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Planning an Arts Week

Suggested Themes

We have used many different themes for Arts weeks, and the following are some of the more successful.

Countries and places - Africa, India, Australia (Aboriginal), China, Japan, America etc.

Nature - this can include lots of activities such as sculpture (eg Andy Goldsworthy), life drawing outside,  rainforests around the world,  landscape - artists & actual drawing and painting.

Art and craft activities are:
Felt-making
Wax batik
Animal masks
Weaving (landscape)

Sea life - this could include mythical stories, sea monsters as well as other tales.

Art and craft activities are:
Masks/sea monsters
Felt-making
Block printing
Clay tile making
Drawing still life fish (smelly but fun!)
Weaving

Transport/flight - this can go in several directions. It is possible to look at birds draw them, make masks etc. or use Kites as the link. Kites also link to China and Japan.

Art and craft activities are:
Animal masks
Kite

Performance/theatre - relate this to a visit or production or study of a specific plays.

Depending on your theme you will be able to collect recyclable materials to use during Arts weeks - for example cardboard, yarns, coloured plastics etc. A good material to use is Mod-Roc (Masks and mini-beasts, puppets) because it dries quickly and it can be painted usually within a few hours. A large 14lb box will make 30 masks or 40 mini-beasts/puppets.

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