{"id":11444,"date":"2016-06-06T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/?p=11444"},"modified":"2017-02-18T22:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T22:52:49","slug":"oystermouth-primary-school-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=11444","title":{"rendered":"Oystermouth Primary School &#8211; Tour and Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pupils from Oystermouth Primary school year 1 undertook a tour on 18\/05\/16 of the latest LOCWS International <strong>Art Across the City<\/strong> exhibit, RESISTANCE, the exciting commission by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?portfolio=rich-white&amp;langswitch_lang=en\"><strong>Rich White<\/strong><\/a> as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/about-locws-schools-2\/\"><strong>LOCWS Schools<\/strong><\/a> project during the Summer term 2016.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I was met with enthusiasm by the year 1 class from Oystermouth Primary school. I began my introduction and received several interesting comments.<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; DM<\/p>\n<p>Comments: \u201c<em>Art can be anything it can be made from wood, metal, found material. It can be made from anything and has to blow your mind<\/em>\u201d said Seren.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda said, \u201c<em>Art has to be interesting<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11446 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2607-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2607\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The children enjoyed exploring the art piece \u2018Resistance\u2019 by Rich White and were intrigued by the differences in the piece.<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; DM<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>On one side you would use your imagination and on the other side it\u2019s like a normal house walls<\/em>\u201d, said Orla.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11447 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2613-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2613\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The children used lots of technical language and were already keen artists.<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; DM<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>One side is 3D and one side is 2D<\/em>\u201d, said Max.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The children spent a lot of time drawing the sculpture ad thinking about ideas for their art project in the school.<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; DM<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I enjoyed drawing the sculpture at the museum<\/em>\u201d, said Evie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11448\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2615-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2615\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" \/><br \/>\nSam said, \u201c<em>It reminded me of a haunted house<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I liked it because it\u2019s like a big den<\/em>\u201d, said Harry..<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I am looking forward to seeing what ideas the children have when I visit the school after half term.<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; DM<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11449\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2619-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2619\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11450\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2620-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2620\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11451\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2627-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2627\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11452\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2632-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2632\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11453\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2649-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2649\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11454\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2650-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2650\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pupils of Oystermouth Primary school then\u00a0attended 2 days of creative workshops in their school where they created\u00a0artwork in response to the tour led by our &#8216;Artist in Residence&#8217;; David Marchant. The workshops saw the children create exciting interpretive 2D and 3 D sculptures using mixed media. Take\u00a0a look at some of the lovely examples below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11612 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3505-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A child from Oystermouth Primary makes a sculpture using a hammer as the basis for the form\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11613 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3507-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A child from Oystermouth creates a structure resembling a windmill\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11615 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3521-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A child makes a door resembling Rich White's sculpture\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11616 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3524-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Children prepare a strucutre by painting outside\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11617 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3546-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The structure becomes an installation\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11618 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3547-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the installation featuring suspended toy animals and mammals\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11619 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/artacrossthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_3549-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Children interpret Rich White's sculpture in paintings of doors and other objects \" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pupils from Oystermouth Primary school year 1 undertook a tour on 18\/05\/16 of the latest LOCWS International Art Across the City exhibit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,63,10,161,182,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-locws-schools","category-news","category-outreach-news","category-public-workshops","category-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11731,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11444\/revisions\/11731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}