Post Graduate Certificate in Secondary Art and Design

Education

This is a portfolio of a selection of

literature ,projects and an Exhibition I organised

while studying and teaching during my PGCE

Most of my investigations look at how art has been taught in schools as if it has been created in a

vaccum. I highlight that It usually reflects what is going on elsewhere in a culture and that it reflects all

‘life’ subjects.

Arranging, organising, curating an exhibition of year 7 ( age 12) students work at Pitzhanger Gallery- Ealing

The artists have been set into a dialogue & contextthrough discussions and annotating tasks,

while relating the theme to the pupils interests( Nature, insects, technology, cars, aeroplanes)

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Greek mythology-The interest in future advances -In technology; Icarus had wings made for him, but he flew too near the sun- STUDENTS TO MAKE AN ICARUS WING

Leonardo Da Vinci-New that their could be no major advances In technology, without anunderstanding of nature.-STUDENTS TO MAKEA REPLICA WING INVENTION.

Eduardo Paolozzi-Fascinated by technology and the human in a mechanical society.-STUDENTS TO MAKE 3D INSECT PARTS.

Futurism-Students study a Sculpture that showsThe relationshipbetween the human being in a new modern world.

Student’s working on their artworks – pre exhibition

This project focused on introducing and creating an effective and

experiential way for pupils to engage with art in a cultural space and explore both the ROLE OF A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST ( by making art to be exhibited) and the ROLE OF A VIEWER .

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Arranging an Exhibition of our Student’s work at Pitzhanger Gallery in Ealing

I created a Teachers Pack I organised the Exhibition: writing to PM Gallery, writing to parents, preparing exhibition space and invitation materials

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The workshop was a great success; the pupils were engaged and enthusiasticabout learning about and responding to the art pieces. The booklets gave them something to refer to and the fact that their responses would be exhibited.

To see the complex nature of art in a Culturally diverse society ( by the broad range of Work shown)To see that art reflects and reacts against its cultural surroundings.

By seeing their own work being viewed, readand interpreted by society in a social space and taking the role of a viewer themselves.

I gave a workshop to student’s before the exhibition in how to be viewers of artworks

The private viewing of student’s work for parents, teachers

Me presenting the exhibition toparents.

The private viewing of student’s work for parents, teachers

Aeroplane / bird wings conceal Icarus and Da Vini wing invention images.

Insects/ motor carscombine elements ffrom a car and conceal images ofDa Vinci tank/ carInventions. One insect antenna I replacedwith a car wing mirror.

Final student outcomes that were exhibited

Research and Literature created during my PGCE

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This Essay discussesHow Contemporary artcan often be understoodthrough understanding historical art and that this is missing from someSecondary art education

The traditional and Contemporary in dialogue

My final PGCE Exhibition of my personal investigation where I made a wooden Bow and Arrow