Last week we continued our programme of summer schools with the exciting workshop ‘Green Animation’ run by animator Tony Donoghue for 9 - 12 year olds. Fitting in with the theme of environmental awareness in The Ark this year, the idea of the workshop was to produce animation clips by designing characters and using found and recycled materials to create them and tell a story.
One of the stories created was about animals on the ocean floor clearing up old rubbish such as cartons and bottles. Over the first two days, the children created some interesting sea creatures like vampire fish and googly-eyed crabs! They then made an ‘ocean floor’ and placed the objects onto a plain white background. They filmed the story in groups using stop-motion animation techniques and took a DVD of their animation home at the end of the summer school.
There are still three weeks left of Earth Explorers with a range of workshops and events still to come. This weekend Michelle Browne will be helping children to make and decorate their own kites, and next week Mhairi Sutherland will reveal how to make photographs without using a camera! Check out http://ark.ie/programme/event003.html for more details.
One of the stories created was about animals on the ocean floor clearing up old rubbish such as cartons and bottles. Over the first two days, the children created some interesting sea creatures like vampire fish and googly-eyed crabs! They then made an ‘ocean floor’ and placed the objects onto a plain white background. They filmed the story in groups using stop-motion animation techniques and took a DVD of their animation home at the end of the summer school.
‘I learned so much about how to animate things, pixelate and make things out of pre-used materials’.
‘I would come back anytime!’
‘I would love more info on what we need to do at home to do more and use these skills’
Make sure you check back to see how the children turned their characters into moving pictures. The animation clips the children made will be uploaded to our website very soon.
‘I would come back anytime!’
‘I would love more info on what we need to do at home to do more and use these skills’
Make sure you check back to see how the children turned their characters into moving pictures. The animation clips the children made will be uploaded to our website very soon.
Tony will facilitate another Green Animation summer school which will run from Tuesday 11 – Friday 14 August for 12 – 14 years.
Dublin City Council’s Rose Festival took place on the 18th and 19th of July in St Anne’s Park in Clontarf. The environmental sculptures made by children during Jole Bortoli’s residency at the Red Stables were exhibited in the workshop space.
Ark Artist John Kavanagh also facilitated art workshops for children over the two days during the festival. Children were invited to add their own works of art to the picture gallery at the Red Stables. They were given a map of the park and could walk around and draw inspiration from nature, make rubbings and draw a design for their own sculpture. These could then be exhibited or taken home. Toward the end of the Sunday an entire wall was covered with wonderful drawings inspired by the park.
Dublin City Council’s Rose Festival took place on the 18th and 19th of July in St Anne’s Park in Clontarf. The environmental sculptures made by children during Jole Bortoli’s residency at the Red Stables were exhibited in the workshop space.
Ark Artist John Kavanagh also facilitated art workshops for children over the two days during the festival. Children were invited to add their own works of art to the picture gallery at the Red Stables. They were given a map of the park and could walk around and draw inspiration from nature, make rubbings and draw a design for their own sculpture. These could then be exhibited or taken home. Toward the end of the Sunday an entire wall was covered with wonderful drawings inspired by the park.
There are still three weeks left of Earth Explorers with a range of workshops and events still to come. This weekend Michelle Browne will be helping children to make and decorate their own kites, and next week Mhairi Sutherland will reveal how to make photographs without using a camera! Check out http://ark.ie/programme/event003.html for more details.
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