Ysgol
Tirdeunaw's Tenth Birthday
Large format
digital print
The
Big Draw
Pontarddulais
Comprehensive
Theatr
Na N'Og
Big Bad Wolf
Take
One Picture
Work based on Caneletto
Welsh
National Opera
Hansel and Gretel
"I
Arrived a Stranger"
The Josef Herman Residency
Penrhos Primary School & Townhill Community School
21st March - 15th April
Private View
for schools - 10.00am Wednesday 23 March 2005
Private View
to be opened by Hywel Francis MP - 3pm 26th March 2005
Josef Herman
emigré artist and his contemporaries
Gallery Talk by Peter Wakelin
7.00pm Thursday 7 April
Mission Gallery
Gloucester Place
Maritime Quarter
Swansea
SA1 1TY
Tel 01792
652016
open daily
11-5
admission free
YGG
Brynymor have won the Josef Herman Award
2005 and will work with artist Keith Bayliss
in the summer term.
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Sculpture
by the Sea / Cerflun ar lan y Mor Environmental Art Project
The project
will involve school children in two parts of Wales exploring and
observing different local environments and interpreting each place
in a creative way. The focus will be on the four seasons, involving
a visit to a natural place for local children in Spring, Summer,
Autumn and Winter. They will investigate and record natural aspects
there such as wildlife, plants and views with drawings, paintings
and photography. From this documentation, they will create site
specific sculpture and interpretative signs for the special place,
plus other types of artwork from natural materials for display
in their schools and public places. Each year of the project will
involve primary schools who will work with a team of artists at
the chosen sites and in their schools in two parts of Wales –
West Glamorgan and West Wales Counties Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.
For the first year, Mumbles Local Nature Reserve in Swansea and
Colby Gardens at the Amroth Reserve will be used. Primary Schools
in each area, close to the reserves, will take part with a total
of five artist days each – one day on reserve 'walkabout'
for observation and study and four further days for development
and creation (in school and/or on reserve). The project will be
suitable for both Keystage 1 and 2 children. One class of up to
30 children will be able to take part in each artist session.
Special needs and disabled children will be included in this project
and both sites in Swanseaand in Pembrokeshire have all ability
tracks and disabled access.
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YOUNG FRIENDS
OF THE GLYNN VIVIAN
Angela Maddock Workshops
ANGELS
Young children
and their families attended a Christmas workshop with artist Angela
Maddock. Working with stitch, felt, beads, buttons, silver wire
and baubles, the children and grown-ups produced an exciting range
of decorations and gifts for Christmas.
Angela
runs a range of workshops during the year. For further details
contact John Upton at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Tel: 01792
516909
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"Adventures
in the Real World"
Venue - Dylan Thomas Centre
Date and time - 7th and 8th October
Participants: writers, publishers, teachers, librarians, readers.
Description of event
A conference hosted by the Wordplay festival to celebrate and
explore non-fiction writing for young people in the 21st century.
Confirmed speakers include Michael Morpurgo, Simon Singh, Philip
Ardagh, Stewart Ross
Conference Dinner Friday 7th night keynote speaker - Michael Morpurgo.
Full details
available from April 2005 from Derek
Cobley
Media sponsor - Times Educational Supplement
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"Wordplay
Festival"
Venue - Dylan Thomas Centre and libraries
Date and time 3rd to 8th October
Participants: young people, teachers, librarians, readers, writers,
publishers
Description of event
A week of events with nearly 50 writers and illustrators including
an exhibition celebrating the amazing original illustrations from
Walker Books 25 years of publishing. This is the eleventh year
of the festival that last year broke all records. A week of stories,
poems, pictures laughter and fun.
Further details by June but writers coming include - Celia Rees,
David Almond, Nicola Davies, Vivian French.
