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Workshop Examples
VIDEOS OF PAUL IN ACTION FOR TEACHER'S TV
Paul was recently employed by cre8.ed to make two programmes for Teachers’ TV. These show how to use art in RE lessons, and typify the style of workshops cre8.ed use. cre8.ed specializes in curriculum-linked resources and training for the arts, RE, PSHE and citizenship and involve visual art, theatre, music and dance. For more information see their website www.cre8ed.com.
The programmes are 15 minute videos for Secondary Key Stage 3 and 4 RE, and can be found on the Teachers’ TV website www.teachers.tv or by clicking on the links below.
 ART WORKSHOP
Paul demonstrates three different workshop ideas to a group of RE teachers.
Click here for Art Workshop.
INTEGRATING ART
See how one of the teachers, Angela Saunders, gets on with her own class.
Click here for Integrating Art.
A TYPICAL WORKSHOP AS DESCRIBED BY A SIXTH FORM PUPIL
"Paul took the Lower Sixth A level artists for a weekend workshop.
The workshop had begun with a preliminary talk by Paul on his work, which included slides and a short performed sculptural piece. The slides gave a general impression of frequently recurring themes: religion, poverty, food, travel, and abstraction. We now started to observe aspects of various pieces in more detail. He encouraged us to have the courage of our convictions to form our own opinion of his work, which we then discussed.
He did not pre-empt our ideas, but allowed us to talk informally about our responses. He encouraged us to think about the symbolism and meaning behind each theme, and told us that his intention was to make the observer use her imagination. An example of his work is his depiction of the Last Supper - a large table with fourteen loaves of bread on it, each in a different medium and intended to symbolise different biblical events and characters; here he was concerned to explore the idea of bread as a metaphor and imaginative stimulus.
Following this, we then developed our own ideas for a sculptural project on the proposed theme of old age. Initially this seemed rather limited, but we soon got going, after doing some preliminary studies in our sketch books and brainstorming our ideas with him. He talked to each of us individually, making us question our thoughts and the most appropriate way of trying to visualise them.
We were encouraged to use a wide variety of materials, to develop a symbolic language to express the issue about old age that we each chose to represent. It was hard work, mentally and physically - but a great challenge. By the end of the weekend we felt quite exhausted, but we had also accomplished something worthwhile."
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