Year 10 & Year 7 artists experience workshop with The Courtaulds

This week, Year 10 GCSE artists took part in an online workshop with Courtaulds, an internationally renowned centre for art.

Lead Teacher of Art, Mrs Shaw, had organised the two hour online workshop, which took place on Monday for Year 10.  A session was also adapted for a class of keen Year 7 artists.

The Courtauld works to advance how we see and understand the visual arts, and is known for its teaching, research of art history and a major public gallery.

During the workshops, Courtauld lead Educator Fran Herrick, delivered an introduction to art history with a focus on the Impressionists and art historical techniques.  Pupils also explored a visual tour of the gallery where they viewed the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions.

Mrs Shaw said, "The class also did a session on curating where they had to identify images from The Courtauld's collection and give it a title and write an introduction to their 'art exhibition'.

"The Courtauld cares for one of the greatest art collections in the UK, sharing these works with the public at The Courtauld Gallery in London.  Its collections include Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère so I was thrilled to be able to bring a taste of this to our pupils.  Hopefully, we will be able to arrange a trip to the gallery in the coming year."