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General Art Education Residencies in Schools Community Education Projects Artists 2U Programme Engaging in the Arts Tertiary Happenings
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Making art in special schools Nora West at Rosehill School, Papakura.
Art All # 77 \| Artist in Residence What does having an Artist in Residence at a High school involve: A conversation between Jude Wood HOD Art at Howick College, Zarahn Southon Artist in Residence at Howick 2004 and Branwen Lorigan National Secondary Schools Arts Coordinator : Visual Arts.
Art All # 81 \| Another successful project Artist Philip Butler has recently completed a mural project at Henderson High School. Branwen Lorigan, National Secondary School's Arts Coordinator, visited Henderson High School and spoke to Art Coordinator, Sue Miller, Art HOD, Gabrielle Sinton and Year 10 Students.
Art All # 83 \| Making Murals Work - Part Two The collaborative approach, between artist in resident Doug Ford and Aorere High School students, has not only ensured the making of impressive murals that clearly represent the many cultures ...
Art All # 85 \| Arnold Aprill and partnerships The excerpts below have been selected from Aprill's presentation at the "Imagining New Partnerships: Artists, Schools and Communities", October 15, 2003, convened by: City of Melbourne in partnership with the Cultural Development Network, and reproduced with Arnold Aprill's kind permission.
Art All # 86 \| Real Art Roadshow Whilst attending the ANZAAE Arts Education Conference in Wellington this July, I went to a presentation given by the Real Art Roadshow....
Art All #88 \| The New Curriculum For students to see a purpose in their learning at school they need to be allowed and guided into making a personal connection with their subjects. From this standpoint they will be able to draw comparisons and apply their knowledge /understandings to their current and ongoing contexts. Without a personal connection there is little or no motivation for students to fully engage with study at school.
Art All #89 \| ...it didn't have the pressure of a classroom... 'We were learning in a different environment'' it didn't have the pressure of a classroom. Most people felt more comfortable.' Year 13, student TD, Trident High School, Whakatane.
Art All #90 \| Harnessing the power of the arts I have a predominantly right brain neurological style. There are many neurological styles of learning.
Mainland Pasifika It's been a while since I was last in the South Island and I enjoyed the opportunity I had recently, to touch base with the Mainland.
Artists in Schools Update We agree that the arts teach self-discipline, reinforce self-esteem, and foster the thinking skills and creativity required in a competitive and dynamic workplace.
Art All #73 \| A Conversation with Edith Sagapolu Artists in Schools update
Art Education
Residencies in Schools
Art All # 82 \| Making Murals work Doug Ford's 'Silhouettes of Trees' mural at the intersection of Manukau and Greenlane roads creates the illusion of a dense canopy of trees when in fact there are only three real trees in the space
Art All #85 \| Janet de Wagt, permanent Artist in Residence at Macandrew Intermediate School This residency is funded by the Artquest Trust Fund which started in 1991, when a group of prominent local artists, many with international reputations, donated works to be auctioned at the annual school fair, with the proceeds going towards the development of art programmes in the school.
Art All # 87 \| Artist in Residence, Andrea Low Panama Road Primary School Andrea Low's mural work with years two, three, four, five and six started out as a mural project for Panmure Community Centre initiated by Auckland City Council. It was Andrea's suggestion to involve the local primary school in the production of the mural that resulted in her six week residency at Panama Road Primary School.
Community Education Projects
Artists 2U programme
Art All # 78 \| School's Out Branwen Lorigan, National Secondary Schools arts Coordinator: Visual Arts, shares with us the motivation behind the 'Schools Out' Exhibition, Workshops and Artist Talks, at Papakura Art Gallery. Saturday July 29 - Friday August 18, 2006 Opening Saturday July 29, 3-5pm
Art All # 85 \| ANZAAE and Artists 2U The Art Educators, ANZAAE, conference, held in Wellington, July 1 - 5 2007, is a fitting subject to include in this artists in schools report.
