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This spring workshop is combining cut-outs, including using patterned paper created by the children themselves, to tell a story inspired by Matisse. As always, my sessions encourage focus and pleasure in learning, with a sprinkling of art history as the kids build up their collage, combining colours and form to fun and joyful effect!

 

Our Exceptional Art Tour led us to visit the art scene of Newport Street, Vauxhall. We visited Beaconsfield Contemporary Art, laboratory run by artists that is famous for pioneering new art forms. Artist Evelyn O’Connor introduced us to her work while in residence there using readily sourced materials to form alchemical sculptural creations challenging the natural physical alterations of time. We then visited the first exhibition ever shown in Newport Street Gallery, the large-scale abstract and colourful works by John Hoyland (1934-2011) created between 1964-1982 and which are part of Damien Hirst’s art collection. Finally, we had lunch at Pharmacy 2, Damien Hirst’s new restaurant which had just opened a few days earlier.

Workshops took place this weekend experimenting with shapes and colours inspired by Paul Klee. Everyone enjoyed mixing primary colours, finding as many different hues as possible.

 

 

 

  When invited to divide their landscape into shapes, the first reactions of surprise rapidly vanished and soon everyone agreed that this festival of colours and shapes actually helps expressing what we feel when remembering a certain place.