Past projects
These are details of the recent projects that the team have worked on.
A Civic Inauguration of The Knitting Salon
Sat 16 Jan - designed by artists Trevor Pitt and Kate Pemberton.
As part of Arnolfini's Craftivism exhibition, knitters and non-knitters were invited to a free event celebrating the civic inauguration of an artist-led project The Knitting Salon - which actively promoted the sharing and learning of knitting skills through sociable events in public spaces.
For its inauguration at The Mall in Bristol, Salon Benches and accompanying trolleys created a stimulating learning environment that encouraged sharing experiences. A lot of people turned up to take part and all were intrigued by the Salon Bench, made by ladies in Knowle West.
START
September 2007 - July 2010
Expanding Arnolfini's work with Bristol schools, this programme of visits is supporting five schools and 700 children to visit exhibitions and live events. Each visit and child's responses and ideas will be documented through drawing, note-taking and photography. The programme includes support and training for teachers. The schools are The City Academy, Glenfrome Primary, Easton Primary, Summerhill Juniors, Barton Hill Primary.
www.artsandkids.org.uk
Supported by The Prince of Wales Foundation, Arts and Kids and Ernest Cook Foundation
Media Lab
July 2008
Media Lab is a project for young people, who will spend a week at Arnolfini, working with an artist experimenting with aspects of media.
Work experience 2008
Every year, Arnolfini's Access & Education team run a highly successful and exciting week of work experience for GCSE-age students. This year's session is fully booked with 15 young people from regional schools including; Hayesfield, Hardenhuish, Chew Valley School, Kings of Wessex School, Clevedon Community School, Bernard Lovell School, Ralph Allen School, Backwell School and Mangotsfield School. The group will be working with an artist/designer to produce something useful for Arnolfini.
Seeds of Change
Maria Thereza Alves, April – November 2007
Maria Thereza Alves distributed soil, seed and plant samples from possible ballast dumping sites around Bristol harbourside. Looked after by a diverse group of people including Malcolm X Elders, First Born Creatives, LAFTA (Looked After Fostered and Transracially Adopted) and the British Conservation Trust Volunteers, these 100 or so samples were nurtured and grown throughout the summer and finally exhibited as part of Port City, a season of work and events exploring trade and migration.
A Guide To Arnolfini
Frances Bossom and Rattlecat, July 2007
Working with 12 young people, artist Frances Bossom and designers Rattlecat have developed a new guide to Arnolfini. The young people took part during their work experience week at various schools in and around Bristol. The guide contains information about the building, its history, facts and figures and is aimed at first time visitors. It is available free in the building from September.
This Way Up
Travelling Light Youth Theatre, August 2007
Travelling Light Youth Theatre, based in Barton Hill, Bristol, work in different locations each summer to produce new performances inspired by different sites. Previously they have worked in a cave, woods and a ship. This year 25 young people, a director, a designer and a choreographer spent five days creating site specific performances inspired by Lucy Mackenzie, Eileen Quinlan and Cheyney Thompson’s exhibitions and the building. Two presentations of the results happened in the building at the end of the project.
Supported by Community at Heart.
Media Lab
Kim Noble and Stuart Silver, Mar 2007
12 young people from Bristol schools worked with artists Kim Noble and Stuart Silver to explore the Pale Carnage exhibition and what goes on at Arnolfini. Introducing the group to new ways of using a wide range of media, a huge amount of work was produced. To present their work, the group led a public exhibition tour, opened up their temporary studio for inspection and showed their films in the dark studio.
Supported by Creative Partnerships
The Great Art Quest
Lady Lucy and Nina Wylie, Oct - Nov 2006
Introducing new schools, as well as developing existing relationships, this project ran during Albert Oehlen’s exhibition, I will always champion bad painting. Supporting each school to bring X classes of Year 5 and 6 children to the exhibition, discuss the art and ideas and make a series of drawings in response. Inspired by Oehlen’s punk attitudes, the drawings were developed as t shirt designs, drawing, painting, printing and sewing onto the sponsor’s official t shirts. 100s of t shirts, accompanied by a soundtrack of children’s conversations about Oehlen’s work were displayed in the Light Studio as part of Mash Up.
Schools taking part were Glenfrome Primary, Hillcrest Primary, Headley Park Primary and Teyfant Primary.
Supported by The Prince of Wales Foundation, Arts and Kids.