Artists 2U Artists 2U presentation artists2U is a programme specifically tailored to local schools and community�s needs and brings local and national New Zealand and Pacific Island artists to one venue - a community gallery/museum. This project for schools, galleries and artists and includes an exhibition, workshops and artists talks. Students and teachers can access the artists� work at the exhibition and their expertise through the workshops and talks. Gallery manager Sandy Little-Johns Clark @ Papakura Community Gallery comments on the benefits of hosting such an event: o Using a gallery space such as Papakura brought artists and their work, which would usually be seen in the city, to city fringe and rural high school students. o Audience development - within the local community there were a lot of first time visitors to the gallery o I used our artists 2U programme to connect with an audience of Maori and Pacific Island youth, using visual arts as the medium, which in turn built on previous work the gallery had collaborated on with schools.� o The opportunity enabled high school students in the Franklin area to interact with artists and see that art can be a part of their lives outside as well inside the school community. o Media exposure: Local/National press/ National Art Magazine
Art All #91 \| Got it Sussed an artists2u programme for high school students that took place at Whakatane District Museum and Gallery Grand Theft Auto, Gilbert rugby balls, coloured tubular neon lights, media technologies, American popular culture, spray cans, stencils, T shirts, iron on transfers, graphic novels and comics that was Got it Sussed an artists2u programme for high school students that took place at Whakatane District Museum and Gallery in June.
Engaging in the Arts
Tertiary Happenings
Art All #94 \| WHERE TO FROM HERE? THINKING AHEAD After the excitement and stress of the end of year graduate shows recedes into oblivion, the questions uppermost in many new graduates minds are, 'Okay so that's over, now what? Where to from here?' As the American writer Saul Bellow quipped in The Rain King, 'reality comes in blows.' And in the case of many new graduates, there's the real blow of being saddled with a hefty student loan!
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General Art Education Residencies in Schools Community Education Projects Artists 2U Programme Engaging in the Arts Tertiary Happenings
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Making art in special schools Nora West at Rosehill School, Papakura.
Art All # 77 \| Artist in Residence What does having an Artist in Residence at a High school involve: A conversation between Jude Wood HOD Art at Howick College, Zarahn Southon Artist in Residence at Howick 2004 and Branwen Lorigan National Secondary Schools Arts Coordinator : Visual Arts.
Art All # 81 \| Another successful project Artist Philip Butler has recently completed a mural project at Henderson High School. Branwen Lorigan, National Secondary School's Arts Coordinator, visited Henderson High School and spoke to Art Coordinator, Sue Miller, Art HOD, Gabrielle Sinton and Year 10 Students.
Art All # 83 \| Making Murals Work - Part Two The collaborative approach, between artist in resident Doug Ford and Aorere High School students, has not only ensured the making of impressive murals that clearly represent the many cultures ...
Art All # 85 \| Arnold Aprill and partnerships The excerpts below have been selected from Aprill's presentation at the "Imagining New Partnerships: Artists, Schools and Communities", October 15, 2003, convened by: City of Melbourne in partnership with the Cultural Development Network, and reproduced with Arnold Aprill's kind permission.
Art All # 86 \| Real Art Roadshow Whilst attending the ANZAAE Arts Education Conference in Wellington this July, I went to a presentation given by the Real Art Roadshow....
Art All #88 \| The New Curriculum For students to see a purpose in their learning at school they need to be allowed and guided into making a personal connection with their subjects. From this standpoint they will be able to draw comparisons and apply their knowledge /understandings to their current and ongoing contexts. Without a personal connection there is little or no motivation for students to fully engage with study at school.
Art All #89 \| ...it didn't have the pressure of a classroom... 'We were learning in a different environment'' it didn't have the pressure of a classroom. Most people felt more comfortable.' Year 13, student TD, Trident High School, Whakatane.
Art All #90 \| Harnessing the power of the arts I have a predominantly right brain neurological style. There are many neurological styles of learning.
