Creative PRACTICAL activities

• Grayson Perry’s Art Club - week by week Perry explores a different theme https://www.channel4.com/programmes/graysons-art-club  

• Lots of different activities from the Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make  

• Meet and Make from Leeds Museum: focuses on using materials you can find in your house https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm0WvS2XqHfFwuutyDz9QNyt-5inrntzd 

• Different projects, lessons and tips from artists https://www.instagram.com/isolationartschool/ 

• Lots of free and downloadable activities https://www.npg.org.uk/learning/access/hospital-schools#resources 

• Create like an artist including how to create pop art like Andy Warhol and how to paint like Kandinsky https://www.tate.org.uk/art/create-artist 

• A Daily Stay at Home, Stay Safe task from artists Bob and Roberta Smith https://www.instagram.com/bobandrobertasmith/ 

Craft activities for the whole family:

Virtual collections & exhibitions to explore

• Explore the collections at the V&A https://www.vam.ac.uk/

• Visit the Royal Academy Picasso and Paper exhibition https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/picasso-and-paper-virtual-exhibition-tour

• Explore the different rooms at the Tate Modern https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/collection-on-display 

• Various links for lots of different current exhibitions around London ‘happening now’ https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/how-to-see-london-s-major-exhibitions-from-your-sofa 

• Links to museums further afield https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours 

 Podcasts (search on any podcast app or online)

• The Great Women Artists: celebrating women artists 

• Monocle 24: Monocle on Culture: for a variety of different episodes

• Recording Artists: using archival interviews to hear directly from women artists such as Eva Hesse, Alice Neel and Lee Krasner

• Sculpting Lives: reexamining women in sculpture and why there aren’t more female sculptors 

• Modern Art Notes: interviews with people across the art world

• BBC Radio 4 The Poet Laureate has gone to his shed: Simon Armitage interviews people across the the cultural sector 

• Sarabande Sessions: Conversations with artists such as Grayson Perry (A Level appropriate) 

Articles

• Read different artists experiences of lockdown https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/articles/tag/artists-in-isolation 

Documentaries

• Museums in Quarantine: Tour around 4 exhibitions that closed prematurely https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hqml/museums-in-quarantine-series-1-1-warhol 

• Becoming Matisse: exploring Matisse’s family life https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hqt7/becoming-matisse 

• Lee Miller: celebration of her photography https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hy2p/lee-miller-a-life-on-the-front-line 

• Front Row Late: Lockdown with Mary Beard: exploring different cultural events that have been paused through lockdown https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hr1d/front-row-late-lockdown-culture-with-mary-beard-episode-3 

• BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine series, including exhibition tours and masterclasses with Antony Gormley: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p088hhjd 

• History of Photography lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Bx5krtLZY 

Other cultural links

• Contemporary Dance https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2020/digital-stage/ 

• Live musical performances every night https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/series/royal-albert-home/ 

• A chance to explore the opera https://www.roh.org.uk/  

• A different play every week https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home 

• Classical Music from the London Symphony Orchestra https://lso.co.uk/whats-on/alwaysplaying.html    

• For everything from Visual Arts to Theatre, Music and Dance https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts  

Preparing for A-Level Design & Technology

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