WHOLE SCHOOL PROJECTS
Our whole school projects involve everyone, bringing professional artists into your school and transforming your environment into a hive of creativity!
Arts Week Projects
Programming an Arts Week is a brilliant way to place art at the heart of your school.
Collaboratively your entire school and a professional artist will work together to re-create a 3D version of a great artist’s masterpiece to make a magnificent, life-size display.
It is a joint effort, with every pupil, teacher and artist playing their part to make elements that come together as a grand finale at the end of the week.
Your school can choose one of our popular themes or select your own!
Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge (1897-1899) Monet
Monet’s
Waterlily Garden
Create a 3D version of Monet’s bridge across an impressionistic waterlily pond. Every class builds different element of this iconic garden to re-create the masterpiece in life-size.
Gustav Klimt - Beech Grove I - Google Art Project
Klimt’s
Tree of Life
Inspired by Gustav Klimt’s beautiful birch tree paintings, your school will build a whole forest of trees that you can walk through! Using simple materials like paper and cardboard this statement display will wow pupils, staff and visitors alike.
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama’s
Dotty World
Explore the remarkable works of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama who creates extraordinary installations using polka dots and organic patterns. This project will help your pupils to access contemporary art, transform an ordinary space into something extraordinary and bring everyone together through participatory arts.
Lucy Sparrow by Livia Smith
Lucy Sparrow’s
Shop
Lucy Sparrow looks at art as a product to buy. She creates entire shops (and its contents) from felt – ready for the shoppers! Inspired by her alternative shopping experience, your school will build an entire shop from paper and cardboard, ready for customers to visit.
Pick your own artist
If you would like to explore the masterpiece of another artist,
we can tailor an Arts Week to suit your school’s choice.
ANIMATE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
An amazing way to enhance your school’s creativity and bring the whole school community into contact with one of our professional artists over a period of time. The artist will be on site at least one day per week over one or more terms, or even over a whole school year!
Each Artist Residency is unique to the school. We will liaise closely with you to make sure that we match your school’s needs to the professional artist whose skills would best fit with the transformation you want to achieve.
Adopt an Artist
We also have an ‘Adopt an Artist’ scheme! Your adopted artist will bring creative activity into your school for one day, every term. Over the course of the year your adopted artist will also work with your staff (CPD) and share opportunities and exhibitions of their practice.
Palette of Artists
Over the course of an academic year invite a palette of artists from different specialisms into your school. Choose 6 artists from across our team for 6 unique days of creativity. They and your pupils and teachers will explore different art forms with different year groups. The programme can be tailored to fit your school’s timetable, so whether an arts week or once a term, our artist team will jointly support you to fulfil your school’s creative education.
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