My
Square Mile - 2005 / 06
Art in the Built Environment
"I
Arrived a Stranger"
The Joseph Herman Residency
Residencies
2004
"Musical
Landscapes"
Reports and samples
from the project with Peter Stacey at Crug Glas Special School, Summer
2004.
The
Big Draw
Fifty-five
Swansea primary schools have signed up for a week long BIG DRAW and
a team of some of the City’s best artists will be on hand to
help them prove that Swansea can pull out the stops to get as many
people as possible drawing. This will include grown-ups as well as
children all proving that ‘drawing changes the world’.
This exciting project is part of a nation-wide campaign launched four
years ago to encourage everyone to draw. The Guild of St. George,
a small charity, initiated the campaign to show why drawing should
be valued more highly in education and everyday life, and to involve
everyone. Since the launch, it has brought together over a million
people at venues across the UK to discover that drawing aids observation,
communication and creativity and above all, is fun.
Take
One Picture
A National Gallery initiative undertaken by Brynhyfryd Junior School,
Clydach Junior School, Craig Cefn Parc Primary School and Tregwyr
Junior School.
Residencies
that took place during 2003
Waste on the Catwalk
‘Waste on the Catwalk’ was an innovative artist
in residence project that focused upon the creative use
of waste for fashion and textiles. This project is not included
on the Residencies in Action CD Rom.
A celebration of Ceri Richards’ 50th Anniversary
Welsh National Opera
Green Art
Gwyrosydd
Infants School 50th Anniversary
A celebration of Dylan Thomas 50th Anniversary
Writers’ taster residencies
Gowerton Green Art and Science project
Josef Herman Award
Residencies
in Action
Read the report
School
links
These
pages show some of the work that is illustrated on a multimedia,
interactive CD Rom produced by
Alastair Duncan with the pupils that participated in the residencies.
Introduction
Many
residencies across art forms have taken place each year in the City
and County of Swansea. Some are initiated by schools or artists, and
Summer Silver, Autumn Gold, that took place in Grange Primary, was
one such project. Other projects have been part of the County’s
three year Arts for All residency programme funded by the Arts Council
of Wales Lottery Division. The environmental art project that took
place in Bishopston Comprehensive and the music residency that took
place in Portmead Primary were both Arts for All residencies.
In addition the
county has developed a series of two-day “taster” residencies
to encourage greater participation in the programme. The two projects
from Pontlliw Primary were both “taster” residencies,
the Green Art project being for Key Stage 1 and the Josef Herman being
for Key Stage 2 children.
The children’s
involvement has been vital in the production of this CD. They have
been instrumental in sharing their own experiences and their skill,
hard work and enthusiasm is graphically documented.
Pontlliw
Primary School Green Art Residency with Sarah Holden
St.
Joseph's RC Primary School Literacy Residency with Phil Carradice
Bishopston
Comprehensive School David Nash Sculpture Residency
with David Marchant
Portmead
Primary School Samba Residency with
Adrian Wiggins and Sallie MacLellan
Grange
Primary School Green Art Residency with
Lynne Bebb, Keith Bayliss and Vivian French
NB
The Grange Primary residency was initiated by the school itself and
received lottery funding for this. The project is, however, included
on the
Residencies in Action CD Rom whic was initiated by the LEA and was
also received financial assistance from the Arts Council of Wales
Lottery Unit.
