Purnima Ruanglertbutr
Purnima is an English teacher, published author and researcher into creative writing, art and museum education. In particular, her research focuses on her interests in interdisciplinary learning, museum education pedagogy, teacher-artist issues, inclusive art education, contemporary curatorial models, and the relationship between visual art and literacy. At her TEDx Talk, Purnima explored the importance of the 'artist-teacher' identity to teacher-practitioners. She was co-researcher and lecturer within Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s Department of Artistic and Creative Education, where she administered the ‘Teacher as Artmaker Project’ and delivered in the Master of Education subject ‘Teaching and Artistic Practice’. She has taught internationally in schools across Australia, the UK and Thailand. Purnima also held numerous museum educator roles, notably at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and the Ian Potter Museum of Art - in both these museums she has co-conducted Professional Development programs for English and Art teachers and education programs. Whilst Education Officer at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, she published a variety of education resources for students of English, English as a Second Language (ESL), Art, and delivered inter-disciplinary programs for primary school to tertiary students, including refugees, newly arrived migrants and international students. Through her museum programs, she advocated accessible arts education, social inclusion and cultural diversity in learning. She has also produced inter-disciplinary education resources to support University students’ museum learning, for the Potter’s Academic Programs unit. Moreover, Purnima was manager of the 2013 Art Association of Australia and New Zealand conference, Inter-discipline, during which she convened a panel on ‘Inter-disciplinarity in Art Museums’, which featured various presentations by museum professionals across Australia and New Zealand. She has represented many emerging and established artists and arts practitioners through her projects and has managed arts events in Australia and internationally. Her arts related writing and research have been published in numerous journals and magazines in Australia, Canada and Thailand.
Purnima holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Teaching (Secondary), with specialisms in English, Art and ESL from that same university. She also completed a Master of Art Administration from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Purnima holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Teaching (Secondary), with specialisms in English, Art and ESL from that same university. She also completed a Master of Art Administration from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
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of poetry as dull, inaccessible or always needing to rhyme, and above all, to enrich budding writers with new perspectives, this masterclass video demonstrates the proven benefits of using visual art as a powerful stimulus
for developing creative writing. Works of art can be used as a springboard for developing a range of skills including: close reading, critical thinking, observational and interpretative skills, speaking and listening, development of rich and adventurous descriptive vocabulary for writing in a variety of text types, as well as confident experimentation with a range of literary techniques.
The act of writing about art is known as Ekphrasis, which takes its name from a literary practice that dates back to ancient Greek times. Today the term is most commonly used to describe either prose or poetry inspired by a work of visual art. It can provide an illuminating perspective on a work of art or the ideas it has inspired. In its most simple form it offers a vivid and often dramatic verbal or written description. The Ekphrastic approach is particularly relevant, inclusive and accessible for today’s students living in an increasingly visual world and develops our appreciation of the nature of art and its relevance to our lives.
Discover the practical steps that students and teachers can take to develop oral and written responses in thoughtful and liberating ways through a guided exploration of Mark Rothko’s abstract painting, Untitled (Red), 1956; these steps can be applied to writing in a range of poetry forms inspired by any artwork:
1. Careful observation and looking;
2. Interpreting and asking hypothetical questions;
3. Putting your ideas and poetry into descriptive words;
4. Performing / sharing your work
To learn more about how you can use these steps to write creatively using art and top tips to get started, watch the masterclass video, which also features a powerful performance of an ekphrastic poem by a student.
teachers from embedding artistic practice into their pedagogy.
of poetry as dull, inaccessible or always needing to rhyme, and above all, to enrich budding writers with new perspectives, this masterclass video demonstrates the proven benefits of using visual art as a powerful stimulus
for developing creative writing. Works of art can be used as a springboard for developing a range of skills including: close reading, critical thinking, observational and interpretative skills, speaking and listening, development of rich and adventurous descriptive vocabulary for writing in a variety of text types, as well as confident experimentation with a range of literary techniques.
The act of writing about art is known as Ekphrasis, which takes its name from a literary practice that dates back to ancient Greek times. Today the term is most commonly used to describe either prose or poetry inspired by a work of visual art. It can provide an illuminating perspective on a work of art or the ideas it has inspired. In its most simple form it offers a vivid and often dramatic verbal or written description. The Ekphrastic approach is particularly relevant, inclusive and accessible for today’s students living in an increasingly visual world and develops our appreciation of the nature of art and its relevance to our lives.
Discover the practical steps that students and teachers can take to develop oral and written responses in thoughtful and liberating ways through a guided exploration of Mark Rothko’s abstract painting, Untitled (Red), 1956; these steps can be applied to writing in a range of poetry forms inspired by any artwork:
1. Careful observation and looking;
2. Interpreting and asking hypothetical questions;
3. Putting your ideas and poetry into descriptive words;
4. Performing / sharing your work
To learn more about how you can use these steps to write creatively using art and top tips to get started, watch the masterclass video, which also features a powerful performance of an ekphrastic poem by a student.