Our Silver Arts Award group had a visit from Prin Marshall (aka Cur5) this week! The group are meeting artists to expand their knowledge of career opportunities within the arts. Prin is a freehand Illustrator and street artist who specialises in characters, paste ups and sticker art. Her main medium is ink. She spoke to us about her career path and the various arts organisations and events she’s involved with. It was so inspiring!
A huge thank you to Prin for coming along!
Our Silver Arts Award group have been busy attending and reviewing arts events for Unit 1 Part C of the award. Please see our thoughts below- we have reviews for a workshop run by Muni’s Mosaics in our studio; visits to the Welland Valley Art Society’s exhibition and Stamford High School’s GCSE Art exhibition at Stamford Art Centre; the fantastic Korpfest at The Undercroft in Hampton; a theatre trip to see a play called Sandcastles at the Key Theatre in Peterborough, and some artwork on display at Istanbul airport and in Bangkok, Thailand, seen by one of our students on their winter travels!
Teal class are working on their Bronze Award. This week we completed our sculptures inspired by Dale Chihuly’s glass artwork. We drew designs onto plastic plates with Sharpies, then used a heat gun to melt the plates into wavy shapes. It was a very satisfying process!
Cerise class are working on their Bronze Award too. This week we visited Stamford Arts Centre to see an exhibition of GCSE art work by Stamford High School students. There was some amazing work on display! We will be writing reviews of the exhibition as part of our award.
Our Silver Arts Award group went to the Key Theatre to see a play called Sand Castles. It was a really enjoyable evening! We will be writing reviews for our log books.
Two of our Arts Award classes took part in mosaic workshops with Muni’s Mosaics last week! This week we grouted our mosaic coasters. The results look wonderful!
Meanwhile, our other Arts Award group have been making sock bunnies!
This week, two of our Arts Award classes had a visit from the lovely Muni, who ran a mosaic workshop for each group. We learned how to create coasters using glass tiles, and produced some wonderful pieces! We’ll be grouting the tiles next week- we’re looking forward to seeing the finished coasters!
We’ll be reviewing the visit as part of our Arts Award. A huge thank you to Muni for visiting us!
Find out more about Muni’s wonderful work here.
This week our Silver Arts Award group visited Stamford Arts Centre to see the Welland Valley Arts Society’s exhibition. There was a wide variety of work on display- each student chose one or two pieces that particularly stood out for them, and we will be writing reviews of the exhibition for Unit 1 Part C of the award.
A HUGE congratulations to our latest cohort of Arts Award students! We were delighted to present four Bronze and five Silver certificates last week. This was the first time we have delivered the Silver level, which is an accredited qualification equivalent to a higher grade GCSE, and the group worked hard over the course of a whole school year to complete each unit ☺️ We have now awarded a total of 22 Discover, 15 Explore, 14 Bronze (with another ten students currently working towards this) and 5 Silver Awards since Art Stars began three years ago. We’re so proud of all our students!
Indigo class have been working hard on Unit 1 of their Silver Arts Award course. Part of the award requires the students to attend and review different arts events, which we would like to share with you! Events include the Jekyll and Hyde production at the Key Theatre, which we visited as a group; the On Form exhibition at City Gallery; a visit to Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge; a concert at Cambridge Junction and a visit to a gallery in Switzerland!
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This week Indigo class had a visit from Peterborough based artist Tony Nero! Tony has been an artist for many years and is on the committee for the Peterborough Artists’ Open Studios. He exhibits regularly and visits other local arts events with his camera, documenting as he goes. Tony spoke to us about his work and the techniques he uses, and showed us some of his paintings.
A big thank you to Tony for joining us- it was a really interesting evening!
Our Silver Arts Award group have been working very hard on Unit 1 of the award over the last few months, planning and completing an arts challenge. We identified a challenge that appealed to everyone- to produce an illustrated poetry anthology as a group. This allowed us each to develop our personal skills in a chosen medium, whilst also working collaboratively to produce our anthology.
We would like to share our finished pages with you- we are really pleased with the result, and the printed version looks great!
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