Fingal County Council & Superprojects present

The Artful Classroom

A CPD programme for primary school teachers
Accredited by Drumcondra Education Centre

July 2nd – 6th 2018

Lunch will be provided 

Bracken Educate Together National School & The Irish Museum of Modern Art
 

Please find attached information on our upcoming CPD programme for Primary School Teachers.  It is accredited by Drumcondra Education Centre and carries an entitlement of extra personal vacation (EPV) days.

Full course information, booking details and facilitators’ biographies are within the flyer, please circulate to your colleagues and anyone you think might be interested. 

Booking Link:  https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-artful-classroom-tickets-46498361852 

We look forward to seeing you there. 

Fingal County Council’s Arts Office (FCC) and Fingal County Childcare Committee (FCCC) are delivering an early year’s Music and Visual Arts project in two community crèches in Fingal, Ros Eo Community Childcare from north county Dublin and Little Learners from Dublin 15. The programme will commence in early September and run until mid-December 2013.  The project organisers will engage a researcher to study the programme in detail and write a concise summary report which will inform future development of early years arts programmes in both organisations.  In addition, the researcher will write an article on a specific theme (e.g. evidence of early literacy & numeracy, community of exchange), suited to journal publication and peer review.  The researcher will be supported by both organisations to visit the arts sessions, observe and document the activities and responses of the children, early year’s practitioners, artists and parents.   This reserach will be made available to those working in the Early Years Sector.

In Colour is an exhibition featuring work by some of Ireland’s most prolific 19th and 20th century artists, studied on the leaving certificate art history syllabus. Programmed by Fingal County Council in partnership with Draíocht, the show hosts works borrowed from the extensive collections of AIB, the Arts Council and Limerick City Gallery. An education programme accompanies the show and aims to bring the leaving certificate art history syllabus to life by showing these key works and providing students and teachers with the opportunity to engage in a variety of educational events. 

Creative Exchange – A Teacher Mentoring Programme

Artistic Facilitator Jennifer Phelan 2008 saw Fingal Arts Office initiate a teacher training programme in the visual arts at primary level. The predominant aim is to introduce teachers to creative approaches to teaching the primary visual art curriculum. All primary level schools in Fingal were eligible to apply for the programme. Mary Mother of Hope National School in Littlepace was successful with their application and so the training initiative began with five participating teachers and contemporary artist Jennifer Phelan presiding over the project.

To mark Universal Children’s Day here is a look back at Fingal's Children & Young People's Arts Programme 2017. Today we promote togetherness, an awareness of children's rights & welfare.

Fingal is the fastest growing county with the youngest population in Ireland. It is defined by its rural, urban and suburban landscape, multicultural communities, and a significant youth population, of which 30% are younger than 18 years of age.  Fingal arts office, situated within the Community Culture & Sports Division of Fingal County Council, has made provision within its arts budget for children and young people since its inception in 1994.

The first Youth & Education Policy was passed by council in 2010, fulfilling an action of Fingal’s inaugural arts plan.  This policy provides a framework for the development of a countywide arts programme for children and young people. 

What Do You See? Let's Explore the artwork of Catherine Barron.

Fingal Arts Office recently Celebrated 25 Years of Collecting Art! Over the next few days we will share an artwork from this amazing collection with you and invite you to respond with your own masterpieces.Ideal for all ages and abilities, you might like to focus on developing your drawing or painting skills by recreating the artwork you see, or you might prefer to focus on a small detail to get started and then let your imagination run wild to create your very own original piece in response. The choice is yours! All we ask is that you share your finished artwork for us all to see and enjoy. This way we stay together and connected through art.

Today we are delighted to share ‘Soup & Bread’ by Irish Artist Catherine Barron. It was made in 2013 using acrylic ink on sheet metal.  Artists use lots of different techniques and materials for creating their artwork. What do you think about the materials used to make this work, look at its shape? Can you look around your home and find interesting materials to draw or paint directly on to? Catherine once said that ‘windows frame a particular place, time and way of life. They are the eyes of a home’. Using your window look outside and capture the shapes, colours or objects you see. In Catherine’s piece she is looking from the outside in. Look around your home for materials to draw, colour and paint with; magazines & fabric cuttings for great for collage, what else can you find? Using your materials create an artwork in response to Catherine’s piece.

Let's Explore the artwork of John Kindness.

Fingal Arts Office recently Celebrated 25 Years of Collecting Art! Over the next few days we will share an artwork from this amazing collection with you and invite you to respond with your own masterpieces.Ideal for all ages and abilities, you might like to focus on developing your drawing or painting skills by recreating the artwork you see, or you might prefer to focus on a small detail to get started and then let your imagination run wild to create your very own original piece in response. The choice is yours! All we ask is that you share your finished artwork for us all to see and enjoy. This way we stay together and connected through art.

Let’s begin with Irish Artist John Kindness. This print is called, ‘Charles Coote’, made in 1998, using two plate etching, aquatint & drypoint. Artists explore their subject matter in detail and carefully consider their composition. Look closely, what can you see? Explore the focal character and his garments, look at the background drapes, what else can you find?  Look around your home and find objects to draw.  Maybe someone at home would like to volunteer to be the subject matter of your artwork! Using whatever and whoever you can find, make your very own artwork inspired by John Kindness’ print.

The Old Peach House, Malahide Castle’ by Fingal artist Susan Sex.

Fingal Arts Office recently Celebrated 25 Years of Collecting Art! Over the next few days we will share an artwork from this amazing collection with you and invite you to respond with your own masterpieces. Ideal for all ages and abilities, you might like to focus on developing your drawing or painting skills by recreating the artwork you see, or you might prefer to focus on a small detail to get started and then let your imagination run wild to create your very own original piece in response. The choice is yours! All we ask is that you share your finished artwork for us all to see and enjoy. This way we stay together and connected through art.

Summer time calls us to look again at the beautiful colours, patterns and rhythms found in nature. Today we’re delighted to share ‘The Old Peach House, Malahide Castle’ by Fingal artist Susan Sex. A watercolour on paper, it was commissioned by Fingal County Council in 2018. Susan is a botanical artist and has studied plants and their habitats for many years. What kind of plants can you find at home and in your surrounding environment? You might find a houseplant, an outdoor shrub, a wild flower. You might even find a plant in your fridge! Whatever you discover, study the detail, the colour, the shape, the texture. What does it smell like? How does it feel? Using your senses - sight, smell, sound, touch, what other information can you gather? Then create your own artwork in response to Susan’s painting using any materials you can find at home and share it with friends, family and Fingal County Council.