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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