PART BFind Out

Find Out About artists and their

work

PART ADiscover Discover the

Arts all around you and take

part in different arts activities

PART CShare

Share your Arts Award Discover experience with

others

ARTS AWARD DISCOVER At The Level Centre – Autumn 2014

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Emily did her Arts Award at the Level Centre in Derbyshire

The Level Centre had two exhibitions during the Arts Award Sessions; ‘Pulse’ which was a response to Derbyshire’s longest ever artwork ‘Derwent Pulse’ and ‘Small Worlds’ an exhibition as a result of The Level Centre’s collaboration with DADDA in Australia, with art works created by learning disabled artists from both organisations. Emily found out about the exhibitions and participated in activities, which interacted with the artwork.

PART A Discover the arts around you and take part in different art activities

Emily enjoyed playing a game where we matched images and symbols on balloons with images of different art forms. Wendy Johnson (Freelance Artist) and Katie Ward (Level Centre programme Coordinator) were the Arts Award advisors. They showed the group their own art. Wendy is a ceramicist and Katie is a dancer. Emily shared the arts that she enjoys. She likes musical

PART ADISCOVER

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Emily took part in a range of activities to explore PULSE,She moved within the Cube installation, She created sound and music using ‘Bloom’ App on the IPAD and other music programs She interacted with Raise (The Level Centre’s own interactive movement software) , which is projected onto the walls .She created large spherical forms using Clingfilm and

PART B – FINDING OUT Here is a short film clip to show the Arts Award group meeting Caroline Bagnall, the artist who made the cube as part of PULSE. The group enjoyed exploring the Cube with Carloline, they heard how she made it , why she picked particular materials and colour. They shared ideas about how you could interact with it. It became an electric fence and a spiders web. CLICK ON THE FILM BELOW TO PLAY

PART ATAKE PART

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Emily held one of the glowing balls, whilst she heard how hundreds of them would set off on a journey along the River Derwent. She then worked with the rest of the group to create large spheres with layers of Cello tape. She added her sphere to the group installation

PART A&BTAKE PART &FIND OUT

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PART A&BFind Out and

Take Part

As part of the SMALL WORLDS exhibition the group watched a film by Simon Marchment called Bagism – this was a response to Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s idea ‘if everyone wore a bag there would be no prejudice in the world’Emily had a go at being inside one of the large bags made by Simon. She then learnt to make and decorate a small bag before she made her own life

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PART – ATAKING PART

After seeing all the Small world exhibits the group took part in a photography session, themed on small worlds. They created small worlds using all sorts of everyday materials such as flour, fruit, sewing materials, rocks, toys, cardboard, ice-cream cones and shredded wheat…………….They placed tiny tiny little figures into the small worlds and took close up

PART CShare my Arts Award Discover experience with others The whole group shared their art work with their parents. They performed in their life-sized bags. There was music by the Beatles and a projection of Abbey Road Album Cover.

We also had a sharing session with parents , the rest of our Youth Group and the support workers where we saw a presentation of all of the work for Arts Award Discover.

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