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Archive Project - Disability
Projects
Holton Lee Printmaking
Project
(ongoing)
The Workshop:
This project is based
around the concept of printmaking using the environs and artist’s
studios of Holton Lee over a 14 week period. Started in February
it aims to give students a better understanding of printmaking
and its processes through a number of styles including monoprinting
and collagraph. The work produced will be inspired by the natural
environment with found materials being sourced from the surrounding
woodland and heathland environment of Holton Lee. Run in conjunction
with Holton Lee and for students with disabilities from the Purbeck
and Brownsea care homes in the Bournemouth and Poole area the
project has proved to be a great success.
The Benefits:
The project aims to give
the students a practical experience of printmaking. The workshops
will not only give participants the technical skills required
to produce work but will give them opportunities to explore new
ways to conceptualise and express their creative ideas as well
as meeting others and interacting with a group.
The Outcome:
The final work produced
over the 14 weeks will be presented in an exhibition held in the
award winning contemporary exhibition space – Faith House – during
the spring.
Contact:
Suzanna James
Widening Participation
Officer
The Arts Institute
at Bournemouth
Wallisdown
Dorset
BH12 5HH
T: 01202 363208
E: shjames@aib.ac.uk
W: www.aib.ac.uk
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‘Crafty
Christmas’
14th
and 15th December ’04
The Workshop
A
two day Christmas workshop was held at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
involving 16 part icipants from Bournemouth Social Services.
Participants
were able to take part in making the following; Christmas Cards,
Christmas Crackers, Stockings, Christmas Tree Decorations and
Calendars.
Participants
worked to Christmas music which helped to create a festive ambience.
Outcomes:
All
work was collected together and displayed in a fantastic Christmas
home scene exhibition.
Stuart
Bartholomew, Principal at The Arts Institute awarded all
participants
with their certificates and photo holders which contained a picture
of everyone taking part in the workshops.
Everyone
really enjoyed themselves and went away with much work, some of
which was to be sold at a fundraiser that weekend.
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'Spring
Into Action'
6th
and 7th April 2004
The Workshop
A
two day Easter workshop was held at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
14 young disabled adults took part, This project was a collaboration
with Bournemouth Social Services.
The
participants took part in activities such as making Easter cards,
creating wall hangings, painting on a large canvas and making
and decorating paper mache Easter eggs.
Benefits:
The
participants were able to work in a creative environment, meeting
and working with new people.
It
was a break for the carers, and supplied them with new ideas to
take back with them.
There
was a wide range of materials the participants could use and these
were selected with the different disabilities in mind, such as
textured materials for a blind participant and large brushes with
tailored handles for people who find holding things difficult.
Outcomes:
At
the end of the second day there was a small celebratory party
and exhibition, where friends and family could come and view the
work produced over the two days.
Each
participant was given a certificate and a photo of themselves
at the workshop. They also got to take the work they had produced
over the two days home with them.
A
booklet was created for the carers, specifically for the workshop,
filled with ideas of art based activities and information on how
to achieve what they had created with the Spring Into Action Workshop,
should they want to continue at home.
The
two days were a great success and everyone enjoyed themselves.
The atmosphere was relaxed and fun and all who took part wanted
to come back.
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‘Walking on Sunshine’
12th
July 2003
The Workshop
A
one day workshop inspired by the Summer. 12 Adults with severe
learning difficulties took part creating paper flowers, cards,
weaving and decorating pottery mugs. The idea of the workshops
was for the adults to experiment with different mediums and the
subjects not to be childish or patronising. Also to give a 'helping
hand' to the carers, giving them the opportunity to gain some
ideas on what to do outside of the workshop with the adults they
care for.
Benefits:
The
participants were able to work in a creative environment, meeting
and working with new people.
It
was a break for the carers, and supplied them with new ideas to
take back with them.
There
was a wide range of materials the participants could use and these
were selected with the different disabilities in mind, such as
textured materials for a blind participant and large brushes with
tailored handles for people who find holding things difficult.
Outcomes:
This
workshop was the first of its kind at The Arts Institute and because
of its success meant that a successful collaboration was formed
and that workshops of this kind would continue.
Each
participant was given a certificate and a photo of themselves
at the workshop.
All
the work was exhibited, a small party and handing out of certificates
was also carried out at the end of the day.
An
information Booklet was created for the carers, specifically of
ideas from the workshop, filled with art based activities and
information on how to achieve what they had created with the Walking
on Sunshine Workshop, should they want to continue at home.
Poole
Pottery donated the mugs and special paints for the workshop.
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