Since November I've been a Student Ambassador, working for the Progression department. I'd really like to work with children at some point - teaching is something i'm interested in, and would have applied for a degree involving teaching if I hadn't been more interested in developing as a professional artist first. It's the end goal for me perhaps, something that I want to eventually do.
I started by volunteering to take part in a visit to Cathedral Academy school in Wakefield. The aim of the day was to talk to the children about illustration, showing examples of our work, and teach them some basic drawing skills. They'd been visited by a poet, and each had poems to illustrate. It was a nice experience and it was a good way of making sure that working in education still appeals to me.
I also went to City of Leeds School to speak to some year 11 students that had just been given their exam briefs. They weren't very familiar with research, so our role was to show them our sketchbooks and explain the importance of it and talk them through our processes.
I also took part in an 8 week after school workshop once a week for pupils from schools and colleges that are interested in further art education. This involved learning drawing skills, design and printing techniques, some of which I even learned myself!
The pupils were taught a printing method that is used with disperse dye, the process involves painting the design onto paper with the disperse paint, and then transferring the design onto fabric with heat. I found this really interesting and I really wanted to use this method.
above is my disperse dye test.
At the end of these workshops, I assisted with putting on a small exhibition for the children's parents.
I think that being a student ambassador not only gives me work experience, but also I improve my communication skills when talking about art, and It also should improve my ability to present my own work, as what we are doing is selling higher art education to younger children.
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