H Willetts

Head of Art, West Midlands.

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

Wolves School Teachers! Complete a survey to help us understand how #Wolves young people access visual art.

The survey is part of a project funded by @WolvesCouncil & HM Government’s and West Midlands Combined Authority’s Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund. https://t.co/nUUECwkORK

[Friends, Families & Travellers @GypsyTravellers]

🎉#GRTHM24 COMPETITION🎉

We asked schools and pupils to think about what ‘family’ means to them, and get creative with different mediums to celebrate GRTHM.

The submissions were so inspiring and our judges had a tough time deciding on winners.

But without further ado...

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[Crestwood School @CrestwoodSchool]

Lots of exciting work being produced in the art department this week!! Keep up the great work #KS3Art

[Crestwood School @CrestwoodSchool]

Year 9 artists have been experimenting with oil pastels in the style of Andy Gellenberg... Looking forward to seeing how they develop this style of work into their final pieces next week!

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

📢NEW BLOG📢

Hannah Willetts is Head of Art at Crestwood School, Dudley & an Alumni of our Contemporary Art in the Classroom programme. 🎨🥳

Read about the difference our programme made to her practice & the very real impact it had on her students

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https://t.co/47tgklgBkN

[H Willetts @hwlts29]

Another great learning programme from @ArtsConnectWM exploring contemporary art in the classroom
https://t.co/SroqwRprHS

[Crestwood School @CrestwoodSchool]

Year 7 artists have been exploring the theme of Pop Art and are creating these wonderful pencil crayon studies of sweets. Keep up the great work year 7!!

[Crestwood School @CrestwoodSchool]

Our Year 9 artists have been exploring the work of Teesha Moore and have created these wonderful collages! We can't wait to see them finished in the next lesson. Keep up the fantastic work, Year 9!

[Colton Hills Community School @ColtonHillsCS]

Recently, our Yr 8 pupils visited @newartgallery to see The World That Belongs to Us exhibition. Inspired by Chitra Ganesh, they explored mixed media techniques to create animal hybrid images. They also did collages & patterns using photos & images influenced by Pamila Matharu.

[Colton Hills Community School @ColtonHillsCS]

We too are supporting The Birch Thompson Memorial Fund's Snowdon Climb, happening this weekend, 18th May. Do share the post below from @WolvesFPA and let's get as many donations as possible, however big or small! Monies raised will help improve facilities at Gelliwig.
@gelliwig

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

Have you read our new report? 🤔❔❔❔

You really should...

It shows that caring is the key in art teacher CPD.

It also shows that we, at Arts Connect, are doing something really, rather special in our work with Art Teachers. 🥳🥳🥳🥰

https://t.co/rpK73Lg75p

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

📢REPORT LAUNCH📢

Our new report shows that caring is the key in art teacher CPD. 🖼️🎨

Practices of Care: Teacher Responses to Arts Connect’s Professional Development Programmes.

✍️Researched & written by Professor Pat Thomson & Dr Becky Coles.

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https://t.co/rpK73Lg75p

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

How fabulous! A lovely thing to retweet on this sunny Friday. So glad you enjoyed it Year 8 Art Club.🥰🥳🖼️🎨

[Becky Thompson @BeckArtsConnect]

Great to catch up with Art Teachers from across the Black Country & Telford at the Spring term network meet, generously hosted by @hswv_
Moderation, photography skills, 3D projects and how to work together were high on the agenda @ArtsConnectWM #arteducationmatters #artteacher

[Becky Thompson @BeckArtsConnect]

Great to catch up with the 12 art teachers on the @ArtsConnectWM Contemporary Art in the Classroom CPD programme. Sharing ideas, making plans and reflecting on their learning so far. Over the next few weeks all of their students will be visiting @newartgallery for inspiration.

[Colton Hills CS Art @Chcsartdept]

Year 8 art club visited @newartgallery today and took part in a hybrid animal workshop inspired by Chitra Ganesh. Super impressed with their responses to exhibition #theworldthatbelongstous 🤩✨👏📸🎨🖌 @coltonhillscs @ArtsConnectWM

[The Phoenix Collegiate @PhoenixCollHQ]

🧑‍🎨🎨Ms. Brown and Miss Taylor had a fabulous day with 13 #BlackCountry and #Telford Art teachers engaging in the Contemporary Art in the Classroom CPD Programme. Thank you to @ArtsConnectWM and @newartgallery.🎨🧑‍🎨

[Becky Thompson @BeckArtsConnect]

Over the moon to share our funded CPD programme for art teachers in the Black Country and Telford⬇️ Supporting teachers to enhance their knowledge, skills, networks and art practice. Each workshop focuses on strategies to build diverse and engaging art curriculum.
Please share 🔄

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

Followed by two workshops, including one led by artist #ExodusCrooks approaching race, identity & heritage in the classroom & then a practical artist-led photography workshop. This is just the start of programme designed to enhance professional learning & curriculum development.

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

A fabulous day was had with 13 #BlackCountry & #Telford Art Teachers who are part of our Contemporary Art in the Classroom CPD Programme. The first day was spent with a curator-led tour of #TheWorldThatBelongstoUs exhibition @newartgallery