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WRITER
IN RESIDENCE 2005
Background
A Partnership:
City and County of Swansea – Arts in Education
Step a Head Centre
Primary Education Centre – KS2
Writers:
Sharon Phillippo
Anita Flowers
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To introduce the process of creative writing to the workshop participants
- To increase access to creative writing and literature to the
workshop participants
- To work with two writers
- To make evaluation a key element of the project, to share lessons
learnt and help develop good practice
- To develop a positive and inclusive relationship with the host
staff, and to inspire them to continue the creative work after
the project has ceased
- To empower the workshop participants with a sense of achievement
- To instil in the participants an enthusiasm for writing
- To have a positive end result for the workshop participants
in the form of an anthology or some other end product which they
themselves have chosen
The
Primary Education Centre Anthology
Here are poems that have been written by the young writers at
the Primary Education Centre
The
Impending Storm
The
sea comes in like a playful boy
wanting to find someone to play with.
There is no-one there, so he runs back home,
and then comes in again!
The
sea’s wave roars like a tiger.
He shoots through the open gate
and goes back to a closed one.
Instead he slowly slithers
across the rocks to home.
The
rocks are shaped like happy faces,
and smile at people playing in the sand.
The
wind blows hard on the sea
like a ferocious sea-monster.
The sea tries to throw it off his back,
and the sharks swim far away.
The
speedboat is fast like a cheetah.
When the tide is high he runs fast.
When it is low he goes slow,
because he’s hunting – hunting for deer.
The
raft out there is like a flatfish
moving slowly to home - a lighthouse in the sea -
it’s hot and the sea glistens.
The
rain comes like a tornado,
ready to destroy everything in its path.
He soaks everyone instead
and comes back laughing.
Now
the sea looks like sparkly glitter,
like a jellyfish swimming around the ocean -
a sea of electric tentacles.
The
sun is glistening through the sparkly sea.
It’s a big fireball ready to explode,
and it reflects like a mirror.
Sammy,
Antony, Jordan, Grant, Daniel, Tristan, Callum, Mrs Evans &
Sharon
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If I were . . .
If I were the sea I would come in if people wrecked the beach.
I‘d try my best to get them off, but if I couldn’t
the first time,
I’d sadly come back and keep on trying.
If I were
the rocks on the beach I would
let myself drift into the sea
so I could explore its depths.
If I were
a seagull I would fly to England,
where the beaches are packed and
I could visit my Nan.
If I were
the sand I would
be scared of the stamping feet
and the smell of the fish
all over my body.
If I were
a rock-pool I would
evaporate myself,
so I could explore the sky.
If I were
the seaweed I would be
as green and as wet as dogfish.
I’d sit down all day long in rock-pools.
If I were
the blue sky I would
travel the world,
never allowing it to rain.
Sammy, Antony, Jordan, Grant, Daniel, Tristan, Callum, Mrs Evans
& Sharon
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The
Seaside
I
love the tingling sea with people dancing,
and its light blue colour – the colour of my pop.
I love to swim in its warm blues and pinks and yellows,
and I love how it sparkles like diamonds – glittering, shining.
I
love the way the sea slithers through the open view
and the way I see electric shocks scatter on its surface when
it’s hot.
I
love the lighthouse in the distance that looks like golden treasure
and the different colours of the fish beneath the water.
I
love the sand, hot on my feet,
soft like a cushion, the warm stones
when they’ve been in the sun,
and the rocks when they sparkle
like salt on the sand.
I
love the water-fights we have in the summer,
the sound of the waves when I close my eyes,
and the boats that float on its surface.
I
love the feel of a bumpy shell.
There’s another world inside –
another world full of adventures.
Grant,
Craig, Damien, Callam, Jordan Davies, Jordan Butler, Mrs Phillips
& Sharon
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West Cross
I can see boats having a ride on the sea,
and the lighthouse on a mountain, close to a park.
I see the sun shining like a golden plate,
and a family walking beneath, to a café for a read.
In the café you can eat nice food,
by the water, on a pier.
Beside this, I can see the bridge
that takes the lifeboats to the sea.
I can hear the wind whistling like an owl –
twit towoo, twit towoo,
a jet that sounds like the opening of a bottle of lager,
leaves rattling, and cars speeding past,
and footsteps and voices on the track heading to the Mumbles.
I hear a lone seagull hunting for worms in the sand.
I
smell the café – it’s lovely.
The smell of food is coming from everywhere.
I smell salt from the sand – it makes me sneeze,
and I smell the burning from the factories in Port Talbot.
I smell a cold coming on.
