Beginning the Arts Award Silver - Took Part in an Exhibition

Oasis Academy Media City Pupils Take Part in an  Exhibition at Eccles Community Art Gallery from 18 June until 9 July, 2016, Eccles Town Centre, Greater Manchester.

Four of the original pupils who took part in the workshops run by the artists/tutors during the Autumn Term of 2015,  have been working towards an exhibition of their own in a local community gallery.The workshops offered to a dozen pupils were inspired by some of the ordinary objects from the Exhibition "Out of the Ordinary" of Colin Rodney Burrows' paintings,

The remaining pupils have been developing their painting techniques during the Spring and Summer Terms this year, and, as part of the Silver Arts Award, they have worked together to arrange an exhibition for themselves of their current art work.

Olivia Mankondo, may have been inspired by the Egyptian history of beadmaking when she decided to paint a portrait of an Egyptian Princess.  Tim Broughton, not content with merely showing the pupils how to make beads, was determined to explain the history of jewelry and other artifacts, crafted by the Egyptians.  He even brought in a piece of ancient pottery which had been excavated by his daughter in the North West of England.
















Yoelle Lalaye took a bold approach and decided to paint an impressive snake entwining a female figure on a large. canvas.  Her first inspiration was a reference to evil battling good,  however the title was changed to "Trapped Mankind".  Yoelle obviously took note of the painting workshops, whereby attention was given to the importance of interesting backgrounds, and she has spent many hours painting the individual scales on the snake.


                                                                         



Fanni Jori also paid particular attention to her rainbow-coloured background on the painting below,  Her painting was inspired by her feelings of happiness and the fact that she loves butterflies.  They are so beautifully painted, that she was encouraged to name the painting "The Beautyflies".






Destiny Jones is a member of the team which arranged the exhibition, although she has been busy with prior commitments and was unable to undertake much painting.  She is represented in the exhibition by one of her best works from a previous workshop,  This work features an image of a pendant or a brooch, made by working on several different coloured layers of felt, which have been sewn together and a design drawn on the top black layer of felt, and stiched around the outlines.  The felt has been cut away to reveal the image in all its glory!

                                                                   


A Poster to advertise the pupils' participation in the Exhibition was devised by the whole team and displayed around the school.

Out of the Ordinary - An Arts Award Bronze Course in Clay Bead-making with Tim Broughton

A Course in Clay Bead-making contd.

Tim Broughton, the tutor,  is a jeweler who has been in the trade for 45 years and who now works from a studio in Swinton, Greater Manchester,as well as teaching courses in jewelry and delivering workshops in clay.  A graduate of the University of Salford, Tim also has an active interest in archaeology and antiques.

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Each pupil had a different idea of how to colour their beads.  A set of ceramic paints was provided, as well as cocktail sticks on which to place the beads while they were being painted.  They could then be stuck into some clay, as a support, whilst the paint dried.

Some of the pupils chose to paint the beads with a small paintbrush, although another had the idea of pouring a selection of coloured paint onto some clean water in a small pot.  She then dipped the beads into the the water, with the aid of cocktail sticks, or wire could be used,  and collected paint from the surface, producing a marbled effect.  A variety of paint effects was achieved by their experiments.

Some of the students decided to use the negative spaces and make medallions.

The beads were threaded onto copper wire in the first instance to form a bangle .








Серебристый и медные браслеты.

Then each pupil was measured for a silver bangle and it was recommended that fewer beads were threaded onto the silver in order to show off the precious metal.

The ends of the bangle were formed into a loop using round nose pliers.

Out of the Ordinary - An Arts Award Bronze Course in Printmaking Techniques.- Tutor Roisin Keown

Printmaking Techniques Course - Supported by the Arts Council
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Following on from the painting techniques course,. the selected year 9 and 10 pupils (ages 13-15) at Oasis Academy, King William Street in Salford, were offered this printmaking techniques course by Roisin Keown.

Roisin Keown is a recent graduate of Manchester Metropolitan School of Art, who specialises in painting.. She makes gigantic paintings using a technique, which consists of painting stretched calico with an oil-based primer, so that the surface is extremely smooth, and she allows it to dry thoroughly before use.  To make her paintings she uses a wide variety of scrapers, and tools to spread oil paint onto this smooth surface.  The effects which are realised are of the elements, the weather, storms, rivers, and clouds..
Truly breathtaking!

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Deutsch: Roisin Keown, Malerin, kommt aus Nordirland. Sie war Studentin in Manchester, und sie malt zuhause und lehrt auch an der Schule.

Im Jahre 2015 unternahmen12 Studentinnen einen Kurs von mehreren Arten der Kunst.  Das war etwas sehr anspruchsvoll  fuer solche Kinder und Jugendliche, da sie nach dem Schultag noch ein Paar Stunden weiter machen mussten.  Dies geschah ueber einen Zeitraum von zehn Wochen, fuer zwei Nachmittagen pro Woche.

Español: En 2015 las jovenes estudiantes de la Academia de Oasis en Salford, Manchester han participado en numerosas actividades artísticas apoyadas por el Consejo de las Artes de Inglaterra.

