Art

Art Enrichment Day 2009

 
On Tuesday 16 th June the whole of Key Stage 2 took part in an art enrichment day. On an enrichment day children from all 8 classes mix into groups of approximately 15 children and work together for the whole day with an adult on a specific theme - in this case ‘artists’. We held a very successful exhibition at the end of the day where parents and children could come and view the art work. Here are some of the highlights.

 

Room 1 Andy Warhol Room 8 Henri Rousseau
Room 2 Douglas Gordon Room 9 Henri Matisse
Room 3 Easter Island Statues Room 10 Jackson Pollock
Room 4 Frida Kahlo Room 11 K Foundation - Anti Art
Room 5 Gerald Quenum Room 12 National Portrait Gallery
Room 6 Gustav Klimpt Room 13 Paul Klee
Room 7 G & T - Veronica Seifert Room 14 What Is Art?

 

Enrichment Day - Introduction
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Enrichment Day - Room 1
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Jef's Group looked at the pop artist Andy Warhol. They had 10 minutes to research him on the internet and report back with some key facts. The found out some unusual information: he was originally called Andy Warhola and he was shot and almost killed by Valerie Solanas of SCUM (the society for cutting up men). They then: photographed each other, downloaded the images, adjusted the contrast to full and used the fill tool to create their own Warhols.

 

     
     
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 2
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Jef's group looked at a video installation called "Hand and Foot" by internationally acclaimed (and Turner prize winning) artist Douglas Gordon. They then made their own "Hand and Foot" video. Click the picture opposite to play the video. Can you tell which is the real Douglas Gordon video and which are the 6 made by Gospel Oak children?

 

     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 3
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Meena’s group focused on the Easter Island statues. They used clay to make their own versions.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 4
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The learning mentors took a group of children and they did some art inspired by Frida Kahlo. They made their own picture frames of important people and decorated them in Kahlo’s style.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 5
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Cat took her group to the October Gallery. They looked at the work of Benin artist Gerard Quenum. He creates sculptures out of old dolls and toys. The children then made their own Quenum inspired sculptures.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 6
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One group looked at the work of Gustav Klimt with Lisa. They used metallic pens and paint to create patterns and pictures in his style.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 7
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Over a 6 week period a group of gifted and talented children from years 3 to 6 took part in a special project. They worked with an artist called Veronica Seifert to create these bright and colourful papier mache pieces. You can see the final sculptures hanging in the entrance hall.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 8
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One group of children worked with Sally. They looked at the art of Henri Rousseau, in particular his jungle scenes. The children then went into the outdoor classroom where they used watercolours to paint their own jungle pictures.

 

     
     
 
     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 9
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George's group worked with a parent, Avigail, to do felt-making based on the work of Henri Matisse.

 

     
     
 
     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 10
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Matt and Stephanie combined two groups together to do some large-scale Jackson Pollock paintings. They squeezed paint directly onto lining paper and used their hands and feet to create these amazing paintings.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 11
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The K Foundation nailed £1 million to a frame and tried to sell it as art. No gallery would touch it - so they burned it.

Click on the £5 in flames on the right to watch a video to find out why (and watch Gospel Oak creating their own Anti-Art).

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 12
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Amanda took her group to the National Portrait Gallery. The looked at different portraits of famous people. They then used pastels to make their own portraits.

 

 
     

 

   
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 13
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Abi’s group studied Paul Klee. They practised colour mixing and experimented with different types of paint. They then made Klee inspired patterns with the colours they had mixed.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

Enrichment Day - Room 14
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Jef's Group looked at "What Is Art?". They videod their ideas. Click here for What is Art 1? video.

They then looked at the 10 most expensive paintings and put them in order of how much they liked them - it bore no relation to how much they cost.

They then tried to order them by which they thought were the most valuable - again it bore no relation the the real value. They then made a second video of their ideas. Click here for What is Art 2? video.

 

     

 

   
 
     
     
 
     

 

 

Last updated 27th June 2009