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Woven is a Kirklees celebration of all things Textiles taking place between 8th-16th June 2019 As part of Woven The Children’s Art School have been busy delivering the Future Fashion Challenge project to Kirklees schools for the festival. We have recruited 16 schools and worked with 500 children to deliver artist led workshops developing innovative
Great work being produced at our evening class for high school kids and grown ups. This 6 week course aims to develop observation skills and to enable students to create the illusion of 3D using light and shade as well as begin to understand composition . We are exploring drawing and painting, using pencil,
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Working with Huddersfield Art Gallery and the University of Huddersfield we are excited to announce our first FREE Art Workshop as part of the Rotor series of exhibitions. The first workshop for young people aged 11-16yrs is on Saturday January 14th 1-3pm at Huddersfield Art Gallery. This workshops will explore the ‘ Migrations’ exhibition and
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Great talk- explaining the role of art education to teach people to think like artists and why that’s important. Being ‘good’ at drawing and being creative aren’t the same thing….
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…a further communication with our MP about creativity in education I believe it is disingenuous to suggest that schools/teachers/parents actively want academisation. Academisation ultimately will allow business to run education with no involvement from parents: how can this ever be in our children’s best interests? I have not met any parents who support this (both
My letter to our local MP about the Governments proposed plans for acadamisation I am writing to implore you not to support the governments plans for academisation. I cannot understand how the evidence provided by the existing acadamies can be taken to suggest that this is a sensible or desirable option. I set up
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More support for cultural education: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/all-our-children-deserve-a-rich-cultural-education-not-all-them-are The chairman of Arts Council England argues that ‘all pupils should have the opportunity to create, compose, and perform their own artistic work’ Through art and culture, we come to understand and articulate ourselves. They engage us in a dialogue about values; they define our national identity and our
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Why our children will NEED to be creative.. I have been sharing 2 really interesting and thought provoking articles this week- both touch on the theme of how best to equip our children for the future. The first is a TED talk .. . And the second is this article : Dustin TimbrookFeb 16, 20158
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Last week I was talking in assemblies at Holmfirth High School about creativity and the need for education to develop creative thinking I was therefore pleased to see this article in The Observer this weekend which echoes some of what I was taking about.. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/09/uk-global-arts-race-music-tv? From hit shows such as War Horse and Sherlock to
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