The aims of the Arts Catalyst education & participation programme are to:
Encourage creative exploration within an interdisciplinary framework
Develop creative and artistic skills and understanding
Deepen understanding of the relationship between science and the wider world
The Arts Catalyst organises education and participatory projects for people of all ages, including young people in schools (both primary and secondary), students in higher education and informal education, and the general public.
If you would like to know more about our work or would like to host a project at your school or organisation, contact us at admin@artscatalyst.org or call 020 7375 3690.
Schools: We wish to reinvigorate learning through the interdisciplinary nature of our projects, creating partnerships between teachers, learners, artists and artistic resources. Our participatory and education projects are particularly good for developing curiosity, problem solving-skills and teamwork, as well as raising confidence in young people's abilities to utilise their different learning styles.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Brandon Ballengée: National Amphibians & Biodiversity Study (2007-8)
During 2007 and 2008, ecological artist Brandon Ballengée is leading a UK study into declining amphibian species, through participatory lab and field-based research investigations, working with the public of all ages as well as collaborating scientists, in collaboration with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Gunpowder Park Essex and Space Studios London. The artist is also investigating biodiversity in participating venues and schools' localities with a series of public fieldtrips and workshops.
Universe Gallery (2006-7)
The Universe Gallery is a major collaborative project between Arts Catalyst and Mulberry School, a secondary school for girls in Tower Hamlets, London. Artists Tony Hall, Joanna Griffin & Kate Tierney have been working with students to transform the bare school corridors into a multimedia interactive exhibition. The first phase deals with the physics of the early universe.
EDUCATION & PARTICIPATION ARCHIVE (1994 - 2007)