Mainland Pasifika It's been a while since I was last in the South Island and I enjoyed the opportunity I had recently, to touch base with the Mainland.
Artists in Schools Update We agree that the arts teach self-discipline, reinforce self-esteem, and foster the thinking skills and creativity required in a competitive and dynamic workplace.
Art All #73 \| A Conversation with Edith Sagapolu Artists in Schools update
Art Education
Residencies in Schools
Art All # 82 \| Making Murals work Doug Ford's 'Silhouettes of Trees' mural at the intersection of Manukau and Greenlane roads creates the illusion of a dense canopy of trees when in fact there are only three real trees in the space
Art All #85 \| Janet de Wagt, permanent Artist in Residence at Macandrew Intermediate School This residency is funded by the Artquest Trust Fund which started in 1991, when a group of prominent local artists, many with international reputations, donated works to be auctioned at the annual school fair, with the proceeds going towards the development of art programmes in the school.
Art All # 87 \| Artist in Residence, Andrea Low Panama Road Primary School Andrea Low's mural work with years two, three, four, five and six started out as a mural project for Panmure Community Centre initiated by Auckland City Council. It was Andrea's suggestion to involve the local primary school in the production of the mural that resulted in her six week residency at Panama Road Primary School.
Community Education Projects
Artists 2U programme
Art All # 78 \| School's Out Branwen Lorigan, National Secondary Schools arts Coordinator: Visual Arts, shares with us the motivation behind the 'Schools Out' Exhibition, Workshops and Artist Talks, at Papakura Art Gallery. Saturday July 29 - Friday August 18, 2006 Opening Saturday July 29, 3-5pm
Art All # 85 \| ANZAAE and Artists 2U The Art Educators, ANZAAE, conference, held in Wellington, July 1 - 5 2007, is a fitting subject to include in this artists in schools report.
Artists 2U Artists 2U presentation artists2U is a programme specifically tailored to local schools and community�s needs and brings local and national New Zealand and Pacific Island artists to one venue - a community gallery/museum. This project for schools, galleries and artists and includes an exhibition, workshops and artists talks. Students and teachers can access the artists� work at the exhibition and their expertise through the workshops and talks. Gallery manager Sandy Little-Johns Clark @ Papakura Community Gallery comments on the benefits of hosting such an event: o Using a gallery space such as Papakura brought artists and their work, which would usually be seen in the city, to city fringe and rural high school students. o Audience development - within the local community there were a lot of first time visitors to the gallery o I used our artists 2U programme to connect with an audience of Maori and Pacific Island youth, using visual arts as the medium, which in turn built on previous work the gallery had collaborated on with schools.� o The opportunity enabled high school students in the Franklin area to interact with artists and see that art can be a part of their lives outside as well inside the school community. o Media exposure: Local/National press/ National Art Magazine
Art All #91 \| Got it Sussed an artists2u programme for high school students that took place at Whakatane District Museum and Gallery Grand Theft Auto, Gilbert rugby balls, coloured tubular neon lights, media technologies, American popular culture, spray cans, stencils, T shirts, iron on transfers, graphic novels and comics that was Got it Sussed an artists2u programme for high school students that took place at Whakatane District Museum and Gallery in June.
Engaging in the Arts
Tertiary Happenings
Art All #94 \| WHERE TO FROM HERE? THINKING AHEAD After the excitement and stress of the end of year graduate shows recedes into oblivion, the questions uppermost in many new graduates minds are, 'Okay so that's over, now what? Where to from here?' As the American writer Saul Bellow quipped in The Rain King, 'reality comes in blows.' And in the case of many new graduates, there's the real blow of being saddled with a hefty student loan!
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RESOURCE CENTRAL

Education and Professional Development

General

Art Education

Residencies in Schools

Community Education Projects

Artists 2U programme

Engaging in the Arts

Tertiary Happenings

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