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Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015: Primary Learning Pack 12 February 2016 – 9 April 2016 Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015: Primary Learning Pack 12 February 2016 – 9 April 2016 Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury Julie Cockburn, The Mother Ship, ink and embroidery on found photograph Background information about The Jerwood Drawing Prize The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Selected from original drawings, the Jerwood Drawing Prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice within the UK. The exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of drawing practitioners, from students to established artists, and as a project, helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice. A total of 60 works by 58 artists, including one collaboration, have been carefully selected for exhibition by the panel of 3 comprising: Dexter Dalwood, artist; Salima Hashmi, artist, curator and writer; and John-Paul Stonard, art historian. 1 Benefits of drawing: (these could be displayed on Interactive Whiteboard and then ask pupils the questions below with talk partners) • A form of expression and communication – demonstrating feelings, emotions and thoughts • Helps to develop fine motor skills • Works the brain and develops capacity, improving creativity • Increases attention span and emotional well-being • Improves problem-solving ability • And, it is a form of pleasure and fun! Questions about drawing – before you visit the exhibition: What is the definition of drawing? What type of drawing(s) do you like? When do you tend to draw – when you are thinking/studying/listening/relaxing/tired, etc.? What medium(s) do you prefer to draw with? (i.e. ink, charcoal, paint, pencil, chalk, crayon, pen, etc.) Do you think anyone is able to draw? What is the favourite drawing you have ever seen and why? Is there any medium that you haven’t drawn with yet that you would like to try? Did you realise all the benefits of drawing? Does it make you want to draw more often? What terms do you associate with drawing? (line, tone, texture, shade, shape, life drawing, perspective, etc.) Can you remember the first drawing that you made? What was it of? What did you use to create it? Would you expect all drawings to be done on paper? (Feedback answers to class) Drawing: is a technique where images are created on a surface by making lines. However, drawings can also contain tonal areas, washes and other non-linear marks. At The Sidney Cooper Gallery: (see separate fact-finding worksheet at back of pack) Front view of the Sidney Cooper Gallery’s Ionic portico entrance, Canterbury High Street 2 On entering the Sidney Cooper Gallery, look to the right hand side, above the doorway and read the memorial plaque (see image below) and answer the following questions: Sidney Cooper Gallery: memorial plaque 1. When was Sidney Cooper born? 2. How old was he when he died? 3. What is Sidney Cooper’s full name? 4. When did he found the Sidney Cooper art school? 5. What material is the plaque made from? 6. Are there any paintings by Sidney Cooper in the Sidney Cooper Gallery? Why do you think that is the case? Extra research questions: 7. Where is the nearest place that you can see works by Sidney Cooper? 8. How old was Sidney Cooper when he painted his last piece? 9. Where can this painting be viewed? Answers to questions: 1. 26th September 1803 2. He was 99. He died 7 February 1902 3. Thomas Sidney Cooper 4. 1st June 1882 5. Bronze/metal 6. No. Because it is a contemporary gallery. 7. The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury 8. 99 9. The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury 3 History and timeline for The Sidney Cooper Art School Date Historical information 1865 After Sidney Cooper’s mother died, he purchased her cottage in St Peter’s Street to preserve it in memoriam. He then acquired another 8 small houses at the back of the cottage and converted them into a long gallery. 1868 The Sidney Cooper School of Art opened on 18th March 1868, accessible for ‘all inhabitants of the City of Canterbury and adjoining parishes and their children for not less than six hours each day, four days a week for the purposes of inspecting the works of art in the Gallery and making copies or models on payment of an entrance fee on two days a week not to exceed one penny.” 1870 Cooper added an Ionic portico of his own design to the entrance of the School. 1882 On the 1st June, at a formal ceremony in the Guildhall, Cooper aged 78 handed over the Gallery to the City Council trusting that he had laid the foundations for a school of art and how “it would be a great happiness to me if I should live a few years longer to find the little seed I have sown has become a mighty plant.” 