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An Encounter with Art from St Ives Spring / Summer Term 2017 Year 8 Extended Learning Project (Elp) YEAR 8 EXTENDED LEARNING PROJECT (ELP) AN ENCOUNTER WITH ART FROM ST IVES SPRING / SUMMER TERM 2017 YEAR 8 EXTENDED LEARNING PROJECT (ELP) AN ENCOUNTER WITH ART FROM ST IVES SPRING / SUMMER TERM 2017 THE BRIEF: AN ENCOUNTER WITH ART FROM ST IVES PERSHORE HIGH YEAR 8 You are challenged to plan an Art work of your own in response to St Ives as part of your extended project task to be displayed later on in the year. DEADLINE: 2ND WEEK in JUNE Your Extended Learning project will be carried out in Four parts: TO MAKE THE PROJECT MANAGEABLE FOR THE 1: The Introduction /cover (page 1 of booklet) STUDENTSTHERE ARE 2 MINI DEADLINES THAT This should include your name and who you are doing the EXIST AS CHECKPOINTS WHERE TEACHERS WILL project on. Make it visual and appropriately presented. CHECK COMPLETION BUT NOT ASSESS: 2: The Annotation (page 2 and 3 of booklet) The first part is a case study focussing on one of the artists CHECKPOINT 1: IN LESSONS IN WEEK OF 15th MAY selected from a list from St Ives. This involves research into the artist and analysing their work to enable you to Sketchbook check for part 1: The cover and part 2: demonstrate an understanding of this artist in your own The Annotation = 2 pages. work. Using the templates you are expected to do a double page spread in your A4 booklet. This can be hand written or typed. CHECKPOINT 2: IN LESSONS WEEK OF 6th JUNE Sketchbook check for part 3: The responses, 3: Responses , Planning, practice final piece. (page 4 and 5 of booklet) planning = 2 pages. This is a double page spread in your sketchbook that involves responses to the chosen artist, sketches of any idea, relevant photographs to draw from , experimentation IN WEEK OF 6TH JUNE STUDENTS WILL BE with materials etc This is an opportunity to demonstrate EXPECTED TO SUBMIT THE A4 PLASTIC your planning and possible ideas. WALLET CONTAINING THE FIRST 5 PAGES OF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4: Documentation of the final piece and THE A4 BOOKLET READY TO EXECUTE FINAL evaluation. (page 6-8 of booklet) PIECE IDEAS IN CLASS. The final part of the ELP is the creation of an ambitious artwork in response to the artist you chose to base your case study on. This will be done in class not at home. It is vital that it is well considered and a product of a sustained The final piece would ideally be exhibition friendly and can be effort, review and refinement. displayed at a later date. But for the sake of marking - the final Whatever the final piece is it must be photographed and piece must be documented in photographic form to show the documented in the booklet. teacher what was created. THE BRIEF: AN ENCOUNTER WITH ART FROM ST IVES PERSHORE HIGH YEAR 8 You are challenged to create an Art work of your own in response to St Ives as part of your extended project DEADLINE: 2ND WEEK in JUNE task to be displayed later on in the year. 5: Evaluation: (page 8 of booklet) Explain your ideas and reflect on how you executed them in the final 1: The Introduction /cover piece. (page 1 of booklet) This should include your name and who you are doing the 4: The final piece. project on. Make it visual and (page 6-8 of booklet) appropriately presented. The final part of the homework is the creation of an 2: The Annotation (page ambitious artwork in 2 and 3 of booklet) response to the artist The first part is a case study focussing on one of you chose to base the artists selected from a your case study on. It list from St Ives. This is vital that it is well involves research into the considered and a artist and analysing their product of a sustained work to enable you to demonstrate an effort, review and understanding of this artist refinement. in your own work. Whatever the final piece is, it must be photographed and Further help guides and 3: Responses , Planning, practice final piece. (page 4 documented in the resources are available and 5 of booklet) booklet.. for students and parents This is a double page spread in your sketchbook that on the school website: involves responses to the chosen artist, sketches of any http://www.pershore.worcs idea, relevant photographs to draw from , experimentation PARTS 4 & 5 WILL BE .sch.uk/ELP with materials etc CARRIED OUT IN CLASS TIME. The Artists who have worked in St Ives: THE CONTINUATION OF THE ST IVES TRADITION; FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT - TO YOU!!! NICHOLSON HEPWORTH LANYON HERON GABO FROST MELLIS For this project we want you to imagine The artwork you produce can be a what you would do at Porthmeor studios drawing, painting, sculpture, print, in St Ives if you had been given the keys collage, mixed media or digital by one of these 7 artists? How