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EBB and FLOW continued… The paintings for this project are now finished and they are WONDERFUL! A group of 10-13 yr olds have, in only 6 weekly sessions, experimented with materials and concept in order to create large scale paintings to be hung along the river wall in the centre of Holmfirth. Our young artists
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Week 5 Ebb and Flow This week group have been really moving on with their paintings…editing poems created by exploring a flow of consciousness and creating rhythm and improvised melodies…
Ebb and Flow Project so far… Wow! What a productive week 2! Our session started with a visit from artist John Holt who talked about fluidity and flow : John then lead a drawing session which encouraged our young artists to use line to describe flow and to investigate and map their painted grounds.
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Big Draw update! Our children are so fabulous that their print was retweeted by The Big Draw themselves! Great reveal pic from #BigDraw @artinholmfirth good luck with your event & all Big Drawers! http://t.co/yll8JQ3C0c pic.twitter.com/0gQZJpjuiJ — The Big Draw® ✏️ (@The_Big_Draw) September 30, 2015
BIG DRAW 2015 Here we go! its the Big Draw weekend! Really Hope you can Join us: 3rd October 1-4pm 4th October 12-4pm here’s what we’ve got so far:
Holmfirth Arts Festival Installation update Wow! wow! wow! I heard the sound track today which Charlotte Watson has created for the installation at the Owd Towser……its amazing!! Made entirely of recordings of the children at the schools we visited the soundtrack layers the children’s voices saying words and phrases they have used to describe their
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Wanted posters for Holmfirth Arts Festival… look out for them around Holmfirth during the Arts Festival Our Senior Art Clubs and the Arts Award students have been busy drawing mug-shots of the dastardly Holmfirth boggard to be used in Wanted posters for the Holmfirth Arts Festival. Using charcoal and rubbers and exploring light and shade
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Holmfirth Arts Festival….project update Only a few days to go before the start of the Holmfirth Arts Festival so here’s a sneaky preview of the Jenny Greenteeth and Boggard puppets hanging in the Owd Towser… Come and see it all finished and hear the amazing soundtrack … soundtrack and puppets created by the children from Scholes
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‘WANTED ‘ for HOLMFIRTH ARTS FESTIVAL 2015 This project sees 200 local children imagining local folklore characters, Jenny greenteeth and the Holmfirth boggard. Artist Chloe Williams, musician Charlotte Watson and poet Victoria Garbutt have worked with 5 local schools and children at The Children’s Art School to create 200 puppet heads and to write and record
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