I
see Swansea in all its glory,
and all around me – the beach, the boats.
and a yellow crane that looks like a giraffe.
I see a boat shaped like an ice-cream cornet,
and across the sea, in Port Talbot,
a factory like a dinosaur.
Grant,
Craig, Damien, Callam, Jordan Davies, Jordan Butler, Mrs Phillips
& Sharon
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M.A.S.T.
Making Art
in the Summer Time
Making
Art in the Summer Time was part of the City & County of Swansea,
Skool's Out summer programme. The art workshops were held from
2nd ? 13th August 2005, at Swansea Museum. Funding from the National
Galleries and Museums of Wales 'On Common Ground' project made
the activity possible.
During
the conceptual arts two week course the young people explored
ideas communicating the docklands environment. Collecting materials
and collaborating the students produced Installation Art using
found objects and string, activating space, creating 'site?specific'
Sculpture and Video Art.
Many
thanks to Swansea Museum for hosting the project and a special
thank you to the Artists who delivered the workshops and inspired
the young people:
Lynne
Bebb
David Marchant
Leigh?Anne Treadwell
Leila Bebb
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SAND
Workshops
SAND
WORKSHOPS AND PARTY BOOKING FORM
Swansea
is '3D Heaven' Benoit Guerville, Computer Arts magazine
This
year at SAND, we are again holding fantastic professional workshops
in
character and content development, design software and scriptwriting
at
affordable prices.
Attended
by leaders in the games and animation industry (e.g. Codemasters
Software Company and Sony), the SAND workshops are not to be missed!
Whether
you are new to animation and games development, or a long standing
veteran, you will find these sessions worthwhile!
We
welcome back Ed Hooks <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>
from Chicago, with his revised 'Acting for Animators'
<http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>
workshop, Rick Villeneuve
<http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>
(animation creator and
director) with a new class on character creation, Binda Singh
<http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>
(film director,
scriptwriter and radio personality) with his comprehensive class
on
scriptwriting and our Institute's own John Hill
<http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>
who will be running a new
introductory workshop for 'Flash' animation software.
Due
to the help of our many sponsors, we are still able to bring you
the
SAND Workshops at a ridiculously low price - £70 + VAT for
a full day with
Ed Hooks or £40 for a half day with Rick Villeneuve, Binda
Singh and John
Hill. (Concessions available)
Book
for your workshop now.
SAND
WORKSHOPS AND PARTY BOOKING FORM
Here's
what just one of our previous delegates said last year ....
"Without
doubt the best event for me was the workshop "Acting for
Animators"
by Ed Hooks. This was engaging, informative, thought provoking
and more
relevant than I could have anticipated ... I felt that the price
was very
reasonable [affordable for me as a sole trader] and that I got
full value
for money."
Chris
Terrell, CEO CT Learning & Development
To
see the rest of this five day CG extravaganza, bringing together
some of
the world's leaders in computer games, SFX, CG animated film,
medical
visualisation and automotive design, please go to www.sand.org.uk
<http://www.sand.org.uk>
'Simply
one of the best and most valuable animation conferences I have
ever
attended.' Ed Hooks - actor and animation guru - Chicago 2004
SAND
2005 at a glance is:
Tues 22 Nov SAND Business <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/business.htm>
Wed 23 Nov SAND Science <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/science.htm>,
SAND Workshops <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>,
screening
'Appleseed' <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/screenings.htm>
Thurs 24 Nov SAND Games <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/games.htm>,
SAND
Party <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/party.htm>,
screening 'Perfect
Blue' <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/screenings.htm>
Fri 25 Nov SAND Film <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/film.htm>,
screening 'Spriggan' <http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/screenings.htm>
Sat 26 Nov SAND Screenings
<http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/screenings.htm>
& SAND Workshops
<http://www.sand.org.uk/2005/direct/workshops.htm>
Described by Digital Creative Arts as 'a hotbed for digital talent'
we are
confident that you will enjoy SAND 2005 and warmly welcome you
to Swansea
for another amazing and insightful experience in digital visualisation.
Contact
Us
Email: sand@sihe.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1792 481194
Fax: +44 (0) 1792 481158
Hope to see you soon in Swansea
The SAND Team
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