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Education Resource www.scapepublicart.org.nz Contents 1 SCAPE Public Art 2 The process of making public art 3 Map - Public Art Walkway 4 Education programme 5 Making the most out of your visit 6 Education opportunities 7 Artists and artworks: Antony Gormley, STAY (Ōtākaro–Avon River), 2015; Christchurch Arts Centre, 2016 8 Peter Atkins, Under Construction - Chaos and Order, 2015 9 Judy Millar, Call me Snake, 2015 10 Neil Dawson, Fanfare, 2015 11 Julia Morison, Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers, 2013 12 Mischa Kuball, Solidarity Grid, 2015 13 Anton Parsons, Passing Time, 2010 14 Regan Gentry, Flour Power, 2008 15 Phil Price, Nucleus, 2006 16 Understanding Art (junior worksheet) 17 Understanding Art (senior worksheet) 18 Opportunities for bi-cultural learning 19 SCAPE RAMS form 22 Generously supported by: SCAPE 10 Education Resource SCAPE Public Art 2 Who are we? What is the SCAPE Public Art Season 2017? SCAPE Public Art installs and promotes contemporary public SCAPE Public Art has evolved its presentation model from art in Christchurch city. Our gifting programme, which has a biennial delivery to an annual delivery of the SCAPE Public included 12 permanent artworks and the commissioning of Art Season. The SCAPE Public Art Season 2017 is open from more than 200 temporary public artworks, provides a unique October 7 - November 18. The artworks are created as a point of difference for the city. result of close collaboration between art and business, and form a SCAPE Public Art Walkway for everyone to enjoy. The high-quality contemporary public artworks enhance the urban centre and raise Christchurch’s profile as a destination The legacy artists included in the SCAPE Public Art Walkway locally, nationally and internationally. for Season 2017 are: Judy Millar, New Zealand/Germany; Peter Atkins, Australia; Antony Gormley, Britain; Julia Held in Christchurch’s central city public spaces and Morison, New Zealand; Anton Parsons, New Zealand; Regan supported through a range of partnerships SCAPE Public Gentry, New Zealand; Phil Price, New Zealand; Neil Dawson, Art is renowned for showcasing leading international New Zealand, and Mischa Kuball, Germany. contemporary artists, as well as being a springboard for new local talent. The Season 2017 exhibition, titled Time in Space (territories and flow), will exhibit works from an impressive mix of New Zealand artists curated and selected by Heather Galbraith. For more information or updates visit our website www.scapepublicart.org.nz SCAPE 10 Education Resource The process of making public art 3 The brief is provided to artists, who are invited to A public art A brief for the Christchurch for a site- opportunity and site artwork is design visit and to submit is identified developed a proposal in response to the brief Concept design proposals are reviewed by a selection panel based on the site and brief criteria Artworks are installed on the site either by Sites, planning and the artist or partner consents [building client, depending on the Artists’ projects are and resource] are site and construction made in accordance investigated and contracts with engineering plans secured SCAPE 10 Education Resource SCAPE Public Art Walkway – map 4 Through experiencing the SCAPE Public Art Walkway, students will be introduced to the artworks, with information about the artists, their ideas and techniques, and what this public art context is. Students have the opportunity to respond to the artworks by expressing their ideas, thoughts, feelings, and visual responses through art-making activities. By participating, students will develop a stronger understanding about the relationships between public art and the context in which it is situated, be that physical landscape, environmental, political, cultural, or social. Please note: this map is current as of 01/08/2017. Check our website for any updates before planning your visit. SCAPE 10 Education Resource SCAPE Education 5 How to use this resource The SCAPE Public Art Education Resource has been designed to support educators in creating exciting and engaging learning opportunities for students before, during and after their visit to the SCAPE Public Art Season 2017. This Education Resource is linked to the New Zealand Curriculum and designed to assist teachers in planning and making the most of their visit to the artworks forming the SCAPE Public Art Walkway. It provides information about the SCAPE artworks and artists, their locations, how to book school groups for a walkway and/or art-making experience, and a Risk Assessment Management Strategy (RAMS) form. The information on the artists can be used directly as a handout for students and as a starting point with prompts for further investigation. Likewise, the Understanding Art worksheets are suitable for reproduction for students to use. The RAMS form is available for staff to use directly to support school trips. Ka tipu te whaihanga Creativity will strengthen Further