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Show the Love New Mills

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The Town with a Heart Goes Green for Valentine’s weekend! 

New Mills Festival is encouraging the town to “show the love” over Valentines weekend this February (12th-14th) by taking part in the “Show the Love” walking trail.

We’ve entertained and delighted each other with the wonderful creative displays for ‘Light Up New Mills”. This time it’s about spreading the love for our beautiful part of the world. Make a green heart any way you want and then pop it in window or hang it on your door. More information here: https://www.newmillsfestival.com/show-the-love-new-mills

This week the Year 8 and Year 9 keyworker pupils of New Mills School contributed to the “Show the Love” trail by each making their own clay hearts. Overall they made a grand total of 70! These will be decorated in a green copper oxide and glazed, then diplayed in a giant love heart shape on the outer school fence.

In these challenging times I am immensely proud of how these pupils are showing resilience, responsibilty and resourcefulness. It was refreshing for them to be able to take part in these (Covid secure and socially distanced!) workshops – I can’t wait until next week to decorate them all!

#showthelove #ShowTheLoveNewMills

It’s National Insect Week! 🐛🐞🐜

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To celebrate this National Insect Week, Year 8 pupils from New Mills School have been busy creating drawings inspired by last week’s virtual trip to the Manchester Museum’s Beauty and the Beasts… Falling in love with insects exhibition:

https://mmbeautyandthebeasts.wixsite.com/mmbeautyandthebeasts

Here are a few awesome museum specimen drawings that have been submitted so far:

I am looking forward to receiving more of these gorgeous specimen drawings! Currently I have been spending the last couple of days observing and rescuing(!) Peacock Butterfly caterpillars who are on the move from the nettles next door… Here is a lovely little poem that sums up this week perfectly:

ACE Wild about Ceramics Finale

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After having a very successful exhibit as part of the New Mills Festival’s Art Trail, it is with sadness for me to announce the end of the Arts Council funded Wild about Ceramics project… However! The project has created a legacy; since late September there has been an oversubscribed weekly after school ‘Clay Club’ for the pupils of New Mills School, which I look forward to continue organising in the new year…

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New Mills Art Trail LIVE!

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The New Mills Festival Art Trail is now live! All the artists and info about Art in the Window and the Big Weekend can be found on the website. Information about my exhibit at Venues 17 (New Mills Library) and 59 (Wright Shoes) can be found here: https://www.newmillsfestival.com/wild-about-ceramics

The Festival Brochure has been printed and has started to be distributed around the area… It can also be viewed and printed following the below links:

Click to access printable-events-brochure-2019.pdf

Click to access printable-artists-brochure-2019.pdf

Meanwhile, here are a few of the finished pieces the pupils of New Mills School have created, and will be exhibiting in the Art Trail…

ACE Wild about Ceramics UPDATE!

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Wow it has been such a busy couple of months! I have finally updated all the sections under the “Wild about Ceramics 2019” heading (at the top of the screen)… Pages include info and images about: the ceramics the pupils have made, the NGS weekend, the after-school staff clay session, the RHS Tatton garden AND the recent trip to the Manchester Museum!!! During the summer holidays I shall be busy ensuring as much clay work gets fired as possible, in time for the September New Mills Arts Trail…

Here are pages from the New Mills School July Newsletter that feature what I have been doing at school. Entire Newsletter can be read here: https://www.newmillsschool.co.uk/assets/Uploads/Downloads/Newsletter-July-2019.pdf

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National Garden Scheme weekend at NMS

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It has been a busy first day of New Mills School’s National Garden Scheme weekend! As part of this event, today I have been and tomorrow I will be running free drop-in Art workshops in the School’s library space (situated next to the yummy tea and cake area!) where you will get the opportunity to create a 3D paper or clay flower, inspired by the beautiful flora in the surrounding gardens. Also on display inside is an installation of “Save Nature Flowers”, created this week by the new soon-to-be Year 7 students starting at NMS this September.

Further details below:

APOIDEA at The Manchester Museum

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I am very pleased to announce that APOIDEA (2013) has been invited back to the Manchester Museum! Displayed alongside museum specimens and artefacts, and part of a Virtual Reality experience where members of the public can participate in how a Orchid Bee pollinates plants.

On display now, on the Third Floor above Nature’s Library.

Opening times:
Monday – Wednesday 10am – 5pm
Thursday 10am – 9pm
Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am – 5pm

Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

HGHS Reception Display

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Through exploring ceramic and making-practice to encourage the participation of young people in green spaces and ecological issues, the project involves delivering a series of practice-based workshops bringing together artists, students, teachers, scientists, green spaces, botanical collections and entomological specimens.

Many thanks to Mr Vickers, Mr Jones and all the participatory teachers and pupils at Hazel Grove High School – the pupil’s have all created imaginative and unique work!

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MA RESULT: Pass with Merit

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After starting the MA in 2013 (with two in-between years completing teacher training!) I am very happy to say I have completed and passed the MA with Merit! Many thanks to the staff and students at the following schools and institutions who have contributed to projects in my MA:

– Claire Laws, and the pupils of St John’s RC Primary School, Chorlton
– Jo Sliwa, and the pupils of Abraham Moss High School, Crumpsall
– Matt Jones, and the pupils of Hazel Grove High School, Stockport
– Rachel Webster and Lindsay Loughtman, at the Herbarium in The Manchester Museum

The MA Show continues at Manchester School of Art until Saturday 7 October, and my work is situated to the left of the Holden Gallery.