Français: De jeunes étudiantes de l'Académie d'Oasis à Salford ont travaillées dur pour parvenir à leurs Arts Award Bronze.

Polski:  Kurs został zaprojektowany z dwunastu młodych nastoletnich uczniów w umyśle. Każdego tygodnia będą 4 godziny kursów: wire rzeźby, malarstwa i proste drukowanie,, needlecraft , animowany/akcja rysunek rysunek i, wreszcie, jubilerstwo.

Twelve pupils were selected to take part in this project supported by the Arts Council, whereby five tutors delivered eight hours' tuition over a fortnight each.  The course was ten weeks in duration but the pupils also found that, in order to achieve the Arts Award, they would have to complete their portfolios, and include evidence of their experiences during the course.  

These printmaking sessions took place in the second week of Roisin Keown's teaching.

The pupils were shown a demonstration by Roisin of various printmaking techniques.  Poster paint was used, as this gives a similar effect to printing inks,  but dries a little quicker, so fast action is required.

Paint is rolled into a tray until well spread out. A piece of paper is placed onto the rolled paint and an image can be drawn with a pointed object, such as a pencil.  Pencil is a good choice as the image is unlikely to be duplicated if another image is required to be drawn on the same paper.  The pupils were drawing images of, amongst other things, ordinary objects, based on the exhibition Out of the Ordinary - Works by Colin Rodney Burrows.

Another method the pupils were shown was to draw images in the rolled paint and to lay a piece of paper on the top of the image and to apply even pressure with a roller. This is called monoprinting..

After being shown these methods, the pupils made numerous prints, not always adhering to the methods demonstrated, but also inventing some of their own.  They later used some of these prints as backgrounds for their drawings and entries in their portfolios, which are to be submitted for Arts Award Bronze.

Out of the Ordinary - A course in Painting Techniques for Backgrounds

Painting Techniques for Backgrounds - Tutor: Roisin Keown  - Week 3

Following on from the wire work course, and while the pupils' wire sculptures were on display at Eccles Community Art Gallery and also during the final week of the Out of the Ordinary exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Greater Manchester, UK,. the selected year 9 and 10 pupils (ages 13-15) at Oasis Academy, King William Street in Salford, were offered this painting techniques course by Roisin Keown.

Roisin Keown is a recent graduate of Manchester Metropolitan School of Art, who specialises in painting.. She makes gigantic paintings using a technique, which consists of painting stretched calico with an oil-based primer, so that the surface is extremely smooth and allows it to dry thoroughly.  To make her paintings she uses a wide variety of scrapers, and tools to spread oil paint onto this smooth surface.  The effects which are realised are of the elements, the weather, storms, rivers, and clouds..
Trulybreathtaking!

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Deutsch: Roisin Keown, Malerin, kommt aus Nordirland. Sie war Studentin in Manchester, und heutzutage malt und lehrt.

The painting techniques that Roisin showed us used pre-mixed acrylic paints of assorted colours, but thinned down even further with water, so that a fairly runny consistency was achieved.  The pupils were shown how to apply blobs of two or three selected colours onto a piece of paper and move it around in the air, to create their patterns.  This was executed enthusiastically by all the pupils and a wide variety and copious amount of work was done in a very short time.

The above was also printed with blue rings.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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Another technique was to dip one or two pieces of string in the same paint and to place the string between the folded paper (Roisin brought with her an assortment of papers) and then to weigh the paper down and trap the string inside by placing a heavy book on top of the folded piece of paper..  The pieces of string were then pulled out of the paper, leaving a symmetrical pattern on either side of the paper.

                                                                                           

                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

A different technique used watercolour paint on thicker paper.  A variety of materials were placed onto the wet colours to create different effects.  Materials used for this were rice, cling film and salt amongst others. The pupils were shown how to change a drawing of a cat from a naturalistic image to an abstract one, using these paint effects.  Roisin used some printmaking ideas in her final workshop.

Colin Rodney Burrows' "Out of the Ordinary" Posthumous Exhibition Ends 1st November, 2015

The exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, in Greater Manchester, UK, of Colin Rodney Burrows' Paintings of Ordinary Objects, together with his Family Portraits, Cartoons and Ephemera comes to an end this Sunday, 1st November, 2015.

This follows a summer of activities based on the theme of Ordinary Objects, including a course of six family workshops held in Salford Museum's School Room during the Creative Sundays slot. Children of all ages and their parents created objects made from pipe cleaners, illustrated giant postcards and made small postcards to take home, modeled seaside objects in air-hardening clay, drew funny spaceships based on ordinary objects decorated cut-out shoe cards and, finally, painted self-portraits on canvas.

 Within the Langworthy Gallery a space dedicated to the young was constructed and an outline of a house with empty rooms is now filled with drawings of household object which have been coloured in by the visitors.  On another wall is a space for original drawings of objects by the more adventurous child artists.

The widow and son of the artist, Colin Burrows, were present in the Exhibition space twice a week for eight weeks, drawing and painting objects which had been discovered by the Exhibitions Officer and her team.  Paintings by Robert James Burrows are now on show in the Langworthy Gallery alongside his father's work,as are paintings and sculpture by Jo Carlon, Lorna Fellas, Gerard Highland, Fiona Moate and Sean Caherty.

