Y3 Have an Arty Day Out!

Year 3 and 4 visited Lakeside Art Gallery this week. We had a wonderful packed day of art! The children enjoyed visiting the galleries. First, we visited Alexis Chabala’s exhibition ‘The Beat Beneath Us’ celebrating the pioneers and torchbearers of Funk, Soul, R&B, Hip Hop, Dancehall, and Afrobeat(s). The children took inspiration from these and were set the challenge of creating their own poses that would follow this them and make audiences ask questions – they did a fantastic job!

We managed to fit in some landscape artwork of the Lake, and the surrounding nature. Then we squeezed in a play session before lunch.

Finally, we learned about Andy Warhol who was an American Pop artist who reimagined what art could be at a time of great social, political and technological change.

The children had great opportunity see his works from across his career, which includes early drawings, painted screenprints and photographic series featuring Warhol’s collaborations with artists, friends, filmmakers and celebrities. Images of Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Warhol himself feature alongside icons of American consumerism.Following this, they had a workshop in a studio to create their own Pop art. Year 3 – you are such creative artists!

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