ART MATTERS TEACHER TRAINING EVENT

ART MATTERS in collaboration with the University of the Arts, London, University of East London and NSEAD/SEAD(South East Art & Design) will be hosting a FREE teachers training event on Saturday 6th July 10.30am-3.30pm                                            

Aims of the session:

• Opportunity to view the annual East London Schools Exhibition ‘Art Matters’


• Explore matters related to the Exhibition and implications for learning and teaching


• Engage in practical drawing workshop run by UAL/LCF


• Artist talk from Chila Kumari Burman


• SEAD action planning

Programme:

We will be based in Knowledge Dock and the ADI studio.

10.30     Welcome / Outline of the day and introduction to the show 

10.50     View ‘Art Matters’ Exhibition

• Teachers are welcome to bring and use sketchbooks, drawing implements, camera phones, notation to record their observations and thinking

11.45     Reconvene in studio for plenary session

12.00-12.45 Lunch (A light lunch will be provided, please bring your own lunch if you have specific dietary requirements)

12.45-2.15 practical drawing workshop led by UAL /LCF

2.15-3.00 Talk by Artist Dr. Chila Kumari Burman

• Dr. Chila Kumari Burman is an iconic British artist. A significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s. Burman was one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work: Lynda Nead’s, Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995) and a second monograph by Nead was published in 2012. In 2018, Burman received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her outstanding contributions to the Creative Industries.

3.00-3.30 SEAD Meeting-development and action plan