resources: Exciting opportunities connected to the 2017 Season are available to book, please contact Josie. All Education enquiries: Josie Whelan Education & Community Engagement Manager SCAPE Public Art Phone: 03 365 7994 Email: [email protected] School bookings: www.scapepublicart.org.nz/public-programme/school-bookings • A printable fold out A3 resource, including a map of the artworks, is available on the SCAPE Public Art website: www.scapepublicart.org.nz. • Teacher Resource on Antony Gormley • Activity sheet on STAY SCAPE 10 Education Resource Making the most of your visit 6 Before you visit the SCAPE Public Art Season 2017 we suggest you explore the artists’ work provided in this resource, including the links. • Visit our website www.scapepublicart.org.nz to investigate Exploring public art is an important way for this further. young people to reconnect with the city in • Encourage thinking on the ideas presented in the artworks a positive way. It enables them to engage through a group mind-map, which can include sketches and with a range of ideas presented through a other visuals to represent ideas. variety of artworks by the artists to inspire, Do any of your students know the work of any of the artists • challenge, and reconsider how public space already? Record which artists and what prior knowledge they have. is used in Christchurch. During your visit, take your time to look at each artwork and reflect on it. • Record information in a range of ways through photography, drawings and notes in a sketchbook. • Discuss the artworks with each other. Use the Address these key words through Understanding an Artwork worksheet as a guide to get you discussion or definitions: thinking about it. • Ask questions! Consider why the artist has worked in this way. Contemporary art Permanent artwork After your visit, look back at the ideas being presented by the artists. • Review any initial mind-maps and consider if the artists used any of these ways of working. Site-specific artwork Temporary artwork • Write a review of one or several of the artworks. • Write a journal report or blog about your visit to the artwork. • Create a presentation on one of the artists and his or her public artwork. • Use your recordings from the visit to create more artworks in response to your experience on the SCAPE Public Art Walkway, taking inspiration from these artists and others. SCAPE 10 Education Resource Education opportunities 7 The SCAPE Public Art Education Programme offers practical, art-making activities and guided tours of the SCAPE Public Art Walkway as ways of responding to the artworks presented, and to develop further understanding of them. The programme addresses topics relevant to each of the artworks, and as such covers a wide range of conceptual approaches and a variety of ways of working. For the duration of the SCAPE Public Art Season 2016, free art-making activities connected to the artworks are available to book. These are linked to the New Zealand Curriculum and are accessible for students from Year 1 through to Year 13. Young people are encouraged to develop analytical frameworks for understanding the conceptual content of the artworks. They will build on existing art-making skills and develop new ways of working and thinking about the artworks through exploration, discussion and recording information in response to the artworks. Teachers can select from, and book school groups into a number of activities, including the following options: • Opportunity for groups to collaborate with (Christchurch/Cook Island) artist Nina Oberg Humphries 16-20 October to create a unique cultural installation and individual pieces • Short guided tour, plus follow-up activity • Self directed or guided tour of SCAPE Public Art walkway • Activity related to the work STAY by Antony Gormley • Create cyanotype prints inspired by Tree Houses for Swap Dwellers by Julia Morison • Collage activity based on Under Construction - Chaos and Order by Peter Atkins • Art activity connected to 2017 international artist. All activities are available at the following set times or alternative times can be arranged as required. Schedule is flexible - let us work with you to make your visit to SCAPE Public Art a success! For more details on the activities available please visit • 10am – 11:30am our website www.scapepublicart.org.nz • 1pm – 2.30pm For school bookings please use the link: www.scapepublicart.org.nz/public-programme/school-bookings Phone: 03 365 7994 For education enquiries email: [email protected] SCAPE 10 Education Resource Antony Gormley 8 STAY, 2015 Ōtākaro–Avon River, and the Arts Centre, 2016 STAY comprises two identical cast-iron figures from Antony Gormley’s Polyhedra series. The two identical works interpret a human body as a rising form of bold crystalline cells; both figures link time, place and consciousness. They look down – one into the moving waters of the Ōtākaro–Avon River and the other, to the paved ground of the Arts Centre. They are made of a concentrated earth material: iron.