Year 8 & 9 - Inspire Art residential

Anglesey

This two-night, three-day residential at The Conway Centre has been designed by lead teachers and practising artists to offer students in Year 8 & 9 an opportunity to:

• Exploring ways of creating a unique piece of art from a single starting point.

• Using mixed media, inspired by artists and life events, led by practising artists and experienced, lead art teachers.

The provision will support schools in broadening cultural capital through inspirational engagement, and encourage students to build on their skills, knowledge and understanding, deepening their love of art, and enabling the opportunity to meet and work with like-minded young artists from their peer group.

Taking inspiration from the Menai Straits, the Welsh mountains and the woodland walks in our grounds, students will take time to connect with their environment through a dérive, a walk without destination, and bring their experience back into the classroom and into their art.

Friday
Morning	Afternoon	Evening
	Schools arrive: Welcome and Induction, Rooms allocation	6.00pm Evening Meal – schools delayed by traffic may eat slightly later 7.00pm All students and staff gather in S7 to meet tutors and listen to overview of weekend (Cate Madden): Teachers accompanying schools will also have a brief discussion about the residential to agree workshop choices and pastoral support (Rachel Green) 7.15pm – 8.45pm Session 1, Tutor 1. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session 9.00pm Students to Social Spaces and School staff to supervise evening/bedtime 11.00pm – 7.00am Centre Quiet Period

Friday

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Schools arrive: Welcome and Induction, Rooms allocation

6.00pm Evening Meal – schools delayed by traffic may eat slightly later

7.00pm All students and staff gather in S7 to meet tutors and listen to overview of weekend (Cate Madden): Teachers accompanying schools will also have a brief discussion about the residential to agree workshop choices and pastoral support (Rachel Green)

7.15pm – 8.45pm Session 1, Tutor 1. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session

9.00pm Students to Social Spaces and School staff to supervise evening/bedtime

11.00pm – 7.00am Centre Quiet Period

Saturday
Morning	Afternoon	Evening
8.30am Breakfast 9.30am – 11.00pm Session 2, Tutor 2. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session 11.15am – 12.45pm Session 3, Tutor 3. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session	1.00pm Lunch 2.00pm – 3.30pm Session 4, Dérive To do a dérive, walk without a destination, following instead what catches your interest, take in the ‘psychogeography’ – the way different spaces or environments make you feel and behave. We want our young people to interact with their space, people, buildings and changes in atmospheres, to talk or to be silent; walking in the grounds around our Centre, to the shores or through the woods, over grass or pathways, to observe the water and the mountains, to feel the air, to smell the salt and the pine. Students will be encouraged to take 5 minute sketches, to find objects of interest – a pebble, a leaf, sea glass – and use these in their sessions to promote discussion and inspire their responses. 3.45pm – 5.15pm Session 5, Tutor 4. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session	5.30pm Evening Meal 6.30pm – 8.00pm Session 6, Tutor 1. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session 8.15pm All gather in Main Hall for Movie 10.00pm Students to Social Spaces and School staff to supervise evening/bedtime 11.00pm – 7.00am Centre Quiet Period

Saturday

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

8.30am Breakfast

9.30am – 11.00pm Session 2, Tutor 2. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session

11.15am – 12.45pm Session 3, Tutor 3. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm – 3.30pm
Session 4, Dérive

To do a dérive, walk without a destination, following instead what catches your interest, take in the ‘psychogeography’ – the way different spaces or environments make you feel and behave.

We want our young people to interact with their space, people, buildings and changes in atmospheres, to talk or to be silent; walking in the grounds around our Centre, to the shores or through the woods, over grass or pathways, to observe the water and the mountains, to feel the air, to smell the salt and the pine. Students will be encouraged to take 5 minute sketches, to find objects of interest – a pebble, a leaf, sea glass – and use these in their sessions to promote discussion and inspire their responses.

3.45pm – 5.15pm
Session 5, Tutor 4. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session

5.30pm Evening Meal

6.30pm – 8.00pm Session 6, Tutor 1. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session

8.15pm All gather in Main Hall for Movie

10.00pm Students to Social Spaces and School staff to supervise evening/bedtime

11.00pm – 7.00am Centre Quiet Period

Sunday
Morning	Afternoon	Evening
8.30am Breakfast: School staff may want to ask students to bring their bags to their Social Space for ease of transferring to coaches 9.30am – 11.00pm Session 6, Tutor 1. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session 11.15pm – 12.30pm All groups view Gallery of work in each art room	12.30pm Lunch 1.30pm Groups depart

Sunday

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

8.30am Breakfast: School staff may want to ask students to bring their bags to their Social Space for ease of transferring to coaches

9.30am – 11.00pm Session 6, Tutor 1. The tutor will allocate a break at a convenient point during this session

11.15pm – 12.30pm All groups view Gallery of work in each art room

12.30pm Lunch

1.30pm Groups depart