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Schools Projects 2008

I am working with Stewarts Garden Centre to develop a series of workshops that involve children and plants. More information will be available here during the next few weeks.

 

School projects 2007.

 

I have worked with various schools in Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth to develop Arts Weeks projects and provide Inset Training.

We covered projects including felt making, clay projects including tiles and pots, drawing skills, pastel painting and scrap weaving.

Its been a fun few months and I have some great photos as evidence of the fun the children had! Here’s just a few from Stourfield Junior.

End of projects displays showing perspective drawing, scrap weaving, pastel painting and felt making.

Hundertwasser stamps drawings

Felt making diplay

Felt making is fun!

Inset training

Inset training, feltmaking, Hill View Primary.

Inset can be easily worked into a day's project. Juts half an hour can make all the difference in creating confidence in using new materials.

"Thanks, Nina, it was fun and we learnt something too!"

Emma Baggett, Art Coordinator.

2006

I worked with schools to develop Arts Week projects and support Artsmark development.

During last year I was commissioned to work with Landmark Trust to develop a series of heritage art projects to be delivered to schools around Dorset. It was a four week project run by the Landmark Trust and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund based around the restoration of Clavell Tower in Dorset.

 

The felting process

 

The project aimed to introduce children to the concept of building conservation, the history of Clavell Tower and its location within the World Heritage Site, the reasons for moving the Tower and the concept of using a location as an inspiration for art. The project was cross curricular but focused on geography, art and design, literacy and citizenship.

 

The schools requested the use of felt and clay. I designed a felt making project based on the children's visit to the site. The clay work developed traditional techniques so that the children could build their own Clavell Towers.

 

Felt is very heavy when it's wet!

 

 

The pictures looked fantastic when displayed in the school.

The Landmark Trust produced a education pack which can be downloaded here.

During 2005 I worked with Trafalgar 200 to develop a series of Art Projects about Nelson and HMS Victory. There is a site with educational art projects here based around the topic.

This shows one of the paintings that a child developed after a morning's workshop.

I've also developed work to include a current projects or reading books. One of my favourite was Elmer the Elephant, the children designed their own Elmer's and turned them into clay tiles.

Projects can also include links to modern artists like Jackson Pollock, he provided a starting point for these canvanses.

 

I have worked with a number of schools through DepARTure Arts , Wave Arts Education and on a freelance basis. I can either provide projects from within the DepARTure portfolio or work with a school to design one that is specific to their requests.

My daily rate includes hire of some equipment; a separate charge will be made for travel and materials.

I can develop projects that cover clay, felt making, plaster casting, observational drawing and painting.

Please call for any further details. 07967 736762