Grange Lane Infants are Art Superheroes!

Last week was a VERY busy here at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre! We had almost 60 of Grange Lane Infants' year threes and fours visit us for the whole day on Wednesday.

They were here to look at David Hancock's Cosplay exhibition, which features lots of people dressed as characters, who David photographs and later paints or draws into these exquisite pieces of art work.

 

 

Pupils spent quite some time in the galleries answering questions about the exhibition, to get them thinking about how artists operate; the tools they use, why they might want to be making this artwork.

 

 

 

We paid a lot of attention to the design of the costumes that the characters were wearing, as we were about to embark on creating our very own Superheroes!

 

Back in the Education Room, children thought of themselves as Art Superheroes, stepping in to save art in Scunthorpe. We came up with some really great super hero names that had special powers, like invisibility, the power of electricity and laser eyes that destroyed our enemies in their tracks.

 

We put some of these words and super powers into drawings, making us think creatively around our characters. Apologies for the bad quality of these pictures, our lovely camera wasn't available on the day.

Once we had in mind what our character would be like and act like, we started putting together some logo designs for our Art Superhero capes. The logos had to be simple, effective and bold in their shapes.

 

The logos were the turned into stencils for the screen printing techniques, which is why the shapes had to be large so they were easy to cut.

 

The stencils were used for silk screen printing which is a really special way to reproduce an image.

 

Our final capes were so bright and colourful that the Education Officer had to wear sunglasses while taking the following pictures!

 

 

We are really pleased with the final result! If you or your school would like to become Arts Superheroes for the day, please get in touch with the centre on 01724 297070, or email our Education Officer on education.2021@northlincs.gov.uk

 

 



 

 

 

 



Art Superheroes!

Scunthorpe Church of England Primary School saved the day last week! We had an unfortunate cancellation with another school, but had already done lots of preparations and were drumming up a lot of excitement in the building, so needed a replacement school stat!

 

Step in our Superheroes in the shape of  Scunthorpe Church of England Primary's year six pupils! 27 pupils descended on the centre and used their special creative powers to design and make some of the most colourful superhero capes we've ever seen!

 

The afternoon started with us all coming up with as many words as we could think of, associated with Superheroes. Then we were challenged to draw one of the words, in 30 seconds! Super drawings skills!

 

Once our super creative juices were flowing, we visited the Judge Dredd exhibition, which features loads of comic heroes. We studied the shapes and recuring patterns of their logos and symbols. This is Hayley, the Education Officer, demonstrating what Judge Dredd's helmet looks like:

We spent a lot of time sketching and carefully observing how comic artists make stories through drawing.

Back in the Education Room, we used the Judge Dredd exhibition as inspiration for designing ourselves as superheroes. Each pupil had to think of their super powers, who their arch nemesis might be and what our logos would look like.

These logos were then drawn as big as we could make them, and cut out to create a stencil for printing.

Hayley helped us to make solid shapes, like stars, hearts and sheilds.

Then for the messy bit (it got so messy that there isn't much photo documentation of the actuakl process because we were all so busy cleaning up and printing!), to screen print our logos onto the specially made capes. The fabric we used was all floaty and light so when we run around with our capes on, we look like we are flying!

We had loads of fun with our friends

Our capes had to be left behind to dry, meaning 20-21 could get some quick photos before we were reunited with our super creations!

 

 

With the current climate regards attitudes to arts education at a low ebb, this workshop was a lovely opportunity to have children leave feeling fulfilled knowing they are creative, unique and that art makes them powerful individuals.

 

Education at 20-21 would love to deliver this workshop more often and are looking to have it embedded as a core offer for next year.

 

Get in tough if you have a class full of Art Superheroes who need some snazzy capes!

 

20-21 would like to give a HUGE Superhero thank you to Scunthorpe Church of England for stepping in so last minute and another HUGE Superhero thank you to Lee Beel, to photographed the day's events, which means we now have some snazzy images to use all over our website!

A Belated Happy New Year!

A belated HAPPY NEW YEAR! And what a fruitful year it's looking to be! We have lots of bookings for bespoke packages, including visits to the centre, artist led workshops and outreach workshops.

Education Opportunities!

 

Jason Taylor

We have some long awaited exhibitions openning this month. Jason Taylor's "Everyday Objects" is one of our favourite exhibitons of this year's programme. Jason set himself a challenge for 2012; he would make an object everday using everyday objects. His playful designs inspire and intrigue us. The exhibition is rich in education opportunities; covering themes of recycling, design and examining the qualities and productivity of everyday objects. Below are some fun examples Jason's work: 

 

 

 

Know Media made an artist profile of Jason and his artwork, click on the image below to see the artist discuss the project and his career.

For information on what education workshops are on offer in conjunction with Jason Taylor's exhibition, please contact us on the details at the end of this post.

Jo Smith

We have some stunning textile work in the shape of Jo Smith's first solo exhibition "Two Brother's, Three Sister's, A Mouse and Some Unfortunate Birds":  

 

 

Combining print, textiles and stitch-work, Jo's exhibition tells tales of the loss, sorrow and suffering of pets in the home environment. Some of the work is set out as small installations with furniture and household items, making the work seem more haunting and real.

There is the opportunity to have Jo Smith deliver education workshops,on request. Please contact us for more information.

Richard Bartle

"Deities at the Bottom of the Garden" is proving a very successful exhibition, with education workshops attached. Richard's miniature sheds feature in our new workshop "Hidden Treasures" which explores religious education, egyptian artefacts and precious objects. For information on Richard's exhibition, visit a previous post with details of his artwork and how to access our FREE Self Guided Tour Pack, that accompanies the show.

Contact Us

For further information, or an informal chat on how Education at 20-21 can enrich your arts delivery, please contact our Education Officer, Hayley McPhun on 01724 297074 or email her: hayley.mcphun@northlincs.gov.uk