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<\/p>\nSource introduces young people taking art and design exams to \u2018 how to research from primary sources in museum collections and to extend this into your art through practical artist led workshops\u2019. This programme includes museum educators’ discussion tours, artist-led studio workshops, career and portfolio advice, student well-being, self-compassion and yoga.<\/p>\n
Source was started in 2007 in response to the growing need for GCSE and A Level art students to research from primary art and artefact collections. Source offers students the time to research original objects, and enables them to draw and write in their sketchbooks in the galleries. Students are encouraged to discuss their ideas with their peers and museum education staff while freelance artists in the museum\u2019s education studio space support students\u2019 technical and conceptual art practice.<\/p>\n
Source encourages young people to become independent learners outside the classroom as it takes place during school half-term and on Saturdays. Parents play a crucial part in the project by enabling students to get to the museum, and for shy students feeling outside their comfort zone parents give that all important initial confidence boost. Students work as independent learners within their peer group, with the support of education staff as facilitators.<\/p>\n
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Students are offered a drop-in environment where they are provided with support as and when needed throughout their visit. Many students visit over several days to extend their work and find that they achieve a great deal. Sketching in the galleries leads to experiments and finished work in the studio. 2019 saw 111 young people visit over 6 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the most downloaded online resources from the Fitzwilliam Museum website is our Art and Design Exam Themes resource<\/a>, supporting teachers with a prepared itinerary that matches key objects from the museum’s collection to the exam themes.<\/p>\n This information was gathered as qualitative data on evaluation feedback forms.<\/p>\n \u201cDifferent source materials, paintings not photos, encouraged me to visit more often\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cBeautiful paintings that are useful for my own project\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cGood collection of preliminary drawings, I hadn\u2019t been to the olden part of the museum and I really enjoyed the whole experience\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cFound out a lot, new artists and styles, even old art has an application in modern art\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI enjoyed looking at painting and making connections, extending my ideas and telling me about other artists\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course it helps a lot having conversations with each other and know where to improve, I should do more research on relevant artists and find inspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cGreat conversations about inspiration for artists and different areas of design\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cReally enjoyed it especially talking to the artist and having the time and space to focus on art\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cRelaxing conversation and beautiful arts collections\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cTalking with each other\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cSharing different ideas are quite useful\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cDoing research, it is the most important thing\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cDirections in where to go next in art\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cDiversity and synergy is the key\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI was able to try out new techniques and gain further inspiration. I learnt etching and how to use water calligraphy brushes\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gave me different ways to look for my exam theme of Reflections and taught me new skills like how to successfully carve and print lino\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very useful and I was able to try out new art skills and techniques I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do otherwise\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cReally enjoyed it especially talking to the artist and having the time and space to focus on art\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cInspiring new ideas and artists to feed into my work. In the past I learnt embroidery and clay at Source\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cTaught about new aspects, new ideas, buildings, new galleries to visit and new artists\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAllowed me to create more material for my exam folder\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI got a fresh perspective on the exam topic, yes it made me grateful to have such a great place to come for help and inspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know you ran sessions for students\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI know about what I want to develop further and am interested in looking at more workshops here\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel relaxed and inspired, I hadn\u2019t heard of it before and I want to come back\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI love spending the day here\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWorking with artists and people at the museum who know what they are doing\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI like the museum, it helped me look at examples of other work that could influence my own\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe portfolio review has inspired me to do more independent studies and to continue doing what I enjoy\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cFoundation course, general open days at University\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought of trying doing art course in college as I had a grade D from GCSE\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking at A Level now\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt made me more excited about wanting to pursue art in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cMade it clearer about my future in further education\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cMeeting Hannah (Kershaw) was inspirational\u201d. (Ask the Artist Event)<\/p>\n \u201cI am going to start MA in product design\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cTry to find another way of researching, art should have a variety of expression\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI really enjoyed the mindfulness in art, which was very helpful, it relaxed and inspired me\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was really helpful, I found lots of inspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cVery helpful with where to go next\u201d.<\/p>\n The artists are there alongside the students, experimenting with ideas and art materials<\/strong><\/p>\n Creative energy, enriched ideas. <\/strong><\/p>\n Student Portfolio review<\/strong> day<\/strong> with guest lecturers from Cambridge School of Art Anglia Ruskin University.\u00a0 With thanks to Will Hill, Deputy Head of School, and John Clarke, Senior Lecturer, who gave valuable advice to our visitors at Source. With bookable slots of up to 20 minutes per art student (and parent) this proved really useful for students to find their strengths and weaknesses with gentle guidance and encouragement from Will Hill.<\/p>\n Will and John offered insights into degree courses and potential career paths in the arts. 9 students took up these 20-30 minute portfolio review slots, these proved a valuable addition to the programme with a real interest shown in arts courses particularly Game Design.<\/p>\n Ask the Artist<\/strong>, an addition to the programme this year, with artist Iona McCuaig and Exhibition Designer Hannah Kershaw offering an hour-long question and answer session with the young people. Hannah and Iona offered advice on subjects such as applying to art college, sustaining a career in the arts, how to establish yourself as an artist and what it is like to be part of a studio group of artists. 10 pre-masters students joined 6 secondary students for this session.<\/p>\n With growing awareness of student wellbeing, schools and colleges are embedding student support as part of the forward facing offer for all. This session of Mindfulness and Art was design for students in years 10-13. Facilitated by therapist Samina Khan and Yoga teacher Daniella McDermott these 2 one hour sessions took place in the Chinese gallery. Mindfulness walking meditation over 30 minutes took place in gallery 11. A focus on breathing through stress and anxiety, self-compassion and body tension release. To be repeated on Saturday 15 June 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Several teachers commented that they would very much benefit from a wellbeing session having seen the Source sessions for students on self-compassion, wellbeing and yoga so this is offered as a CDP event in June alongside a repeat for students on the same day.<\/p>\n Mindfulness and Art<\/em><\/strong>, as part of Creativity and Wellbeing Week<\/p>\n A session for Art Educators to refresh, restore and rebalance using mindfulness, self-compassion and body balance. Saturday 15 June 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source is a free programme at the Fitzwilliam Museum for young people researching their art GCSEs and A Levels. The programme includes primary art and museum object research in the museum galleries, and guest artists in the museum studio. 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What do young people think of Source?<\/h3>\n
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Establishing Connections with Higher Education at Source 2018<\/h3>\n
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Mindfulness and art<\/h3>\n
Inset events for art teachers<\/h3>\n
Development plans for Source 2020<\/h3>\n
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