Inspired by visit to the Stanley Picker Gallery
Year 7 Students and Woodlands Class visited the Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University as one of several activities for the I am Festival this year. Now in its tenth year the I Am Festival brings together SEN schools across London to empower, celebrate and explore the creativity of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent young people.
They were excited to explore the current installation by Mexican artist Débora Delmar and were inspired to create some artworks of their own during their visit to the gallery.
Through her Stanley Picker Fellowship, Delmar’s solo exhibition focussed on the multiple meanings of the word Trust. She created a large gate that divides the exhibition space to recreate her current fascination in gated communities.
After the students had completed a worksheet in the exhibition space, the curators introduced them to a game with the ropes and stands and they enthusiastically joined in. They had great fun moving the ropes and taking turns to be ‘trapped’ and ensnaring each other. They decided the ropes were like a spider’s web and this idea carried through into the practical part of the workshop with several students creating spiders and spider web patterns.
Ms Egan, the art teacher, was very pleased with this link up as they are exploring web structures in art lessons this term
St Philip’s has an ongoing partnership with the Stanley Picker Gallery, part of Kingston University, and is part of their Community Forum. Previous projects have included work experience visits for pupils and supporting Kingston University Architecture students in their understanding of working with children with SEN.
