Making a Lyre Inspired by the Ancient Greeks
Here, Portia, aged ten and in year five, shows, step by step, how she approached a creative homework to learn more about the Ancient Greeks.
Sculpture in Primary School
Sculpture Project Inspired by Egyptian Wall Painting
This resource shares a project which explored mould making, casting and painting in the creation of a sculpture inspired by Egyptian wallpainting, in particular Nebamun hunting in the marshes, Nebamun’s tomb-chapel, which can be seen in the British Museum, London
The project can be adapted for use in KS 2 and 3, and can be used to accompany a study of Egyptian Art / Hieroglyphics.
Making a Pocket Gallery
This post shares an idea devised by Anne-Louise Quinton in which she enables children and teenagers to revisit the “ordinary” and resee it’s potential. The activity is a great way not only to inspire children as artists and curators, but also to introduce them to a whole range of concepts and vocabulary. It would be a great activity to use in a museum and gallery education context, as well as the classroom.
Fabulous Fish
Fabulous Fish was a Brilliant Makers workshop, for year four pupils, led by Sheila Ceccarelli, raising ocean awareness at Ridgefield Primary School, Cambridge.
Wave Bowls
In this session children make ‘wave bowls’ with Paula Briggs – a session where the pieces literally ‘come together’.
Ink & Foamboard Architecture
Inspired by “Amphis” by Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser at Wysing Arts Centre, this post shares how the children went on to make architectural models based upon their exploration with Paula Briggs.
Under the Ocean Mirrors
This was an afternoon session for year four pupils at Ridgefield Primary School, Cambridge, and part of AccessArt’s Brilliant Makers Club, a campaign supporting and championing making experiences in schools. By Sheila Ceccarelli
Making Shells
This was an afternoon session for year four pupils at Ridgefield Primary School, Cambridge, and part of AccessArt’s Brilliant Makers Club, a campaign supporting and championing making experiences in schools. This session was aimed at children who love making, and was limited to eight pupils, to allow for a rich, and rewarding experience and plenty of time to play with, and explore materials.
Making Boats that Float Out of Everyday Materials
What Makes a Boat Float? This was an afternoon session for year four pupils at Ridgefield Primary School, Cambridge, and part of AccessArt’s Brilliant Makers Club, a campaign supporting and championing making experiences in schools. By Sheila Ceccarelli
Sculptural Constraints Workshop by Susie Olczak
This workshop, for students at AccessArt’s Experimental Drawing Class, looked at the idea of the constraints that might come up when creating a sculpture for a gallery or public space, and hoped to give a sense, that often the things that might initially hinder a project, can actually be a source of inspiration and good starting points for creativity.
Conquering SATs Stress with Seats
After two terms of sitting on the same blue chairs being taught (and taught very well!) the same curriculum, artist, Paula Briggs wanted to remind these year six children, that they were all individuals with different areas of skills and unique personalities and that they were all valued as such.
“Heart-Work” an Arts and Wellbeing Project for Young People
Arts and Minds: Time to Introduce Ourselves – A Sculpture Challenge Arts and Minds: A ‘Heart-Work’ Conversation Arts and Minds: Asemic Writing and Invented Text Feeling Through Drawing Drawing for Mindfulness Arts and Minds: Expressive Monoprinting on a Big Scale Constructing the World with Collage Building to the Limit Manipulating Clay with Water
Exploring Casting with Latex Animal Moulds
Paula Briggs describes how one of her first experiences of understanding the casting process was through the use of latex moulds and fine casting plaster (plaster of Paris) and how exciting it was to reveal the plaster forms!
Drawing Into Space with Melissa Pierce Murray
In this session, artist Melissa Pierce Murray invited students to create three-dimensional drawings from tape, string and paper, using the entire room as our canvas.
World in a Matchbox
Children love working on a miniature scale where they can create worlds which they can control and oversee. AccessArt and Mencap have devised the “World in a Box” activity to enable children plenty of creative freedom resulting in fantastic autobiographical artwork.
Making Finger Puppets
AccessArt and Mencap have got three great ways for you to make finger puppets depending on your time or level of expertise. Starting with a simple print, colour, cut and stick and moving on to a full blown sculptural version, we hope you are inspired to make some puppets and possibly put on a show!
Drawing with Objects by Melissa Pierce Murray
Teenagers explore ideas of placement with artist Melissa P Murray by arranging or assembling objects to make compositions or maquettes.
Visual Arts Planning: Exploring Line
Continuous Line Drawings (Squiggle Drawings) of Sticks A great warm-up exercise for all ages – whatever their level of experience, continuous line drawings are a very useful way to get children (and adults) to tune into their subject matter and quieten ready for drawing. Drawing hands Another warm-up exercise that can be done anywhere! Drawing […]
Making Paper Masks for Carnival and Mardi Gras
Making a Carnival Mask with the help of an AccessArt Template.