Young Explorers in Art Galleries, Museums and Libraries: Mon 12 Jul 2010
Bury Art Gallery , Moss Street, Bury, BL9 0DR
Programme Information
Earlyarts Professional Development Day for Greater Manchester
Run by CapeUK and the Arts Learning Consortium
in partnership with Bury Council
Monday 12th July 2010
Bury Art Gallery, Museum & Archives, Moss Street, Bury, BL9 0DR (directions and parking)
10.00 am – 4.00 pm (Coffee available from 9.30am)
Theme: Young explorers in galleries, museums and libraries
The day will equip participants with innovative ideas for working with art works, objects, books and stories in galleries, museums and libraries - as well as in schools/settings and at home.
For: Early years practitioners, heads of centre, artists, arts and cultural managers, local authority advisors, early years professionals, early years lecturers and students.
Programme:
10.00 Earlyarts Welcome
10.10 Permission to explore. Galleries, museums and libraries as experiences for young children
10.30 Journey of the imagination. Freelance gallery educator Laura Davies demonstrates the use of storytelling, imaginative play and large scale image making to explore exhibitions and gallery spaces with young children. The presentation includes discussion points (and a coffee break!)
12.30 Networking LUNCH (please bring a packed lunch or you can use one of nearby sandwich shops)
1.30 Practical Workshops
Workshop 1 Explorers dig down: working with museum objects. Working in small groups, participants use Bury’s museum collection as a stimulus. The ideas developed will be adaptable to many other contexts.
Workshop 2 Explorers without limits. Alison Davies and colleagues from the library service in Bury discuss opening up the boundless world of stories and books to foundation stage children and their families.
3.00 Case Study: How a reception class worked with the exhibitions currently on display.
3.30 Ideas and information exchange, and finish
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