Alphabet stories - all about me in the land of the magic e

Autumn Term 2011- Alphabet stories and fun with phonics all about me in the landscape of the magic e...

Kite Studios is now in its 5th year running workshops with the children from the Good Shepherd Primary School with our aim to use the Art studio as a resource to embed creativity across the school curriculum. What began, as a tentative exploration has become a confident process integral to both the children and staff at the school.

Each year we identify an area and plan the terms around the topic e.g. this term with children from nursery to year 3 we are working on Alphabet stories - having fun with phonics, to support the literacy strategy planned with the class teacher.
At the end of the year we look forward to sharing with you the outcomes of the work that your children have done.

Kite studios is used as a resource, to bring in a high level of art education to the children, using a breadth of creative skills, something that most children don't get the opportunity to develop, and these skills will set them up for life.
We welcome parents to observe a class, but due to limited space please book through the school office.

Spring Term 2011 'Discus Designs'

After devloping the theme of circles inspired by the olympic rings to Wassily Kandinsky's Colour study-Squares with Concentric Circles 1913, the project expanded into the realm of using recycled circles in the form of old Cds and transforming them into plates for printmaking using an etching press. The results were spectacular and the titles evidence the originality and thought that went into the work.
The project is only in its early stages as we still have a term left to develop it and take it into the public arena to a gallery space in the W12 shopping centre. We have been colaborating with Todd Green from 'Shutter Art' who has secured the space and some funding from Hammersmith and Fulham towards materials for the final stage of the project.
When the work is complete we hope to invite the artists, their friends and families as well as the school to an opening to see the work. Two sales have already been made, so this is the first step towards making the art classes an opportunity for entrepreneurial approaches and possible ways of making it sustainable!