SCHOOLS

To coincide with our current exhibit Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture the Saatchi Gallery will be offering educational workshops on Friday, July 17th. This will be a great opportunity for students to visit the gallery and get involved by creating their own works of abstract art, much like those being exhibited in our current show. At the workshop, we will be providing fun and fruitful activities for groups of up to twenty students. Students will be able to experiment with origami and create sculptures from recycled products. Two sessions are available for bookings, the morning workshop from 11 am to 1 pm which caters for primary school students and the afternoon session from 3pm to 5pm which caters for secondary schools.

Pupils in all schools nationwide are invited to create a painting, drawing or mixed media piece on A3 paper based on the forthcoming 2012 Paralympic games. The theme is "Movement and Independence". You may enter under 3 separate age categories; Years 3 and 4, 5 and 6, or 7 and 8. Winning entries will be shown at the Saatchi Gallery and funds raised will be donated to Wheelpower. This project was initiated by Feltonfleet School

Garden House School students created a series of individual panels, composed of drawings, paintings and prints, depicting many aspects of life at the Royal Hospital including the buildings, the grounds and the Chelsea pensioners. Themed on the new Infirmary building, these individual ‘bricks’ were produced by children from ages 3 to 10 yrs old. Two of the works will be donated to the Royal Hospital after showing in the Education Room of the Saatchi Gallery this month. The rest were sold in a silent auction to raise funds for the Royal Hospital.

The Saatchi Gallery Kids Day was held on Saturday 22nd November. All young visitors received a free picture by picture guide and a postcard to help them enjoy their gallery visit. The guide introduced the themes of the The Revolution Continues: New Art From China exhibition.

When they came to the gallery, visitors had the chance to view the newest Chinese art including an entire city constructed out of dog chews, a 3-headed monster constructed out of cow bones and a gigantic head made of ashes.

The gallery organized an interactive workshop and talk featuring the artist Wu Shanzhuan’s graffiti inspired paintings on Saturday November 22nd. Visitors learnt how his work was inspired by political pop and expressivism in Contemporary Chinese art and what the parallels are to street and graffiti art in the West.

After the talk they had the chance to create their own graffiti inspired mural at the studio in the gallery’s education room.