art social

This week I spent an enjoyable half hour engaging in an activity led by the Art Social young people's group at The Hepworth Wakefield. Art Social selected and placed four artworks in Gallery 1, producing interpretation text and poems to accompany the work. They invited gallery visitors to create their own poems using pre-written words. Below is my poem in response to A Picnic.

The Eva Rothschild sculpture brought back memories, as she was the first contemporary artist to exhibit in the gallery when THW opened in May 2011.

 Eva Rothschild,  Wandering Palm, 2011

Jesmonite, aluminium, patent leather

Albert Wainwright, A Picnic 1928

Ink & wash, watercolour on paper

movement in space - 3

Our Movement in Space project at The Hepworth Wakefield came to a finale during the Wakefield Artwalk at the end of March. Our group of young people led an activity they designed and developed called Crazy Sculpture Web and invited members of the public to get involved. A wide range of people participated and had fun inventing sculpture with pound shop tat, playing and laughing over their creations and transforming the studio spaces with sculpture and colour. 

Sign by Kayleigh

A young participant enjoys the space

Inventing with everyday stuff

An inviting space

movement in space - 2

Our project with young people at The Hepworth Wakefield is flying by. Yesterday we took a trip to Leeds Art Gallery and viewed two exhibitions, Polychromies: Surface, Light and Colour and Bruce McLean: Another Condition of Sculpture. The group made responses to the artworks through drawing, imagining, discussing ideas and writing poems. After viewing McLean's photograph titled Disposable Sculpture Work the group made work out of paper and as we walked to the train station deposited these works in the city.

A challenging discussion was initiated by McLeans ideas of disposable artwork and I told the group about Michael Landy's Break Down, in which the artist took a year to catalogue all his belongings then destroyed them in the former C&A store on Oxford street. We talked about value and whether money and possessions can bring happiness.

Today the young people began planning their activity for gallery visitors during the Wakefield Artwalk next week. It's going to be brilliant!

movement in space - 1

At The Hepworth Wakefield today we began our three week project with young people inspired by the current exhibitions by artists Erika Vogt and Philip-Lorca diCorcia. Movement in Space includes drawing, sculpture, print, installation, photography and stop frame animation. The young people are working towards an Arts Award qualification and the creation and delivery of activities for the Wakefield Artwalk later this month.  

sites in sight event

Participants of the Sites in Sight Residency, Mary and Clare came over to The Art House the day before our event and cooked up a storm. Their amazing bakes are on show here and were appreciated by all. We turned a room in The Art House into a mini residency space, asking visitors to swap friendship and food memories in return for a slice of cake. We welcomed a diverse audience on the Wakefield Artwalk and were able to share our project with many new faces.

wakefield artwalk - march

All welcome to The Art House for a taste of my residency.