Bruton Primary Art Gallery
Cuckoo Class have been focusing on the artist DY Begay. We have studied her work and discussed the earthy colours she used to complete her weaving. We then had a go at creating our our sun weavings. We had to weave the wool around the cardboard and then weave some sun rays through the wool. Look at some of our wonderful creations!
LKS2 had a visit from Magic Lantern Workshops (who focus on Art History in Primary Schools). The focus was on Forces and Motion (which linked to their Quest) and the children noticed lots of movement in paintings throughout time - from boats being rowed in the 1600s to abstract American paintings referencing rockets. Lots of wonderful observations and discussions were had.
Reception made some drip paint art, inspired by Jackson Pollock's work.
Evan created a beautiful collage inspired by the fishpond at The Newt - he tore up images from old children's books and then stuck them down to create a bright and colourful collage.
The whole school has visited Hauser and Wirth to see and respond to the Nikki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely exhibition. They took part in lots of drawing activities and learned about where these artists took their inspiration and how they worked collaboratively together. Each class followed up on their experience by creating artists pages in their sketch books.
Year One took part in the Big Draw Festival at Hauser and Wirth. They explored the current exhibition and responded it with both drawings and writing based on their emotions.
