ABOUT

In 2023, 4CATS Education will celebrate 20 years of senior art education publishing. Since 2003, 4CATS have authored over 30 publications based on the VCE Art Study Designs. Our publications represent a content driven, progressive and up to date approach. We consider our responsibility is to support the learning of every student level, applying the step by step approach and enhancing learning through a range of strategies.

We aim to motivate the student to engage with sometimes perplexing art industry workings and the complex task of art analysis. We present information on current trends within the Australian art industry, discuss the ways in which contemporary artists engage in art making and the exhibition of artworks. Working directly within the Australian art industry provides 4CATS with the direct experience to present current art industry material. 4CATS resources currently service over 90% of VCE Art curriculum providers in Victoria.

Therese Gilligan Grant has 14 years senior art teaching experience, and since then has gained considerable knowledge of the workings of the Australian art industry over the past 20 years. Therese has extensive experience as a commercial gallerist and curator. She is involved in various art projects as an art consultant, in particular curating artworks by Australian artists for both commercial and private art acquisitions and collection development. Therese continues to be active as an art educator through the 4CATS lecturing program, lecturing senior art students on the key components of the Australian art industry and through authoring a range of art education and catalogue publications.

She holds a Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts) and a Master of Education (Visual Arts) from the University of Melbourne. She has held roles as a VCE Art Assessor and Examiner for the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA).

Philip Grant has extensive management experience in the university sector in the visual arts, and creative practice disciplines. This has led to ongoing involvement and collaboration with a range of artists, designers, and creatives as well as stakeholders across the visual arts sector including galleries, funding agencies and First Nation art organisations. He is currently a board director of a secondary school in Melbourne. Philip has a Bachelor of Arts (Art History), Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws (Copyright), from the University of Melbourne.