The Public is probably one of the best galleries I have ever been too.It is the biggest advertisement for participatory art that i think i have ever seen.
It was just wonderful. Everywhere you turn in to gallery there is something to participate and interact with.
According to the LOTC website,
"Learning experiences outside the classroom are often the most memorable, helping young children to make sense of the world around them and intergrate new experiences and understandings into all aspects of their formal and informal learning" (LOTC, online, 2009)
The public definitely provided opportunity for this.
Here is Jaz testing out our favourite thing of the day. One person selects a picture from an arrangement of images and a giant projector puts it on the screen. Many silly poses were created as well as ingenious and creative ones too.
Einstein once said Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Myself having a go.
Posing with the art.
There were many interactive art packages around the gallery and some were connected to giant screens. It was exciting exploring and getting hands on with what the packages had to offer.
Jaz exploring
Pacman inspired :)
It is the perfect opportunity for children to explore, create, investigate,engage, interact, play,and experiment and this is what I feel art is about.Definitely a creative environment.
This supports,
Duffy,B(1998)
"Creativity does not exist in a vaccum"(Duffy, 1998, p18)
It would be essential to go here before taking children here however, and decide what you would like the children to focus on.
Clement (1993) believes
"Gallery visits must be made for real purpose. Open - ended visits can easily result in the children achieving little more than visual indigestion" (Clement, 1993, p188)
References
Clement, R. (1993) The Art Teachers Handbook. Second Edition. Stanley Thornes Publishers Cheltenham.
Duffy, B(1998) Supporting creativity and Imagination in the Early Years. Open University press. Buckingham.
LOTC (2009) WWW.lotc.org.uk (online)
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