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Cinta Miller at Alperton Community School
Cinta Miller, a creative director within the fashion industry and celebrity make-up artist, worked with the students of Alperton Community School on a sustainable fashion project. The students created beautiful garments from recycled materials.
“Cinta gave me the power and encouragement to be creative” – Alperton CS student -
Michael Attenborough at Greig City
Michael lives and breathes Shakespeare and has brought performances to some of the world’s biggest stages. He shared his knowledge of Macbeth to the students of Greig City as they worked though the text in energy-filled workshops.
“The project produced insight, appreciation of detail, textual analysis, motivation and inspiration for what is possible within the subject.” -
Pragya Kumar at Davies Lane
Pragya worked with 90 students from Davies Lane Primary to produce ‘Recreate’, an exhibition of artwork made entirely from recycled materials. The exhibition included jewelry, pen holders and coasters.
The teacher commented “The children have grown in confidence and have a deeper and wider understanding of the arts”
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Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) at Alperton Community School
NACO visited Alperton Community School with the aim of showcasing their talents and demonstrating to the students the opportunities available as professional musicians. The students were blown away by their talents and the sessions produced some interesting discussions.
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Story Drawing Club at Preston Park Primary
Emma Jackson of Story drawing club worked with Preston Park Primary to run story writing and illustration workshops. Pictured are the students reading the stories and illustrations they have created as beautiful printed books.
Their teacher commented:
“Having professionals come into school demonstrates that the Arts are actually a career option. AiR brings the arts right down […]
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Eva and Rowland at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
Professional filmmaker’s Eva and Rowland worked with the students of Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children teaching them their craft. The students and filmmakers worked together over the course of a week to produce some incredible stop motion films.
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2018/19 Artists in Residence Highlights
See some of our highlights of 2018/19!
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A Chat With the ‘World’s Best Teacher’: Andria Zafirakou Advocates for Arts in Schools, Creates Nonprofit to Connect Students With Artists
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A Chat With the ‘World’s Best Teacher’: Andria Zafirakou Advocates for Arts in Schools, Creates Nonprofit to Connect Students With Artists -
Global teacher prize winner Andria Zafirakou to found school arts charity
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Global teacher prize winner Andria Zafirakou to found school arts charity
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Teacher who won $1m will use windfall to get artists into schools
Read the full article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jun/26/1m-teaching-prize-winner-launches-uk-school-arts-charity
