http://www.annebrodie.co.uk/index.asp
http://www.laylacurtis.com/
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/News_and_Information/Artists_and_Writers/index.html
http://biomapping.net/
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Subject: Re: Appreciate your thoughts on this.
_Stimulating_
* Map drawing, charting your journey - after giving
students/teachers your itinerary, the students (depending on their
educational level) could draw simple-complex maps to describe the
area(s) you will be visiting to focus on your work.
* Atmospheric changes - students partcipating in your project could
learn to recognise the various weather patterns that occur in
Antarctica and provide you with suggestions on how to capture the
changes in conditions through the drawings.
* Wider environmental - students submit their own drawings
expressing Antarctica's importance, where climate change are key
words.
_Practical_
* Medium of the day - obviously this would depend on how the various
drawing media/instruments/tools react in such an environment but
your blog/web page could allow you to receive votes from
students/teachers/public on the medium you should use to
sketch/draw on that particular day. You would then use that medium
to draw with to express for example, atmospheric changes or
whatever objectives that you are setting yourself.
_Useful for students and teachers_
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk
Congrats on the assignment and best wishes for it.
Nick Hutcheson wrote:
>
> Earlier this year, I applied for an Australian Antarctic Fellowship, a
> programme that gives artists the opportunity to visit the Antarctic
> continent. Crazily, someone thought it might be a good idea to send me.
>
> There are 2 strands to my proposal. The first is the nuts and bolts of
> what I’ll be doing there: directly experiencing the subject, walking
> through a landscape, immersing myself in it and drawing what engages me.
> This will form the catalyst for a series of work for exhibition.
>
> The second strand is the educational aspect. I’m looking to create a
> dialogue between artist and student before and whilst I am on the
> residency. I am currently looking at developing a project that would be
> aimed at primary level children (although it’s early days so this could
> change).
>
> The most feasible interface for this is a website which I’ll set up some
> months before to function as an online visual diary, updated weekly by
> digitally photographing and uploading sketches/work in situ, and writing
> weblog material to keep a record of the residency program. There’ll be an
> interactive section for online discussion so it’s not just a one-way drop,
> and allows a global audience to be involved in my progress. Handily one of
> my other hats is a multi media design.
>
> The idea is to visit local primary (and secondary?) schools before
> departure, so that the website becomes a site for exchanging information
> and provoking reflections about Antarctica (as both a geographical place
> and as a historic site) which may be linked with current subjects in their
> curriculum.
>
> The big question for me currently: what to actually DO with/for students
> while I’m enroute and in Antarctica – ideally stimulating, practical,
> useful for teachers and students alike. I like the approach taken by
> another artist previously: describing something (eg a glacier) in words
> and having the students produce drawings based on the description (can
> then be uploaded, form part of the exhibition etc).
>
> I thought I’d throw this out to the drawing network, given the collective
> wealth of experience. I’d like to stay drawing focused, obviously. I’d
> really appreciate your thoughts.
>
> Regards
>
> Nick
>
>
> NICK HUTCHESON
>
> *P *03 9484 1964
> *M *0421 390 295
> *W* http://www.nicholashutcheson.com
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