Advance booking is essential for all workshops.
TUESDAY STUDIO art club for 11-14s
4 May, 4.30-6.00pm, £42 (£32 conc.) per term
From January to March 2009, Kettle's Yard worked in partnership with the Ruskin Gallery and Wysing Arts Centre to deliver practical, artist-led sessions to a group of 45 Creative and Media Diploma students from Cambridge Regional College. The diploma is a new qualification that includes a strong vocational aspect. The students, who are studying photography, fashion, and graphic design, were split into three groups, each of whom visited one of the arts venues twice. Artist Anne-Mie Melis led the sessions at Kettle's Yard, introducing the group to the structure of the organisation and ideas around contemporary art practice. The students took ideas from these sessions to create a product that would promote Kettle's Yard. This project was generously funded by the enquire programme.
The enquire programme is funded jointly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Children, Schools and Families as part of the Strategic Commissioning Programme for Museum and Gallery Education. The enquire programme is managed by engage and has been developed in association with Arts Council England.
HAZEL H
I designed a large linen bag for sketchbooks. I responded to the strong shapes made by the bamboo structure we created with [artist] Anne-Mie. The block prints were a response to the rugs upstairs.
CHARLOTTE K
My product was designed to be a bag promoting Kettle's Yard with a new logo, colour and materials. I noticed Kettl's Yard did not sell products such as bags and pencil cases and I thought this idea would be great in the marketing area. We were trying to promote products to our age group so we thought colour and excitement would be good.
CHARLOTTE C
My product is a shopping bag. The function is for people to see the logo and understand what Kettle's Yard is, and make them want to visit. The print onto my fabric was inspired by a photograph I took of the mirror. I really like the shape of it.
LAURISSA G
My product is a postcard that I created from doing a collage of images from Kettle's Yard. I developed my ideas using different materials and Photoshop then came up with my final design. I was inspired by the photographs that were taken at Kettle's Yard and I used shapes/outlines of the work. I was trying to sell the modern and the unique way the house was set out.
LOUISE P
My main product is a bag made from the leaflets given out at Kettle's Yard. I was trying to give Kettle's Yard current marketing a new and exciting look. Leaflets are often something you glance at then throw away. By making it into a bag it became something you would keep, it still has all the important Kettle's Yard information but it also took on a more practical use, which would appeal to younger people more than the flat and normal leaflet.
CHEYENNE B & JAMES G
We created postcards to advertise Kettle's Yard. We took inspiration from found objects the pebble spiral. We then Photoshopped other photos onto the pebbles. We used the found objects to convey a feeling of relevance to people our age not just old paintings but things in people's everyday experience.
SHAHNEE T B
My product is a jewellery collection and a tote bag to promote Kettle's Yard gallery. The sculptures, colours and paintings in the gallery inspired me to create this jewellery collection. I was trying to promote the gallery as a fresh, new place to explore art.
CHLOE J
I made a bag, with a keyring and Hans Arp fuzzy felts. My logo was inspired by the bamboo sculptures we made in a workshop with [artist] Anne-Mie and [education officer] Sarah. The Hans Arp fuzzy felts were inspired by his work in the exhibition. I wanted the logo to be fun and cool, and I wanted to make a game (fuzzy felts) which would help children feel connected to the artwork.
MATT C
I started by visiting the gallery and from there I started cutting and putting together images on paper. from here I just kept layering images and some drawing until I had a final piece. Most of it was created by hand with a little digital help.
