COURSES

This course aims to introduce the potential of animation through drawing, painting or any kind of mark making directly onto paper as well as digital media (any graphics programme, Photoshop, Word, Powerpoint, Flash, Adobe, iMovie etc) in a practical ‘hands on’ way through a simple project that will encompass digital Image-manipulation, animation and interactive multimedia. Some of the session will be spent showing participants how to develop ways of using a computer, scanner and printer to have fun with simple reciprocal animations.

The courses will be supplemented by a resource page on the project website which will include notes and other relevant material on both printed and digital media including:

Copies of the handouts used on the day
Unique flick books produced by world leading professional animators
A list of useful and interesting web site addresses
A list of Computer Applications along with a brief description of their potential for flick books
Some illustrated lesson plans

The course will:

Suit a wide variety of experience
Suit users of both IBM/PC and Apple Mac platforms
Be a good mix of hands on experience, demonstration and presentation

Each participating school will receive an edition of flip books plus inclusion in an exhibition in the summer of 2011 which will tour to venues in South Gloucestershire, Bristol, BANES and North Somerset, and the Dansmarks Mediemuseum, Odense. The exhibition will include the project outcomes from schools, employer-partners and professional artists and designers in addition to UWE Art, Media and Design students and staff. The exhibition offers students the opportunity to see their work as part of a professional exhibition (and, if teachers would like their students to be included, get involved in designing & developing the exhibition) alongside the promotional process for the exhibition and digital legacy of the project, which can be built on in future years as a record of work between the partners involved.

Courses will be delivered by an accredited Educator-Practitioner with extensive and current experience of development and innovation in teaching art, design & technology in schools alongside print research specialists from the Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE who have extensive experience of delivering art, design and technology focused CPD to artist and designer teaching professionals. The training will offer teachers the opportunity to experience and make use of the most up to date digital resources available to schools, and to run a project back in their home institutions which makes full use of their learning with their own students. This project will be fully supported by learning materials and resources from the training day for the project which will enable staff to maximise the use of digital resources in their individual schools and practices.

First patented in 1868, flick books have a simple magic to them, they predate the movie and they encapsulate the very essence of animation - the illusion of the moving image. Flick-Flip-Flick is an innovative project, developed from the flick book by the Faculty of Creative Arts, Humanities and Education, the Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE in partnership with local schools, colleges and Aardman Animations. The project will be complemented by professional development courses which offer the opportunity for teachers from schools and colleges across the region to develop their art, design and media skills which will inform innovation in teaching and learning.

Artists have always experimented with the latest technology - the lens, the press, photosensitive silversalts, magnetic tape, plastics – the students we now teach have grown up with computers, accepting digital technology as naturally as previous generations assimilated and accepted the television, the telephone, the camera, the printing press. Everywhere we look there is evidence of computers being used to generate the visual material around us. The power of digital technology to facilitate communication is revolutionary. The computer may already be as much a part of the Art department as it has become a part of the workplace and the home. Computers will not replace traditional artistic skills nor replace the tactile experience of working directly with materials, but the whole range of digital technology is a powerful addition to traditional tools and skills, both in the creative process and in the process of communication.

Each course is limited to 10 participants and runs from 09.30 - 16.30

Dates:

Wednesday 20 October 2010
Thursday 4 November 2010
Monday 15 November 2010
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Thursday 27 January 2011
Friday 18 February 2011
Monday 28 February 2011

Price (includes materials, lunch and tea and coffee)

Subsidised rate £95 per delegate (supported through LEA) - Teachers funded by South Gloucestershire Council should e-mail Joanna2.Montgomery@uwe.ac.uk directly to confirm places

Full rate £250 per delegate

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TUTORS

Ross Wallis

Head of Art - Sidcot School

Ross Wallis is Head of Art at a small Quaker school, part day, part boarding, part international, with pupils ranging in age from 3 to 18. With a background in fine art and printmaking, he became interested in the potential of digital technology in the art room from the mid 80's and has pursued this interest though it’s rapid and remarkable development specialising in the use of digital media within the art and design environment. His work with students includes digital photography, image-manipulation, animation, film, web, interactive art, the used of mobile devices, pervasive media, and the use of collaborative networking tools such as Flickr, Twitter, and Ning. Read more

Dr Carinna Parraman

CFPR - Senior Research Fellow

Carinna’s motivation for research in colour, is based on her artist background and in mixing pigmented colour for traditional printmaking. Her research has developed through long term usage of digital imaging software and print hardware; experience of photomechanical methods for image making; an increasing understanding and knowledge of the field of digital inkjet printing for herself and for other artists; and more recently in collaboration with Hewlett Packard Laboratories - an ongoing dialogue to develop new creative approaches for inkjet printing. Read more

Paul Laidler

CFPR - Research Associate

Paul is a Research Associate at the CFPR specialising in wide format inkjet and digital printing. During the past five years Paul has been working with a succession of different artists at the CFPR to produce fine art prints using digital print technologies. Paul's specific area of research looks at comparing previous established practices within the field of fine art Printmaking in-light of todays digital print technologies. By investigating and documenting the holistic nature of creating printed artifacts within a fine art context Paul has undertaken a part time PhD alongside his work at the centre. Read more