ArtisanCam is a free art education website resource which introduces key stage 2 and 3 schoolchildren and their teachers to the world of contemporary visual art and contemporary visual artists in fun and exciting ways.The site uses video and online free art workshops to inform and educate.Schoolchildren and their teachers can see contemporary visual artists and craftspeople such as Andy Goldsworthy, Gordon Cheung, Paul McLaren of Shademakers carnival company, Lizzie Farey, Carla Edwards, Hannah Lamb, Maddi Nicholson and Rebecca Chesney working in their studios via specially recorded video clips or learn how to create their own artwork from a wide range of interactive art workshops and art games including How to make jewellery; How to make a collage; How to weave and How to Sculpt. Artists featured in the activties section include Canelleto, Patrick Heron, Edward Bawden, John Constable, the Singh Twins and Lois Walpole. Have a go activities include slip decorator, card studio and jewellery designer. There are lots of interactive art activities, as well as art games in our games gallery. Teachers can learn alongside their pupils with innovative step-by-step classroom workshops led by a contemporary visual artist or a virtual activity, making it an invaluable free arts resource for teachers in the classroom. Every term ArtisanCam features a new artist-in-residence, as well as exploring behind the scenes at large exhibitions such as the British Art Show 6, Antony Gormley�s Field for the British Isles and Andy Goldworthy�s exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Recent additions to the website have included Andy Goldsworthy, Antony Gormley, Gordon Cheung, Maddi Nicholson, Paul McLaren of Shademakers carnival company, Umlando Wezithombe who are drawing the life of Nelson Mandela in comic book form, Loop.ph and their sculpture for Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London, and Paul Scott. ArtisanCam is delivered by a partnership of artistsatwork.org. Notion 23 and CLEO (Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online), one of ten regional broadband consortia providing broadband technology and educational content for schools in England, ArtisanCam is CLEO's contribution to the National Education Network, NEN.
 
 
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