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Project Notes Artist Models/practitioners Olivia Brown - ceramics, Wales, UK https://www.oliviabrown.co.uk/ Image: Reggie's Roller Palace at the Mission Gallery, Swansea Tuesday 08 November 2011, 10:55 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/bdc654a2-d41f-3657-95ca-b7e99bb299bc Think Strictly Come Dancing meets the X Factor meets Crufts, only this time with ceramic dogs, then perhaps you might be a little closer to imagining Olivia Brown's latest art installation. It's a wry look at the cult of celebrity, audience need and the prevalence of mass marketing tools and is heading to the  Mission Gallery  in Swansea. Brown is clearly an animal-lover, as each of her creations is lovingly hand-crafted from clay and imbued with its own personality and characteristics. The exhibition is expressed through the eyes of another of Brown's beloved animals, Reggie the rat, but involves around 120 dog characters who star as contestants, judges an...

Activity Centre - Internship Notes 2019 reads from latest to oldest posts - 100 hours required as part of my Bachelor of Visual Art 23 October 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/jul/11/inspire-disengaged-students-teaching link to excellent web article from the Guardian - Engagement with at risk teenagers  Surprise Assemblage My favorite place to shop for art supplies was the dollar store when I leading teen art groups. I was always looking for surprising objects to incorporate into artwork. I assembled piles of random items such as pipe cleaners, wood shapes, small toys, fabric scraps, yarn, buttons, screws, nuts, and bolts etc. I would ask teens to make an assemblage using the items in front of them. These kinds of art exercises resemble childhood play and can keep participants absorbed in creating for a long periods of time.  https://www.expressiveartworkshops.com/how-to-start-your-own-art-program/spontaneous-art-the...