MDFAS YOUTH ARTS |
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The Youth Arts programme - which is nurtured and supported by MDFAS funds - allows the connection between local schools and local artists or others with associated skills. The objective is to engender enthusiasm for arts and crafts amongst the school children. The school provides the materials, the artist provides his/her time and MDFAS pays travel expenses & an honorarium of £25 per hour to the Artist
Please contact Alison Cooper if you would like to be involved in any way.
Please click the little pictures below to see the huge range of work involved
(Please note that, unless permission is given, the faces of young children are blurred)
Academic Year 2009-2010
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| Osbaston Primary School - Printing workshop on topic of ‘Dreamscapes’ with Adrian Higgins. | |
| Gilwern Primary School - Printing workshop making collograph plates to print on to calico on the topic ‘India’ for a banner to hang in the school hall with Adrian Higgins. | |
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King Henry VIII School Abergavenny: For the third year a two-day Bookbinding workshop was held with A-Level Students with Kevin Karney. |
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Castle Park Primary, Caldicot – Painting workshop in two parts: firstly, studying Kyffin Williams with Alison Cooper and, the second afternoon, a watercolour workshop studying wild flowers collected on woodland walk |
Deri View Primary, Abergavenny - Commemorating the School's membership of the European Comenius Partnership. MDFAS Youth Arts sponsored artist, Susie Strange, helped pupils to make a tiled mosaic representing the Partnership and link between different countries. |
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Trelleck Primary – Clay workshop studying ‘Romans’ with Jane Rees Parfitt. |
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Govilon - During the last few weeks of the summer term Adrian Higgins gave a printing workshop to the whole school. Sadly, the school had just received confirmation that it was to close at the end of the year. So instead of pictures to hang on the school wall, the students had a lovely, artistic print to take home and to remind then of their school days in Govilon |
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Raglan Primary - Flower Painter workshop with Alison Cooper |
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Thornwell Primary School - Mosaic mural with Kate Derbyshire on 'The Elements' as part of week long Art Festival.s |
Academic Year 2008-2009
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Ysgol Gymraeg y Fenni, Abergavenny: Outdoor playground mural of Abergavenny and surrounding countryside with group from the School Ecological Society with Alison Ludlow. |
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Fay Prevot visited Cantref to help the children model in clay. |
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King Henry VIII School Abergavenny: Bookbinding workshop with A-Level Students with Kevin Karney. (Gratifyingly, all last year's students who studied with Kevin received A's for their art projects and the Art Department was complimented by the examiners on the quality of course work presentation) |
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Monmouth Comprehensive: Bookbinding workshop with A-Level Students with Kevin Karney. |
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Green Lane Junior, Caldicot: Collage workshop making banners/wall hangings with mixed-aged group from all three junior years with Susie Strange. |
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Archbishop Rowan Williams Primary, Calidcott: Multi-media Sculpture workshop for Year 3 Juniors with Anthonia Spowers |
During the 2007/2008 Academic Year,
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Monmouth Comprehensive: Kevin Karney gave a Bookbinding course to help A-Level students present their course work in a more attractive mode |
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King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny: Kevin Karney gave a Bookbinding course to help A-Level students present their course work in a more attractive mode. The photographs show some of the A/AS Level Coursework. One student used a recent visit to Venice as his inspiration, using marbling and other techniques for his design |
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Pembroke Primary: Angie Sayer gave a clay workshop on the Owl and the Pussycat to the 7 – 8 year olds. The class painted pictures first of all and then modelled their pictures in clay. The photographs show their work and their models as they went off to be fired. The pieces will then be painted on return |
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Raglan Primary: Angie Sayer gave a clay workshop on Picasso. The pupils were shown slides of Picasso ceramic pieces and then made their own designs in his style using quick drying clay |
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Goytre Fawr Primary: Antonia Spowers gave collage workshops on ‘Water’ to classes of different ages, using wools, shiny paper etc as well as paint to create and study different effects |
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Usk Primary Arts Festival: Alison Cooper gave botanical painting workshops to different age groups during the Arts Festival. They studied meadow flowers and created large collages with their pieces and learned to use different techniques such as masking out and very fine brushwork. |
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King Henry VIII School: Adrian Higgins gave a printing workshop to the Lower Sixth Art students on how to create templates by building up designs with textured paper and then to print using different coloured inks. They also learned how to make templates from polystyrene tiles using indentation techniques to create different effects. He then showed them how an artist would number and sign his prints. |
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Chepstow Comprehensive: Judith Lowery, Head of Art, invited the 25 summer term leavers of Dell Primary, Chepstow’s feeder school, to spend a taster-day in the Art Department at Chepstow creating a mosaic mural on the topic of Gaudi. Susie Strange came in to help lead the project |
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Cantref Arts Week: Alison Cooper gave a botanical painting workshop during the Art Festival week at Cantref to Year 5, the 9-10 year olds. They studied leaves, painted them learning watercolour techniques and printing to create different effects |
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Osbaston School, Monmouth: Adrian Higgins gave a printmaking workshop to the 10-11 year olds. Photographs show Adrian during the project and his printer. |
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Goytr Fawr Primary: The Jan Candler Memorial with Adrian Higgins Jan was the MDFAS founding Treasurer and also Governor of Goytr Fawr |
During the 2006/2007 Academic Year,
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Trellech Primary: Jack and the Beanstalk Collage at with Susie Strange |
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Caldicot St Mary’s Junior: Ceramic Heraldry Shields with Angie Sayer |
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Monmouthshire Comprehensive: Bookbinding with Kevin Karney |
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Cantref Primary School: Botanical Painting with Alison Cooper |
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Osbaston Primary School: A Giant River Collage, Bug Jewellery and Clay Workshop on the theme of “Waters of Life” during their Arts Festival with Susie Strange, Lisa Anne Dickenson and Angie Sayer |
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Undy Primary School: A Giant Frieze on the theme of Under the Sea with Antonia Spowers |
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Gilwern Primary School: Mosaic Mural of the School Crest with Anna Lawday |
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Thornwell Primary School: Ceramic African Masks with Angie Sayer |
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Govilon Primary School: Ceramic Mural with Anna Lawday |
We would like to thank all the Schools and all the Artists for their wonderful work and support of the Project.
The Future
Schools (see list below on left) may contact the Artist (see list below on right) and - with agreement of Sarah Townsend of MDFAS in relation to funding - request that the latter spends a morning or afternoon session with the School art class.
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Schools involved
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Artists involved
(names in Green are MDFAS members) click on underlined names for their websites |
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