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Category Archives: Art and Design
Paper Animation and Maggie’s Design Competition events on Glow TV
Paper Project – Animating with an Ooglie Animator
18 March 11.00 am
http://bit.ly/YiJIBf
Join us for a live session of animating in the classroom, creating a character and getting going with Bruce Husband an OOGLIE animator. This animation workshop builds on the paper creativity challenges and is most suitable for first and second level learners.
Maggie’s Design Competition
20 March 4.00 pm
This Glow Meet gives teachers an opportunity to learn more about the competition and get ideas and support for teaching architecture in the classroom from Stone Opera architect Hanneke Scott-van Wel. There is a great prize for students interested in making architecture a career and an opportunity to have work featured in an exhibition at The Lighthouse.
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx
(Glow login and password required)
Reminder of Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2013 (formerly National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools)
There are six categories, each with a different theme:
Category A Nursery: Let’s Play!
Category B Primary 1-3: Dog
Category C Primary 4-7: Scary Creatures and Creepy Things
Category D S1-S2: See It, Frame It, Draw It
Category E Special Education Schools: Water, Water Everywhere
Category F Group Entries: Any of the above themes
Pupils are asked to view a small selection of artworks online. Teaching notes and lots of discussion ideas are provided with links made to Curriculum for Excellence. Suitably inspired, everyone can then make their own artwork.
Closing date: Friday 3 May 2013.
An award ceremony will be held at the Scottish National Gallery on Friday 14 June 2013 with prizes for individuals, classes and school art departments. The 53 winning works will be on public display at the National Galleries of Scotland from June and will then travel to others venues in Scotland until May 2014.
For full details of prizes and how to enter go to www.nationalgalleries.org/schoolartcompetition
Red Kite animation competition – deadline 19 April
Budding animators are invited to submit short animated films of 1-3 minutes, based upon either a real or imagined backstory to an object of their choice, housed in one of Edinburgh Museums & Galleries, including the Museums Store. Check www.edinburghmuseums.org and below for details of venues.
Submissions in the following three competition categories are invited:
Primary Schools; Secondary Schools; and Youth 18-24 years/ Current Students of any age.
Deadline: 19th April 2013 at 5pm. Entries are free.
Submit your film to: competition@redkiteworkshops.co.uk
More Information: http://www.redkiteworkshops.co.uk/
Meet the Artist events at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Dewar Arts Award – Meet the Artist Events at the Botanics – Saturday 19 January and Saturday 23 February
The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh is holding two ‘Meet the Artist’ events in connection with its ‘Roots to Shoots’ exhibition. The events feature successful Scottish artists who have forged careers in the arts and provide an opportunity for young people interested in a career in the arts to find out more.
Organised in connection to the ‘Roots to Shoots’ exhibition currently on display in the John Hope Gateway at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, these events offer the opportunity to meet artists who have received a Dewar Arts Award (www.dewarawards.org).
In the first session, on Saturday 19 January, the jeweller Jonathan Boyd will be interviewed by the novelist Jenni Fagan. In the second, on Saturday 23 February, the painter Caroline Walker will be interviewed by curator Eve Smith.
For further information about the artists taking part in each event, please view the PDFs: Meet the Artist Events at the Botanics – Dewar Arts Awards
and visit
http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/2565
http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/2566
For further information about the ‘Roots to Shoots’ exhibition, please visit http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/2603
The events are free; please email Lauren Bick at events@rbge.org.uk to book your place in advance.
Assessing progress and achievement
Education Scotland has recently published Professional Learning Resources on assessing progress and achievement designed to support quality assurance and moderation activities.
Resources are available for:
Expressive Arts
Modern Languages
Languages: Literacy and English
Languages: Gaelic (learners)
Social Studies
New web based course materials for National 4 and National 5
Education Scotland has published the first tranche of web based course materials to support National 4 and National 5 qualifications. The materials have been designed to help teachers and others with the delivery of programmes of learning within the new qualifications framework.
Materials now available are:
Drama for National 4 and National 5
Fashion and Textile Technology for National 4 and National 5
Geography for National 4 and National 5
Modern Studies for National 4 and National 5
RMPS for National 4 and National 5
Practical Cake Craft for National 5
Health and Food Technology for National 4 and National 5
View the new materials on Education Scotland’s website:
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/nationalqualifications/coursematerials/index.asp
ES has been working very closely with ADES to co-ordinate the development and publication of exemplar course materials across the full range of National 4 and National 5 qualifications and further materials will publish over the coming months.
New Glow Community for Expressive Arts Practitioners
A new professional learning community for Expressive Arts has just been started on Glow. The community will allow practitioners to engage in professional dialogue and share exciting and dynamic practice.
Use your Glow login to start sharing: http://bit.ly/artshome
