Protest Art Project - exploring ideas around Power and Greed
How will Your Voice Be Heard?
All year groups from year 2 to year 6 are working on this project at Dunkirk and we are really excited to share ideas, thoughts and impetus with Finland.
Many classes across the school are working with Claire Simpson and Julie Wise to create a series of artworks exploring notions around protest, looking at our whole-school theme of Power and Greed through visual arts and exploring ideas around pupil voice. Different classes have explored this in different ways - and are busy working towards exhibiting their work and ideas early next year. The children have been full of deep thoughts about notions of protest, ways to protest and how this feeds into their own interests, concerns, thoughts and aspirations.
We've looked at lots of examples of other artists, community actions and people across the world who have created all kinds of protests - and the notions of "gentle" protest have cropped up again and again, with the children really animated about the ideas of leaving messages, pictures and objects they have created in places where they will be found and listened to.
There is much more work still being carried out and so far children have created protest cup-cakes, little books, treasure chests, worry dolls, maps, film footage and lots more.
Further information can be found on Dunkirk's website and on the blog Claire Simpson has on her own artists website Stories Under Stones.
Protest Art Project - exploring ideas around Power and Greed
How will Your Voice Be Heard?
All year groups from year 2 to year 6 are working on this project at Dunkirk and we are really excited to share ideas, thoughts and impetus with Finland.
Many classes across the school are working with Claire Simpson and Julie Wise to create a series of artworks exploring notions around protest, looking at our whole-school theme of Power and Greed through visual arts and exploring ideas around pupil voice. Different classes have explored this in different ways - and are busy working towards exhibiting their work and ideas early next year. The children have been full of deep thoughts about notions of protest, ways to protest and how this feeds into their own interests, concerns, thoughts and aspirations.
We've looked at lots of examples of other artists, community actions and people across the world who have created all kinds of protests - and the notions of "gentle" protest have cropped up again and again, with the children really animated about the ideas of leaving messages, pictures and objects they have created in places where they will be found and listened to.
There is much more work still being carried out and so far children have created protest cup-cakes, little books, treasure chests, worry dolls, maps, film footage and lots more.
Further information can be found on Dunkirk's website and on the blog Claire Simpson has on her own artists website Stories Under Stones.