Secondary and Further Education - Key Stages 3 - 5

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Welcome! As redevelopments at The Museum continue, work has begun on two new gallery spaces, on top of which dramatic changes are beginning to happen which will revolutionise our visitor services. The Museum continues to offer exciting workshops and programmes for secondary schools using the exisiting collections and exhibitions planned for the coming months. A state of the art education suite will be ready to launch in the new year.

Arts in Focus

Education Programme for Key Stages 3-5

The Museum is keen to boost attainment at Key Stages 3-5 and has developed the Arts in Focus programme to support this. Work in the Museum environment with a professional artist in a practical session tailored to your students' needs. The sessions combine art theory and practice, allowing students to use the building and collections to explore works on display and practise specific techniques.

"A good supportive team of staff with wonderful resources available to inspire". (Teacher, Year 10 class)

Themes and Techniques

To make up your individually tailored package choose both a theme and technique and then give us a call.

THEMES	TECHNIQUES
Portraiture	Monoprinting
Life Drawing - limited to 15 pupils per session	Ink & Wash
Landscape	Pastels
Sculpture + 3-Dimensional Studies	Watercolours
Still Life	Acrylics
Textiles	Drawing
Buildings	Clay work
Decorative Arts & Design	Modroc
Christian Art	Photography
Stories in Art	Mixed Media

"Students developed confidence through working in a new environment...it was a positive experience for all young people".

(Secondary Teacher)

Want Something Different?

Please contact the Education Team where we will discuss your requirements and endeavour to provide a workshop tailored to meet your particular needs.

"Having gallery staff genuinley interested in encouraging schools into the Museum was very useful part of the day".

Most memorable...."Beautiful views and amazing building - intriguing artefacts!".

The Arts in Focus programme is structured around specifications published by the examination boards and also recommendations from advisory services such as the QCA & NSEAD. Our workshops are developed with consideration to the requirements and evaluations of schools so that we can deliver exactly what you need.

Arts in Focus

Key Stage 3

Theme Technique

Landscape Pen & Ink

To produce work like the example pictured below, year 7 students worked with a professional artist for a day at the Museum. The session started with a short tour of the landscape paintings in the galleries where the students sketched and made notes. The artist then demonstrated a range of pen and ink techniques after which the students worked from their sketches to produce their own landscape study.

Relates to MC unit 7c - Recreating Landscapes

"Great collection of landscape paintings. Good resources for making images".

(Secondary school teacher)

"Now I look at Art more carefully and take everything in".

(Year 7 student)

Arts in Focus

Key Stage 5

Theme Technique

Naked Bodies Pencil, Charcoal

The drawings below are examples of how studies by Year 12 and 13 studens working with a professional artist at the Museum for the day.

"I think they (the students) have gained a lot of confidence in a very short time. I'm sure some will be surprised by their results".

(Secondary school teacher)

"I have learnt about body form, how to express curves with colour and tone. Also how to measure accuratley".

(Year 12 student)

Exhibitions

Alfred Sisley: Impressionist Landscapes

17 May 2008 - 21 September 2008

The exhibition explores Sisley's fascination with the landscape of the Parisian suburbs including Louveciennes, where John and Josephine Bowes had lived at the Château du Barry.

Faith and Love: Picturing the Bible from Raphael to El Greco

11 October 2008 - 4 January 2009

Discover how many of the most popular stories in the bible were visualised by Western artists and craftsmen. Included Raphaels 'Mackintosh' Madonna on loan from the National Gallery.