Continuing on from the theme of Ordinary Objects is a course which is running at the moment for twelve pupils from Oasis Academy, MediaCity UK,  This is an Arts Award Bronze course which is funded by the Arts Council England using National Lottery monies.

The schoolchildren are aged between 13 and 15 and are taking part in workshops using wire, paint, fabric, pen and ink/digital media, together with a variety of other 3D materials.  Work by Oasis Academy pupils is on display in the Langworthy Gallery and also in Eccles Community Art Gallery at present.  As more art work by the pupils is produced further displays will be on view at Oasis AcademyMediaCity UK, Eccles Community Art Gallery and the West One Foyer in Eccles.

 

"Out of the Ordinary" a new Exhibition of Colin Rodney Burrows' Paintings at Salford Museum and Art Gallery until 1 November, 2015

Colin Rodney Burrows lived and worked in Salford for most of his career as a lecturer at the University of Salford's Art & Design department. Shortly after joining the University Colin had a solo exhibition here at the gallery, so 40 years later it is fitting to have a posthumous exhibition.

The main theme of this exhibition is Colin's fascination with the ordinary and his attempt to elevate it in importance with his paintings and photography, by focusing on various elements such as increasing the scale, using everyday objects as the prime subject of a painting, incorporating household objects into a family portrait and, on occasion, being playful with the titles.

Shown alongside written memories of Colin, there will be artwork by ex-colleagues, former students and his son, Robert. This exhibition celebrates seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary with plenty of opportunities to have a go for all ages.

To complement the exhibition, Colin's widow and son, who are both artists in their own right, will be in the gallery every Tuesday and Friday throughout August and September doing painting and drawing demonstrations, with a chance to have a go at drawing yourself! View the event via our what's on for further information and dates.

'Out of the Ordinary' will be showing in the Langworthy Gallery at Salford Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday 18 July to Sunday 1 November 2015. 

Contact for further information, images, quotes etc:

Kellie Brown, Marketing Officer, 0161 778 0819, kellie.brown@scll.co.uk(link sends e-mail)
Amy Goodwin, Exhibitions Officer, 0161 778 0883, amy.goodwin@scll.co.uk(link sends e-mail)

Notes for the editor:

Salford Community Leisure provides sport, leisure and cultural services in the city. We manage a wide variety of facilities and activities across the eight neighbourhood areas within the city, including sport and leisure facilities, community centres, libraries, community use high schools, museums and the Music and Performing Arts Service.

Salford Museum and Art Gallery presents an exciting programme of permanent displays and changing contemporary exhibitions together with a range of events and activities guaranteed to inspire.

Ordsall Hall - Salford's Grade 1 listed Tudor manor house - was first recorded in 1177. Since then, it has been home to medieval gentry, Tudor nobility, Catholics loyal to the crown, butchers, farmers, an Earl, priests, scout troops, mill workers, cows and several ghosts!

Today, it is an engaging heritage site open to visitors 5 days a week throughout the year. Surrounded by landscaped grounds, it boasts hands on exhibitions, immersive rooms settings and a small cafe.

Jim's Scarf

Some of you know already that Jim Giles, an artist graduate from the University of Salford, UK, has been working on a knitting project for many months, together with numerous women and a few men from the Greater Manchester area.

The aim of the project was to knit a scarf long enough to wrap around his building, a historical residence for elderly people in Victoria Square, Ancoats in Manchester, as a big thank you for taking him in several years ago.

As the building is listed, the scarf, which consisted of almost 300 1.5 meter-long units, tied together with ribbons, could not be attached to the walls, so the plan was for the knitters to hold the massive scarf around the outside of it and pose for photographs! There was also to be a celebration in the form of a party.

Jim is in his early eighties and thought he would try to raise some money with this project for prostate cancer research www.prostatecanceruk.org/‎  He has already raised £100 for this great cause. Please mention Jim if you wish to donate.

After the event, I rang Jim and asked how it was all going.  Unfortunately, through being ill, I had not 'phoned him for a while and had missed the event.  It had all gone very well, apparently, and there are some photographs from the day, and a video is also being made.  Jim said that the scarves had now taken up residence in his flat, and in one spot, were as high as the ceiling!

I took it on myself to ring around some charities for the homeless to ask if they needed any scarves, which all but one did.  I have just rung Jim and found out that the bulk of the scarves have now been collected and will be distributed amongst the homeless people at Life.matters, riverside.org.uk and refugees boaztrust.org.uk/‎ in Manchester and I will be taking those knitted by my friends and myself to the Loaves and Fishes Project in Salford www.salfordloavesandfishes.co.uk/‎

Incidentally, I looked on the Lifeshare website, www.lifeshare.org.uk/‎ a charity for young homeless people, situated in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, which has taken some scarves, and they also have a great need for shoes and boots, socks, men's jackets and jeans, if anyone can spare them any clothing and live in Greater Manchester.

Please leave feedback with your email address if you wish to hear more about Jim's Project.
 
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