Number 322009 £7.50 714825 01249 www.nsead.org F:716138 T: 01249 ISSN1479-0459 NSEADThe Gatehouse,Corsham Court, Corsham, Wiltshire 0BZ SN13 ST THEAR MAGAZINE FOR PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS OFT ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN Casting sculptures in Town and cityscapes from 2D to 3D SCULPTURE bronze Collaborative sculpture projects Animal shelters Sketchbooks ISSUE Seeing art on a giant scale! 3D – Armatures Angry expressionist cat Plus sculptures Book reviews Creating a sculpture park New readers reveal all Poster Sculpture – inspired by nature START 1 Creativity and Culture: Number 32, 2009 Contents A One-day Workshop Contents for Primary Teachers Facilitated by Nigel Meager, Page 10 Angry expressionist cat sculptures Page 2 Julie Ashfield and Robert Cornelius START News Page 3 From the Editor Page 4 Gallery round-up Page 6 Hands-on in the classroom – Monday 12 October 2009 Monday 2 November 2009 There’s no place like home! Harewood House, Leeds Norwich Castle Museum Page 8 Page 26 Tuesday 13 October 2009 Tuesday 3 November 2009 Seeing art on a giant scale! 3D – Armatures: Harpies Page 10 Harley Welbeck Gallery, Worksop Geffrye Museum, London Angry expressionist cat Wednesday 14 October 2009 Wednesday 4 November 2009 sculptures Page 12 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Casting sculptures Thursday 15 October 2009 Thursday 5 November 2009 Page 14 Mini-poster: Urban places and National Wildflower Centre, Liverpool Museum of English Rural Life, Reading open spaces: townscapes and Friday 16 October 2009 Friday 6 November 2009 cityscapes from 2D to 3D Page 19 Manchester City Art Gallery Roche Court Sculpture Park, Salisbury The Tree of Life: a collaborative Page 6 Page 19 sculpture project Hands-on in the classroom The Tree of Life Page 22 Creating a sculpture park The day will offer a detailed The activities will be designed to give Teachers will leave the course inspired Page 24 control of meaning to children, promote to try out the ideas, supported by a Sketchbooks – the (often insight into planning and creative teaching and learning, and foster substantial publication, and be missing) key implementing projects in cultural respect and understanding. The knowledgeable about how to plan and visual arts, including broadcast media, implement these creative and cultural Page 26 primary schools that take centre stage, but reference will also projects in the school and the classroom. 3D – Armatures: be made to music, dance, drama and Harpies promote creative thinking The course will run for one day at each creative writing, all of which benefit from venue, from 10am to 3.30pm Page 28 and cultural awareness for the strategies expressed. enquire – promoting Cost includes lunch and refreshments, both teachers and children. The course will include: collaboration between a free copy of Creativity and Culture and The course will be delivered • presentation of classroom projects, schools and galleries including examples of children’s work a one-year free subscription to START magazine, the only art, craft and design Page 30 by Nigel Meager, author of • creating a cultural ideas workshop Book reviews Creativity and Culture, and • a detailed look at delivering one project, magazine dedicated to primary teachers. with practical ideas Page 32 Page 16 £150 START subscribers or NSEAD Mini-poster Julie Ashfield and Robert • strategies and how to implement members Readers reveal all Cornelius, who have worked projects in the school and in the £180 non-subscribers Poster: Sculpture inspired classroom Copyright ©2009 NSEAD. All rights reserved. With the exception of fair dealing for the Booking at by nature purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, no part of this publication may be alongside Nigel developing • value-added concepts, such as reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in citizenship and the global dimension www.nsead.org/cpd/conferences.aspx writing from the copyright holder. Subscribers to START may make photocopies for teaching materials for the book in purposes free of charge provided such copies are not resold. Authors’ views in this publication • how to get the most out of Creativity Cover image: Angry expressionist cat sculptures Please note: While every effort is made to check websites mentioned in START, some are not necessarily those of the NSEAD. Cardiff schools. and Culture. may contain images unsuitable for young children. Please check any references Editor: Michèle Kitto, [email protected] prior to use in the classroom. Please note that the username to access units of Design: SteersMcGillan Design Ltd: 01225 465546 www.steersmcgillan.co.uk Advertising Sales: [email protected] work on the NSEAD website has changed to ‘gormley’ and the password to ‘drury’. Publisher: National Society for Education in Art & Design, The Gatehouse, Corsham Court, See page 33 for further details. Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 0BZ T: 01249 714825 F: 01249 716138 www.nsead.org START THE MAGAZINE FOR PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN 2 3 News News/Editorial to achieve an Artsmark Award. The NEW WEBSITE SUpportIng support programme consists of an initial crEatIVITY for YOUng information session, on-going email and telephone support throughout the From the Editor START PEopLE across THE summer and autumn terms and a one-to- SOUTH WEst REGIon one surgery during the autumn term. At the information session, we’ll talk you Ten arts education partnership through the award scheme, give advice News organisations working across the South and support on writing an arts policy and West to support children and cultural how to audit the arts in your school, before Summer is just beginning, yet the school Our new ‘Readers reveal all’ feature opportunities for young people have finally giving some top tips on how to year is nearly at an end. I hope that we all showcases interesting project ideas from launched a new website tackle the application form. We also will find the time in the busy week to get teachers, as a means of inspiring you in www.artseducationsw.org.uk provide a suggested timetable to make the outdoors with our pupils, even if only to the classroom. All we need is a brief to share the impact of their work and workload more manageable. This session read a story under a tree, sketch a plant, description of the project and one or two promote it across the region. Their vision is designed for teachers and governors. rehearse for the play or get some fresh air. accompanying images, so please do get is for young people and the communities Do not forget the humble nature table or in touch with me with ideas for future We’ll support you from now until the in which they live and learn to grow nature walk – such an inspiration for both issues. Thank you to all the readers who deadline to give you the information and increasingly able to integrate a rich teacher and pupil. have joined or re-joined the Readers’ assistance that you need to achieve an cultural element into their everyday lives. panel; it is a great way to get involved Artsmark award. If you’re making a Sculpture, the focus of this issue, is an in your START magazine. ArtsmarK AwarDS re-application, or hoping to upgrade a amazing facet of art. Often children who current award, we’ll also be happy to help. struggle with conventional drawing with a The summer holidays are fast The deadline for applications for Round 10 Support costs £53.00 per school and is pencil excel at this 3D art form. They have approaching, and I hope to meet many of is Wednesday 18 November 2009 (Awards only available to schools based in the West the ability to see the world around them you at the START Summer School; for those will be made in summer 2010). of England; however, we can signpost you with a different eye, so I encourage you who can’t make it, I do hope that you get Artsmark is a national scheme managed to local providers if you are based outside to nurture this skill and use a range of to visit a local site, gallery or museum and by Arts Council England, offered on a this region. Please contact Donna Baber sculptural materials in your school. Do use it to create an inspiring autumn term voluntary basis to all schools, including on 01225 396 392 or email use real clay, even if you have no kiln, as project. I find that even a holiday at home special schools and Pupil Referral Units. It [email protected] Yellow bird, Halie Fraser (7 yrs) – Montevideo the experience is worth it, and do use a or abroad is a chance to hunt for new Elementary School, San Ramon, United States FREE toUR, postcarDS, is awarded on an annual basis and awards, for further details. range of found natural materials to make ideas, books, images or found objects. which may be awarded at Artsmark, www.artsmark.org.uk exciting pieces and – importantly – have I hope you do too. postErs AND matERIALS www.creativelearningagency.org.uk Over the next four months, a panel of fun! With this in mind, we are lucky to Artsmark Silver or Artsmark Gold levels, Yours in Art, from THE SaatcHI GALLERY last for three years. leading artists and critics, including have a feature from a world- famous TatE ST IVES Antony Gormley, Andrew Graham- foundry on how a sculpture is cast in The Saatchi Gallery is pleased to invite you In 2009, Creative Learning Agency will Dixon, The Sunday Telegraph’s art critic, bronze. Please share this inspiring Free entry for staff and children on group to attend Abstract America: New Painting present four programmes of support to and Ekow Eshun, the artistic director of information with your pupils.