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Art and Design
The National Curriculum for Art and Design emphasises that pupils should:
- learn to investigate and make art, craft and design in a framework that allows them to explore and develop their own ideas
- explore different starting points and this can include the stimulus of a museum visit
How to Take This Forward
- Look at presentations and notes from the Art and Design Conferences on the Art and Design page of this site and find out more about the Museums Art and Design Network (MADNet).
- If your museum has a collection of art and/or crafts it would be worth consulting teachers from local Primary and Secondary schools to investigate how they might use your collection.
- If you have a collection which features artists and craftspeople from other cultures and time periods this too could have a role to play.
- You do not even have to have an obvious art and design related collection for young artists to gain inspiration. Your site and collections could act as an inspirational source.
Look at the downloads and websites below for more ideas!
Downloads
Swinging Sixties (Banbury Museum. Word DOC, 36Kb).
Art Teachers Pack (Brighton Museums and Galleries. Word DOC, 91Kb).
Genes meet jeans - art and science (Ashmolean Museum. Word DOC, 36.5Kb).
Shadow Puppets (Brighton Museums and Galleries. Word DOC, 80Kb).
Useful Websites
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National Curriculum Art and Design for Key Stages 1 and 2.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families, Standards Site for Schemes of Work for Art and Design, Key Stages 1 and 2 and Key Stage 3.
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery for Making the Most of Brighton Museum & Art Gallery - Independent Visit Guide for KS3+ Art & Design Teachers.
Artefact an artist's resource inspired by the University of Oxford Museums.
Surrey Museums Consultative Committee for a pack designed to enable teachers of Art, Textiles and Technology to use Surrey Museums' rich, varied and extensive textile collections to support National Curriculum, GCSE and A level topics.
GPS Drawing Workshops brought together young people, museum objects, and open spaces through drawing using innovative technology.
Reading Museum for details of Making it Work an initiative to encourage the practical applications of craft.
Ashmolean Museum for sessions on Eastern and Western Art.
Brighton Museum offers the opportunity for pupils to handle contemporary and historical objects from a variety of cultures to inspire new artwork.
Brighton Museums and Galleries for the Image and Identity project. (Word DOC 3.13 MB).
Pallant House Gallery has a team of skilled and experienced artist educators to support teachers and students to explore, analyse and enjoy looking at art and architecture.
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery provide Art History Sessions.
River and Rowing Museum offer sessions to support Art and Design at all Key Stages.
Portsmouth City Museum offer an introduction to works by local artists past and present for Key Stages 1 and 2.
St. Barbe's Museum Lymington specifically supports the Art and Design Curriculum.
The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum demonstrates how a museum visit can be used to support Art and Design.
Southampton City Art Gallery offer a wide range of art events and workshop activities for children and adults.