1887 The School was placed under the management of the Museum Committee with a grant of £50 p.a. and free scholarships by competition for the “poorer classes” in the City’s elementary schools. 1890 Science classes were included at the School for technical students. 1891 Albert Wood was the headmaster, with his two assistants, Miss Roots and Miss Brosbey, an embroiderer, a pupil teacher, a caretaker and his wife. 1902 Sidney Cooper RA died. 1903 Management of the School was transferred to the City’s new Education Committee. 1904 175 student enrolments: 38 day students, 122 evening, plus 25 under-age students. 1907 Two pieces of land at the back of St Peter’s Street belonging to the Sergeant’s Hotel and the Crown and Sceptre public house were purchased for building an extension to the School. 1914 Soldiers had free admission to the School throughout the war and special art classes for the military were introduced in the latter part, even so a third of art students left for war service. 1917 The school was threatened with closure, Sidney Cooper’s son, Neville protested. The number of practical classes was increased to gain support form Canterbury and District Chamber of Trade and local businesses. 1921 The School was renamed “The Sidney Cooper School of Art and Crafts”. 1934 The School was renamed “The Sidney Cooper School of Art ” and became the centre for all advanced art instruction in East Kent linked with the art schools at Ramsgate, Margate, Dover and Folkestone and the art classes at Aylesham, Deal, Herne Bay, Whitstable, Faversham, etc. 1930s The British Institute of Adult Education held exhibitions in the School and the Director of the Tate Gallery opened an exhibition of Modern Art there in 1936. 1940 The School had a “splinter and blast-proof room” for staff and students to shelter during air raids. Senior male students were issued with a tin hat, binoculars and whistle for air raid duties. The 3D Department turned to war work with students producing aircraft parts on the School’s lathes. Students took part in various war efforts, parades, collections, etc. CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and Arts) predecessor of the Arts Council, held concerts at the School. 1943 Robert Paine began a small architecture course in an upstairs room of the pub next door. 1944 Additional buildings were acquired at 21 St Peter’s Street. 1947 The School renamed Canterbury College of Art was the regional art college for East Kent. 1949 Pre-fab buildings in St Peter’s Lane built to house the School of Architecture. The Art College began accumulating several additional properties in the neighbourhood. 1951 The Art College was housed in 12 separate premises with a School of Architecture, a School of industrial Design, a School of Painting and Drawing, a School of Sculpture and a Department of Women’s Crafts. 1971 The Art College moved to New Dover Road and the vacated Sidney Cooper Gallery was locked up. 1972 A public outcry when the City Council proposed selling off the Sidney Cooper building for commercial use. 1973 The Sidney Cooper Centre Society was formed and the building restored. 1975 The Sidney Cooper Centre was formally opened but there was too little investment and a number of 4 short-term tenants occupied the building. 1980s The building was largely used as a flea market at weekends. 1990s Applications from various enterprises to develop the building in the spirit of Sidney Cooper’s original bequest. 1994 A joint collaboration between the Drew Gallery and the Kent institute of Design (KIAD) formed the Canterbury Contemporary Arts Trust with the intention of developing the building as a gallery with educational facilities and a bookshop. 1996 A rival bid from the Chaucer Heritage Trust was accepted by the City Council but, despite a formidable list of patrons, the Trust met financial difficulties. 1998 The Sidney Cooper Gallery building and surrounding area was designated Canterbury’s ‘Creative Quarter’. 2000 The flea market was relocated to Westgate Hall and Canterbury Christ Church University College (CCCUC) became the long-term tenant on a 20 year lease. 2002 CCCUC painting students moved into the main studios of the Sidney Cooper building in December 2002. 2003/ CCCUC Estates Department undertook refurbishment of the front half of the building including ‘the 2004 cottage’ to develop as a gallery and information centre. Researched by and Copyright to David Haste Comprehension Questions on History of Sidney Cooper Gallery: 1. How long ago did Sidney Cooper’s mother die? 2. When did Sidney Cooper add the ionic portico to the front of the school? 3.
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