Enquire Project

From January to June 2010 a group of students from Ellis Guilford School, Nottingham went on a journey to explore and find out about Contemporary Art.

The group visited Galleries, talked to Curators and Artists, looked at artwork by local, national and international artists and asked a lot of questions about art.

The group then used their knowledge and discoveries to create a series of resources for others to help them learn and discover more about Contemporary Art.

“I ‘ve learnt more about Contemporary Art because at first I found it very confusing but then I started to explore it more and then I found it very interesting and I thought there was more to it than what I thought’

The Enquire resources created with pupils from Ellis Guilford School are now on line as a downloadable resource at-

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/museumprojects

under the heading- Enquire Phase 4 - British Art Show 7 Learning Resources

These are also available for use by school groups and visitors at Nottingham Castle Gallery and Museums.

Some of the groups thoughts about Contemporary Art…

Contemporary art is art that has just recently been created or is being created now; Contemporary art is modern art, of its time, original

Contemporary art keeps changing so it doesn’t get boring, it’s up to date,

Art changes to make it better

Contemporary Art is creative, colourful, attractive, different, the style, the colours, shapes, colour, texture, never been done before, It’s more modern techniques and fashion, use of modern material, the shape of things

Contemporary art gives mixed or unknown feelings, has stories behind the pictures, it makes you think of emotions or feeling

I think contemporary art is very interesting

I think contemporary art is new, original and creative

BASIC Shop

The BASIC young people's hard work has come together in the BASIC shop. The British Art Show Information Centre displays the work they created with artists Laura Ellen Bacon, Pete Barber, Sian Stammers, Nabil Musa and Michelle Hubbard. The work is inspired by BAS7 and looks at the themes of stereotypes and perceptions. The shop is located at 135/136 Middle walk, Broadmarsh Centre, Nottingham and is open 9.00-5.30 from the 19th October 2010 until the 27th November.

For the next part of the BASIC project the young people will be divising creative tours around the three BAS7 venues.
Some of the work created in this project is also being shown as part of the enquire conference, Nottingham and Light Night in February.

Brookfield Mural

Brookfield Primary asked me to liven up a disused wall by working with the pupils to design and paint a Mural. The pupils came up with a range of ideas around the theme "Multiculturalism". We selected our favorites which I drew up into three possible designs. The chosen design was then draw onto the wall and painted by myself and most of years 2,3,4 and 5 who also added a hand print.
Despite alot of rain we've managed to finish it before the winter sets in.