North
East Education & Library Board Synopsis: Straidbilly Primary School outside Bushmills had worked with Martin on an Individual Artists Programme introducing ceramics and wanted to continue the working relationship that the children in the school, but working in a different media. The school decided t convert their old unused bicycle shed into an interactive learning area for the pupils, promoting ‘Thinking Skills’ and being a visual stimuli for other work across the curriculum. Martin, in careful planning with the school, worked with each class on a different theme, under the umbrella of ’The World Around Us’. The children mind mapped ideas and then created large brightly coloured acrylic paintings of their chosen section, ranging from a purple octopus to a gargoyle like creature. The children enthused about their own work and Martin’s approach to stimulating the children. The individual pieces where then colleged onto the inside and roof of the shed grouping together each class’s work, creating a flowing composition of mystical and the factual. |
Early
Years, Parents and Kids Together |