Designer and illustrator Tracy McGuinness-Kelly describes her creative process behind the co-creation of an indoor and an outdoor mural at two schools in England, to which the children contributed their own imagery.

This project was shared with AccessArt as part of the 40 Artist Educator Project, funded by Arts Council England, aiming to highlight and celebrate artist-led teaching and facilitation.

The Ludworth and All Saints’ Murals by Tracy McGuinness-Kelly

School Murals Inside and Out: Towards the Bigger Picture

Tracy worked on two murals at two different schools, one inside, and one outside. The creation of both murals shared many similar processes, in particular the sensitive way in which Tracy enabled the children to create their own imagery which contributed towards a shared outcome. Here Tracy shares her methodology and ideas.

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Many thanks to students of AccessArt’s Experimental Drawing Class for sharing their process and finished results with AccessArt.

Many thanks to Pisces for generously supplying pastels, pens, charcoal and scissors used in this session to AccessArt.

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“Faith’s work creating sculptures using recycled or discarded plastic is really beautiful, and exceeds expectation of what we might consider scrap plastic being able to do. The processes she uses, particularly with the dancing figures, are all easily accessible to a school setting, with tape, card, wire being relatively inexpensive and simple to use. Delivering an Art project using waste plastic has cross curricular links with other subject areas, particularly PSHE and Geography where children may be learning about the environment and how to protect it” – Tobi, AccessArt.

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