would you interpret their style and the impact of the media but cannot be a pure coastal landscape in and around St Ives? photograph. You are encouraged to hijack aspects of We do not expect the same specialised their techniques, choice of materials, materials to be used but do consider your colour palette and ways displaying their materials wisely. There will be some work. Your challenge is to create your suggestions on what you can use and how own response to St Ives in a manner that to approach your artists over the following demonstrates a visual understanding of slides. Be resourceful and inventive!! the artist’s work. YEAR 8 STUDENT AN ENCOUNTER WITH ART FROM ST IVES INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT AND THE BRIEF: Your Extended Learning project will be carried out in two parts: The first part is a case study focussing on one (or two) of the artists selected from a list from St Ives. This involves research into the artist and analysing their work to enable you to demonstrate an understanding of this artist in your own work. The second part of the homework is the planning of an ambitious artwork in response to the artist you chose to base your case study on. This artwork will be carried out in class but you need to consider the materials you use and be prepared to resource your own ideas by getting the relevant materials.. St Ives is a small Cornish town that for many There are many artists who have based themselves in years has attracted artists and craftsmen and St Ives over the years but for this homework you are women. The lure of its quiet beauty and advised to base your work on one (or a combination) Atlantic sunlight generated a vibrant Art scene of the following seven artists: that at one time matched the bright lights and big cities such as London, Paris and New • BEN NICHOLSON (paint/drawing/relief/print) York. This is like Pershore town playing in the • BARBARA HEPWORTH (sculpture/drawing) premier league! • PETER LANYON (paint/sculpture) You are challenged to create an Art work of • PATRICK HERON (paint/print) your own in response to St Ives as part of • NAUM GABO (sculpture/drawing) your extended project task to be displayed • TERRY FROST (paint/print/collage) later on in the year. • MARGARET MELLIS (sculpture/constructions) All artists are to some extent influenced by their surroundings. Sometimes they not fully aware of it! For example, looking at the stripped back studio with its careworn walls and blistered paint surfaces and muted tints of coastal colours it is clear that St Ives influenced Ben Nicholson’s work visually and atmospherically. Artists absorb a wide range of stimulus: Consider the sounds, colours, erosion, the shapes of the boats and nets, the flotsam and jetsam along the coastline. All these things may have an impact of how, what, where and why the artists work in the way they do. EXPLOIT THESE RESOURCES AND SEEK YOUR OWN IF IT HELPS YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN RESPONSE. TASK 1: RESEARCH AND ANNOTATION OF ARTIST’S WORK – IN SKETCHBOOK THE NEXT FEW SLIDES PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR YOUR ANNOTATION OF YOUR CHOSEN ARTIST. THIS WILL PROVIDE YOU TIPS ON HOW TO LAYOUT YOUR INFORMATION AND WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK OF THE WORK YOU ARE ANNOTATING. CASE STUDIES GUIDANCE AND TIPS: When you carry out your project you will be required to carry out in depth case study on a St Ives artist. This involves a 3 step process, this should be what you sketchbook breathes : A/I/R ANNOTATE / INTERROGATE / RESPOND This is a combination of written analysis and technical investigations and this can have a huge impact on your grades if carried out well and with consistent effort. Here are some tips: Brief Success criteria for CASE STUDIES. Well presented and laid out in appropriate style to images analysed. Balanced range of early/mid/late work, good use of specialist Art terms. A good balance of fact and opinion. Connections made to work of others and the times it was created. Supported by artist quotes. Well executed Technical investigations. YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO USE THE ANNOTATION TEMPLATES AT THE BACK OF THE SKETCHBOOK AS A GUIDE TO WAYS OF ANALYSING ARTWORKS. AVOID SIMPLY STATING THE OBVIOUS – ALWAYS ASK THE 6 FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS: WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHEN/WHY/HOW ? BE OPINIONATED, BE WILLING TO DESCRIBE HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL, WHAT IT MAKES YOU THINK OF. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS YOURSELVES BUT BE WARNED TO SIMPLY SAY I DON’T LIKE IT IS NOT BEING ANALYTICAL OR OPINIONATED! YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE LOTS.
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