Hidden Art will organise two school days as part of this year’s annual Hidden Art Open Studios event that takes place during the weekend of 25/26 November and 2/3 December with designer-makers opening up their studios to the general public.

 

Hidden Treasure will involve participating pupils from local schools touring designer maker’s studios to help them explore and investigate aspects related to their National Curriculum Key Stage 3 and 4 Design and Technology work. 

 

Participating pupils will be given a ‘map’ to fill in answers to questions or to chart the unique processes they learn from the designer makers they visit as they follow a trail of discovery.

 

Eighteen participating Hidden Art designer makers from 15 venues, will set tasks and activities, lasting approximately half-an-hour to 40 minutes, for visiting pupils to discover innovative processes ranging from furniture making and glass blowing to ceramics and millinery.

 

Pupils can then take back to the classroom, inspiration and insight drawn from the studio visits to develop into an Online Exhibition, which will concentrate on form and function of innovative product design, and knowledge and understanding of local enterprise, both vital aims and objectives of Design and Technology at Key Stages 3 and 4.

 

An Online Forum will be set up so that pupils can share ideas with other participating schools and get feedback from designer makers as they develop and produce an online exhibition. 

 

This is an excellent opportunity for schools to participate in this Open Studios project not only to help support Key Stage 3 and 4 Design and Technology work but also to see first-hand, local design enterprise in action. We are keen to hear from secondary schools based in the Hackney and Tower Hamlets areas.

For further information and a registration form, contact Tiffany Radmore at Hidden Art by emailing Tiffany@hiddenart.co.uk or calling 020 7729 3800.

 

The deadline for registration is Wednesday 15 November 5pm.

 

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