schools to exhibit artwork at Grundy...

 It is our pleasure to invite Blackpool schools to enter take part art the new and exciting schools exhibition at the Grundy Art Gallery. This exhibition will take similar a format to that of the Young Seasiders.


1. The exhibition will open to the public on Thursday the 25th of November 2010 and run until the 8th of January 2011.
2. Delivery of artwork will be between 10am and 5pm on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th of November 2010.
3. Collection of the artwork will be between 10am and 5pm on Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th of January 2011. Arrangements must be made for collection on this day as the gallery can not store any artworks.


Individual Artworks: Open to all primary, secondary and special needs schools. Each school is asked to submit artwork pieces by individual pupils. Each school is given a specified wall space to display their pictures – space is allocated pro-rata to the number of pupils in the school. Once we know the number of schools entering, we will inform you of the space allocated.


Group work: The exhibition will offer a very special opportunity to schools and families to take part in activities in the gallery during the run of the exhibition. The themes for the artwork will be friendship and identity. There will be more information on this soon.


Things to note:
• All artworks will be hung by gallery staff.
• Teachers are asked to mount their artwork onto 1, 2 or 3 large pieces of mounting paper.
• If you are having a problem with either space or transportation, work can be mounted by teachers at the gallery.
• Artwork pieces for the walls must not be heavy.
• All works on canvas must be mirror plated.
• It is recognised that this system is not suitable for some secondary school work due to its scale and weight. However, where possible all works on paper must be mounted as mentioned above.
• Certificates will be provided as pdf for all who have participated, as everyone is a prize-winner to us.


If you would like to enter your schools artwork into the exhibition and or would like to book a workshop to contribute to the group work, please ring or email before the 22nd of October 2010. Your contact is Kerry Hunt, Education Officer on 01253 478170 or kerry.hunt@blackpool.gov.uk

Sketchbook Project is up and running

Kerry Hunt, Education Officer, is now available to come into school and run a sketchbook workshop. Whether you are planning to use the sketchbook as a class activity or do it in after school/morning clubs, we would like to help you get started. 

By the end of the school year in 2011, we hope to be able to exhibit these sketchbooks around schools or in a Blackpool town centre location, for all to read. 

If you would like to know more or book in a workshop please contact Kerry on kerry.hunt@blackpool.gov.uk to arrange a time.

Street Poem Collage

 

Take your class on a walk, it could be:

1. Around the school
2. Around their town
3. Along one street
4. Journey from school to Blackpool Tower
5. Journey from school to the Grundy Art Gallery

Get them to record signs, traffic signs, posters, adverts, instructional signs etc using cameras by sketching.

Use these images to create one large collage back in class. Use the words found in the images to create a group poem about traffic/words/walking/journeys.

Get them to look at the language used in signs, the colours and how many things there are to read on a small journey. Perhaps even have a debate about visual pollution and whether it is right to overload the streets with so many signs. 

Above are some images from the internet, showing you different and interesting ways in which road signs and traffic signals have been used.