On Thursday 19th March, we had a workshop with Manchester Art Gallery and were spoken to by one of the managers in the learning team. Manchester Art Gallery has a learning team with the manager sitting with the other senior managers. As a result the learning, engaging and giving skills is considered very important. There is a diverse learning team which covers schools, families, community project, volunteer and health and wellbeing. At the present time, there are no adults learning team. It is funded by the arts council. The workshops they of help build skills and confidence and see creativity as important and how they can reverse the stigma. For example AQA recently tweeted "Schools, colleges and universities are fundamental to the success of creative industries.", "Applicants for creative subjects are increasing at a much higher rate than other subjects.", "Six principles for creative decision making - Structure, pattern, meaning, performance, human interaction, and practice. We want these six concepts to give coherence to animate the whole curriculum.". From these quotes we are able to tell that Art is starting to have the stigma changed.
The lady who we were given the talk by was the School Manager. Her job is to engage with the adults in the schools to convince them to come to art galleries. The sessions run with the school curriculum and you can book the sessions. Schools can apply to be put in Artsmark which is the "Arts Council England’s flagship programme to enable schools and other organisations to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their arts and cultural provision", schools apply for this and it helps fund the arts. Manchester Art Gallery will help with this and by doing this, it is helping to connect learning the school with the Art world.
We then went through a number of activities with her. The first activity was to choose and answer and move to the side of the room with the chosen choice. The reason for doing this activity was to bring energy, engaging and expressing an opinion without having to say something. After reflecting on this game, I thought it may be something that we could use when teaching the workshop in order to quickly get the children focused.
The second activity was to follow on a line on the painting and looking at the light and dark. We were then asked to look at the painting and see what you see beyond it. The reason we did this activity next was to change the pace, bring it down and as a result, it allows them to have their moment and create their own thoughts. It also gets them to actually look and take in the painting. It is another good activity, as if they do not think they are of the creative mindset, then this helps them get into the "creative mindset".
Carrying on from the last activity, we were asked to draw what we saw beyond the painting and then one of was to move around the room and explain our painting. What I found from this activity is that it engaged you with other people in the room, but you also learnt how to explain your thoughts of the work and draw your ideas.
We spoke about what makes a good workshop as apposed as a bad workshop. She mentioned to not over push your group, rather have a few good activities rather than lots. It allows them to engage in the work. Going with this, is to have good organisation. It allows you to run things smoothly and not panic. In terms of group activities, it is important to have individual and group work. It is also good to start with a group activity as it allows everyone to bounce ideas, take away the fear from people and everyone is involved. It is also important to have a quick pace as it takes away pressure and gets the rubbish out.
We then went through a number of activities with her. The first activity was to choose and answer and move to the side of the room with the chosen choice. The reason for doing this activity was to bring energy, engaging and expressing an opinion without having to say something. After reflecting on this game, I thought it may be something that we could use when teaching the workshop in order to quickly get the children focused.
The second activity was to follow on a line on the painting and looking at the light and dark. We were then asked to look at the painting and see what you see beyond it. The reason we did this activity next was to change the pace, bring it down and as a result, it allows them to have their moment and create their own thoughts. It also gets them to actually look and take in the painting. It is another good activity, as if they do not think they are of the creative mindset, then this helps them get into the "creative mindset".
Carrying on from the last activity, we were asked to draw what we saw beyond the painting and then one of was to move around the room and explain our painting. What I found from this activity is that it engaged you with other people in the room, but you also learnt how to explain your thoughts of the work and draw your ideas.
We spoke about what makes a good workshop as apposed as a bad workshop. She mentioned to not over push your group, rather have a few good activities rather than lots. It allows them to engage in the work. Going with this, is to have good organisation. It allows you to run things smoothly and not panic. In terms of group activities, it is important to have individual and group work. It is also good to start with a group activity as it allows everyone to bounce ideas, take away the fear from people and everyone is involved. It is also important to have a quick pace as it takes away pressure and gets the rubbish out.
Photos from the event
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