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Art Collection Art Trail
Wednesday 8th July 2009
This year
for Children's Art Day, Hertfordshire County Art Collection
Schools Loan service held an Art Trail for Yr.6 students.
Children's
Art Day, managed by Engage, the National Association for gallery
education, takes place during Shine Week - a national schools
festival celebrating talent in all young people.
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the years Children's Art Day has received invaluable support from
some of the country's most talented artists, including Antony
Gormley, Cornelia Parker, Richard Wentworth and Bridget Riley.
This year it has also received backing from Boris Johnson, the
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Art Trail event was organised to create a new opportunity for
schools to work with and enjoy a selection of works from the County
Art Collection, through a variety of art based activities. Eight
schools (67 pupils) attended one, of two sessions, held in the
morning and afternoon. |
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session was split into four activities. In 'Piece by piece' every
child was given a square part of a much larger painting to copy.
A wide range of interpretations appeared, but the complete piece
was recognisably a copy of the original. The second activity -
'I spy' the children were given a selection of pictures showing
a small detail of a larger picture, which they matched up to the
originals. The third activity involved children piecing together
picture segments and discussing what they thought, liked etc.
about them. The final activity was a copy of half an artist's
self-portrait. They had to complete the other half of the face
in any style or colours they chose. We also had our very own Antony
Gormley 'Living Statues' plinth which, after a rather tentative
start proved to be a popular activity. |
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children were each given a pack with a sketch pad and coloured
pencils to take away with them. |
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the adults and the young people gave positive feedback on the
sessions. "I thought the programme was excellent, the children
had a variety of challenging and informative activities" |
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"I didn't have one favourite thing because I enjoyed
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"I couldn't believe the quality of the art collection"
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"Trying to find the little things in the big things"
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"Awesome - I liked everything!"
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We hope to repeat the sessions at a later date for the schools
that wanted to attend the event and were on the waiting list,
and also adapt it for other age groups.
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