Opoho School 1
I had a fantastic time on Tuesday talking about Kate Boocock's work, sculptural conventions and sustainability with four students from Opoho School's gifted and talented program. There was definitely a lot of talent, and the students all had fantastic ideas about art, and the environment. All of the students produced their own fantasy cityscape sculptures using found materials. I particularly liked this student’s choice of colour, the way he used repetition purposefully and how he added in red objects which lead your eye around the work. All of the students also made drawings of their city after an environmental disaster and then made drawings of the city their sculpture represented. If you would like to bring a group into the gallery for a workshop please email education@blueoyster.org.nz
Opoho School 2
This student chose to create a large green outdoor space with hills and rivers and created a small city below the hills. She chose to use the same materials as Kate to convey her own concept. For more information about our education program please email education@blueoyster.org.nz
Opoho School 3
This student created an excellent sculpture of a park city, and chose her colours based on the fabric she chose to represent the land. She used Kate Boocock's methods of stacking and balancing objects to create the buildings in her sculpture. For more information about our education program please email education@blueoyster.org.nz
Opoho School 4
The darkside gallery space was transformed into a landscape dotted with cities, made by 4 students from Opoho School. The students made these sculptures in response to Kate Boocock's work in the lower gallery space. Thank you to all of the student's for coming and making fantastic work. For more information about our education program please email education@blueoyster.org.nz
St Peter Chanel 3
After making the works, the town planners told the group about their sculpture and the sustainable city it represented. The students all had good ideas about how to generate power, and after a bit of discussion also thought of ways to produce food in their cities. The students made positive comments about each work and also asked a lot of interesting questions. The future is looking bright with these students on the case.
Dunedin North Intermediate 1
This workshop started with looking at Anya Sinclair's work, talking about caves and what could be inside the cave. Students then identified adjectives which related to how they felt about Anya's work and wrote a short story about discovering their own cave. This was followed by a mix media drawing activity.
Dunedin North Intermediate 2
Once students had an idea about their cave, they painted the light in the cave with washes of paint.
Dunedin North Intermediate 4
Students replicated stalagmites by cutting out shapes in paper and overlaying them onto their drawing.
Dunedin North Intermediate 6
When the drawings were finished the students all commented on the positive aspects of other students works.
Opoho School Group 2
Students making mixed media drawings in response to Anya's work, and their own stories about caves.
Opoho School Group 2
When everyone was finished their works we went around the group and discussed what worked well in each students work.