Schools Information
Planning your visit to the E17 Art Trail 2012
There are over 300 events and exhibitions for the E17 Art Trail 2012. To help you identify which events could be of particular interest to your learners we have prepared School Information Sheets. These outline events and exhibitions which compliment the following subject areas:
Visual Arts
Literature and performance
Music
Film and animation
History
Geography / Politics /Current Affairs
It also includes a summary of the 17 events and exhibitions planned by our local schools.
Download the Information Sheets here
Use these Information Sheets with our listing page to get more information about each event.
You can search our listings online by artform, for workshop providers, and for events for younger audiences.
Art Explorers
Artillery (the creative team behind the E17 Art Trail) is working with Lucy Steggals to develop opportunities for young visitors to enjoy the trail. If you are interested in finding out more about the Art Explorers programme, contact Lucy email: artexplorers@e17arttrail.co.ukGrow Your Own Theatre E17 Art Trail Workshops
Grow Your Own Theatre are offering schools a taster drama workshop designed to excite students into discovering the art in their neighbourhood during the E17 Art Trail (and beyond!). Sessions are inclusive and can be tailored to all age groups.
For more information or to book, please contact sarah@growyourowntheatre.co.uk 07541 082 552 or www.gyot.org.uk Grow Your Own Theatre is a new social enterprise, aiming to provide opportunities for young people to make their own experimental and collaborative theatre in Walthamstow.
Enjoy planning your visit to the E17 Art Trail.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Morag McGuire (E17 Art Trail 2012: Participation and Audience Development) morag@e17arttrail.co.uk 0208 521 2155.
E17 Art Trail Schools Archive: 2011
Thank you to the 15 schools, children's centres and colleges that contributed to the E17 Art Trail 2011 programme!Sir George Monoux C
ollege and Waltham Forest College helped us to realise the launch of the E17 Art Trail Guide at On Your Marks! The Warm-Up in Walthamstow Town Square. We chose Monoux student, Feriah Kamel's image to feature on promotional material for the event (pictured left).
Shoe designs by students of WFC realised in ceramics and fabrics featured in our 18m start-line installation.
Winns Primary and Our Lady and St George Primary Schools submitted poetry to another new initiative for the E17 Art Trail 2011, the Poetry Trail. Their selected poems were included in the poetry trail's anthology printed using a traditional letter press at Paekakiriki Press.
Woodside Primary School were host to a local artist delivering a workshop devised for expectant mums.
Schools and colleges opened their doors out of school hours to invite trail visitors to enjoy their exhibitions.
Chapel End Infants' Jurassic Worlds got a special mention on Cllr Paul Douglas's blog.Sir George Monoux hosted professional artists next to selected students work.
Walthamstow School for Girls' design portfolios and stand alone pieces were enjoyed by trail visitors including nostalgic school alumni.
Edinburgh Primary School opened its doors on a new site, and showcased an intergenerational project created with Studio 3 Arts.
CLaSS and Waltham Forest College (pictured left) celebrated the work of their completing students, these showcases highlighted the opportunities for new learners enrolling in their programmes.
Lloyd Park Children's Centre hosted their exhibition in the new Lloyd Park Natural Garden.
Henry Maynard
Primary School presented their work in the approach to the school's entrance welcoming new and returning learners.Whitefield School, Higham Hill Childrens Centre, Our Lady and St George Primary School adorned their perimeters with banners, sculptures and images.
Where the Wild Things Are (pictured left) inspired the exhibitions created by Whitefield School who showed work in their grounds as well as exhibiting their shadow theatre in St Mary's Church.
Taking part in t he E17 Art Trail can be enjoyed by the whole school community returning for a new academic year.
Schools feature the event in their start of year newsletter, on their website and some even get a story in the local press.
Each year we are charmed, surprised and challenged by the contribution of local schools and students
E17 Art Trail and your creative programme
The E17 Art Trail is an opportunity to showcase the creativity of your students to the school community and the public at the beginning of a new academic year. If you have an idea and would like to talk it over before registering, contact Morag McGuire (Participation and Audience Development) morag@e17arttrail.co.uk We are always interested to hear about what creative opportunities are happening in our local schools and settings:is there a visiting artist working in your setting with your students?
do your students visit any galleries or artist-makers work places?
does your school have an Artsmark award or equivalent?
would you like to find creative opportunities to showcase your students work alongside professional artists?
does your school offer the Duke of Edinburgh Award? The E17 Art Trail could be a target for your students working towards the Skill element?
does your school offer students the Arts Award? The E17 Art Trail could be incorporated into your students' Arts Challenge?
does your setting run any courses or clubs during school hours, after school or in the summer for art, design, sculpture, ceramics, fashion, film, photographer, printmaking, performance, dance...? Talk to us about the different ways your school and your students could exhibit their work on the E17 Art Trail.
what is your school doing now or planning to do to mark the 2012 Olympics? Tell us how you are documenting this.
at the start of your school year, how do you welcome your new and returning students? Could taking part in the E17 Art Trail add to that?
2010 Schools Information Archive
As well as inviting schools to take part in the E17 Art Trail programme, we prepare materials to help schools identify what could be interesting to visit on the trail. The following downloadable documents were written once the programme for the 2010 trail had been finalised, these could be a useful reference for you. The documents outline ways that your school could have taken part including:
arranging field trips to trail artists,
using the E17 Art Trail as a learning resource and linking it to curriculum objectives,
supporting students to post reviews to the E17 Art Trail blog,
contributing to group shows,
or get the bigger school community involved and invite parents and families to join your school on a tour of trail exhibitions in your local area.
Our thanks to Claire Tansley, a local Assistant Head, and a Friend of Stoneydown Park for sharing her Welcome to Walthamstow Schools Pack for Primary Schools and Childrens Centres.
