queensland College of Art helped Andrew to hone his art practice and thinking. His recent paintings and photographs explore notions of personal history, memory, nostalgia and rebirth. Andrew has had numerous exhibitions and has more recently, over the past two years, received the Queensland Award at the National Teacher Artist Prize.

Andrew has extensive knowledge of Stradbroke Island/ Minjerribah from running his Year 11 Stimulus Experiences on the island. During the camp, Andrew will share the activities he incorporates into his Stimulus Experience and guide teachers through some of those art making experiences to inspire their own response to the environment and enhance teaching practice.

Supporting artists

Fiona Vicig – Photographer and Visual Art Teacher

Delvine Cockatoo Collins – First Nations weaver, printmaker, fashion designer

Accommodation:

Snapper Units – 76 Mooloomba Road Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island

https://www.visitstradbroke.com.au/holiday-rentals/snapper-units

Ticket options apply to accommodation choices.
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Making Venue: Point Lookout Community Hall

https://stradbrokeisland.com/point-lookout-community-hall/

 

Camp Outline:

 
Friday 6/3/2026  
From 3:00pm
 Check-in Snapper Units – 76 Mooloomba Road Point Lookout
6:00 – 7:30pm
 Welcome drinks and pizza
7:30 – 7:45pm
 Camp outline and introductions – Andrew Peachey
7:45 – 9:00pm  TBC Art Media Supplier Presentation & Experimentation
Saturday 7/3/2026  
6:30 – 7:30am  Silent Walk and collecting objects to make brushes
7:45 – 8:45am  Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00am  Set up workspace at Point Lookout Community Hall
9:00 – 10:30am  Workshop 1 – Andrew Peachey
Brush making, sensory response to landscape mark making, Etching
Inspirational artists: Lorna Crane, Sophie Munns, Rosie Lloyd Giblett
10:30 – 10:45am  Morning Tea (Catered at Point Lookout Hall)
10:45am – 12:30pm Workshop 2 – Andrew Peachey
Cyanotypes with collected materials, etching plates and archival imagery
Inspirational artist: Glen Skien and Renata Buziak
12:30 – 1:30pm  Lunch (Catered at Point Lookout Hall)
1:30 – 3:00pm Workshop 3 – Fiona Vicig
Incamera editing photography (optional activity or continue with making from workshop 2)
3:00 – 4.30pm Workshop 4 – Andrew Peachey
Collaborative Drawing, display and reflection
Inspirational artist: John Wolesley
4:30 – 6:00pm Free time
6:00 – 8:00pm  Dinner (self catered or restaurant)
8:00 – 9:30pm Workshop 4 – Andrew Peachey
Collaborative photography, painting with light and projection
Inspirational artist: Marian Drew
Sunday 8/3/2026
6:00 – 7:15am Gorge walk / drawing in journals
7.15: 8:45am  Breakfast (Self catered or cafe)/swim/pack up
9:00 – 11:30am Independent work on compositions
morning tea and camp reflection
11:30am – 12:00pm  Pack up hall and return to units
12:00 – 1:00pm  Lunch (Catered at Snapper Units)
1:00 – 1:30pm Transfers to Dunwich
1:30 – 4:00pm  Quampi Gallery visit and workshop with Delvene Cockatoo Collins
4:00pm Transfer to Straddie Flyer for 4:15 departure

 

Cost includes:

  • Accommodation (unless you choose the No Accommodation option)
  • Friday night pizza dinner
  • Morning tea, lunch and refreshments Saturday and Sunday
  • Basic materials related to workshop tasks

Additional costs for participants:

  • Breakfasts for both mornings (full kitchen facilities are available)
  • Dinner Saturday night
  • Ferry Flyer: $22 return*
    * Private car transfers from Dunwich to Point Lookout, and between Point Lookout locations. Alternatively, there is a bus service on the island and bus stops outside the accommodation and hall. It is a 30min walk between the hall and accommodation.

     

    Bus timetable (50cent fares apply)

    If you choose to bring your own car across to the island, it will be at your own cost. Please book your ferry in advance here: https://www.sealink.com.au/north-stradbroke-island/

Please bring:

  • Breakfast for 2 mornings (You will have access to a kitchen or you may want to purchase from a local cafe)
  • Specialty brushes or media you like to work with
  • Apron
  • DSLR camera, tripod, release cable (optional)

Art Teacher Camp relates to the following QCT Professional Standards:

  • 2 – Know the content and how to teach it
  • 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
  • 6 – Engage in professional learning
  • 7 – Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community

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