2025 Education Visits and Bookings

Campbell Addy, Installation view of I ❤ Campbell at 180 Studios, London, UK.
 

Tailored Education Tours

Presented in Ballarat’s historic Mining Exchange, Campbell Addy’s exhibition I ❤ Campbell will be at the forefront of the festival, featuring a newly conceived set of photographs, original paintings and a short film shot on location in Ghana. Each work reflects a personal meditation on the artist’s roots and inspiration, which can be seen across Campbell’s dramatic photographic portfolio of magazine covers, iconic portraits and creative practice.

Students will explore contemporary art practice and the role of art in society. They will also gain curatorial and behind-the-scenes insights into the exhibition and the Ballarat International Foto Biennale—one of Australia’s preeminent photography festivals—more broadly.

Tailored Education Tours and self-guided group visits are $5.50 per student for up to 30 students. Educators and support staff are included in this price. Tours will run for 1 hour and include time for students to complete reflections in their journals.

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Curriculum links

During your Tailored Education Tour, Ballarat Foto’s education team will target the area of the Victorian curriculum you prefer. Please notify the education team when booking.

Specific curriculum links include (but are not limited to):

  • Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical
  • F-10 Media Arts
  • F-10 Visual Arts
  • VCE Art Creative Practice Unit 2 Area of Study 1, Unit 2 Area of Study 2 and Unit 3 Area of Study 1, and
  • VCE Art Making & Exhibiting Unit 2 Area of Study 1.

 

Education Kit

This tour will be supplemented with an Education Kit, provided online for free prior to the beginning of the Biennale. The kit will detail key contexts and artworks across several exhibitions, including I ❤ Campbell, as well as suggestions for in-class activities.

Email Education & Public Engagement Coordinator Christine McFetridge at education@ballaratfoto.org to be sent a copy of the kit when it becomes available.
 

Self-guided Visits

Bookings are essential for all group visits, including self-guided tours, and education groups receive discounted tickets to the Biennale. Self-guided group visits are $5.50 per student for up to 30 students. Educators and support staff are included in this price.

School students must be supervised at all times according to Department of Education recommended ratios of educators to students.

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Getting Here

The Mining Exchange is located at 12 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat Central.
 

By bus

There is a bus loading zone in front of the Mining Exchange on Lydiard Street North for school pick ups and drop offs.
 

By train

The Mining Exchange is a short walk (2-5 minutes) from Ballarat Train Station. If you’re planning to travel by train, book group tickets via the VLine website prior to your visit. Bookings for group travel open 100 days before travel and should be submitted no less than 14 days before travel.
 

Risk Assessment

A risk assessment template for school visits to the Ballarat International Foto Biennale will be available soon.

Bookings are now open for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale’s Tailored Education Tour of I ❤ Campbell, an exhibition by renowned British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy. Tours will run from Monday 25 August to Friday 17 October 2025 between 10 am and 5 pm.

 

Bookings are essential for all programs and group visits, including self-guided tours.