EYFS Best Practice in schools - In the picture Charlotte Goddard Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Following an increased engagement in visual art during the pandemic, how can early years settings continue to support children s creativity, asks Charlotte Goddard
Activities such as spin painting can be more enjoyable for those children who are daunted by formal approaches to art Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting
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Firstsite, Colchester.
- Credit: Andrew Partridge
The wait is almost over as Colchester’s contemporary art gallery Firstsite prepares to welcome visitors again, when it throws open its doors on May 17.
Art lovers will be treated to an exciting and diverse mix of exhibitions as well as a range of activities, courses and clubs to enjoy.
Firstsite was designed to be more than just an art gallery. It is a social space where people can meet
- Credit: Archant
Adding to the mood of celebration there will be an extra buzz around the gallery, as the striking, crescent-shaped building is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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These days there are few places quieter than the City of London. Recently, on a sunny February afternoon, I decided to take a bike ride through the financial district, making the most of the empty roads and cobbled back streets of this ghost town. At one point, I had to hit the brakes, startled to encounter another person standing at a junction where I was about to turn. Once I’d stopped, I realised it was not a human figure but a sculpture: Antony Gormley’s
Resolution (2005). Up close (and if the sun is not in your eyes), the cast-iron sculpture – a shade over six feet tall – is quite clearly not an actual person but a tower of cuboid blocks, stacked to follow the contours of an upright body and vaguely reminiscent of the pixels that appear when you zoom in too close on an image on your phone or computer. Its hard-edged feet are fixed firmly to the ground, on the curb on the corner of Shoe Lane and St Bride Street.