2013
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Aimed at Primary School age group, but enquiries from Secondary school groups welcome.
Friday 21st June 2013
Marquee next to Arlington Village Hall, The Street, Arlington, Polegate, BN26 6RS
We are running 2 workshops suitable for primary school aged children, maximum of 30 students per class accompanied by a teacher and assistant/s. Fees are £3 per workshop per child, including materials (no charge for accompanying adults) payable to the workshop tutors. [News: Thanks to our sponsors, Albany Homes Southern we can offer 30 places at each workshop for £1 per workshop. Book early]
Children and accompanying adults are welcome to visit the Art Show in Arlington Village Hall from 10 am to 3pm on Friday 21st June and can book a free guided tour with one of the stewards. Free entry.
There are toilet facilities in the village hall. Space in the marquee and field is available for picnics.
The marquee is a traditional 90 x 30ft canvas marquee with central wooden poles and erected with ropes and metal stakes. The marquee will be in place one week before the event for last minute health and safety site visits. An appointment can be made in advance for a site visit to the village hall and the field.
There will be some painting materials on site if children wish to bring art sketch-books to create work inspired by the art show. They can either work in the field or can use the marquee after 1pm when the workshops have finished.
Mime Workshop
10 am - 11am
The Mime workshop will
be run by Anna O'Neill and will give the participants a simple break down of
how to 'Moonwalk' and how to 'Body Pop' by explaining the six basic principles
involved in Mime.
Anna O'Neill has 10 years experience in Mime and Movement, having trained with the Oscar Mime Company in Dublin in Sandymount during the 80's and is a graduate from the Gaiety School of Acting. She has three degrees in Drama and Theatre, Screenwriting and Art and has taught Mime and Theatre skills to children in the inner city in Dublin between 2004 and 2005.She has worked as a free lance choreographer in Dublin and also taught 'Drama and Thinking' as a part time course in the early 90's at St Gerard's School Bray, Co. Wicklow. She has taught literacy, Computer skills to Adults on a professional and voluntary basis in the UK and in Ireland. Most recently teaching elderly students, computer skills at the House of Friendship in Lewes.
Create a Manga Scroll
11.30am - 12.30pm
First appearing hundreds of years ago in Japan, Manga scrolls were the very first comic strips the world had ever seen. They told stories and tales without the use of words, relying purely on the use of images and symbols to get messages across to the reader.You are invited to create your own Manga scroll with Andy Willard, a local cartoonist/illustrator who has worked on a variety of comics and comic books, many of which with schools and youth groups. Your scroll will feature characters that you have invented, getting up to whatever adventures you can dream up. The scroll itself could end up being very big indeed, and can displayed in your school for all to see.
There'll be a brief warm-up exercise to begin the session, just to get you good and ready to get drawing, then the scroll creation will start. The word 'Manga' originally means 'rush' or 'done quickly', and your challenge will be how much you can get done in the session.
This lively workshop provides great opportunities for young people to explore techniques, use their imaginations, work together as teams or in small groups and invariably results in some impactive and highly original artwork.
Andy Willard is a professional illustrator and graphic designer and works with many outreach art projects including workshops for the Towner in Eastbourne.
