| ASSERTING HANDCRAFT & SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY Kirsty’s work encompasses the teaching of arts, skills and personal development to facilitate sustainable forms of living. Amidst this, she has a specialist interest in asserting handcraft for sustainability. Her work includes workshops and activities to teach arts and craft skills plus the development of a special low cost environmental arts and craft programe designed to introduce children from all backgrounds to decorative arts at an early age and to enable them low cost methods of practice.
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Kirsty Kennedy develops entire communication strategies to teach environmental education and skills for sustainable living, in fun, impactful ways.
Her work includes mass market picture books, film concepts plus associated workshops, talks, events and displays.
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OPEN STUDIO EVENT 13 – 16 May 2010 Visit the artist’s studio and find out how the development of her environmental education and cartooning work influences her impressionist painting. Thursday & Friday 2- 10pm Saturday & Sunday 11am – 6pm STUDIO 273 WEB LINKS:
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Project Management Skills For Artists
An introduction to simple techniques to facilitate project planning and management.
Presentation & Pitch
How to present ideas and win support for ambitious projects. Includes a case study of the Artists own project development and pitch of ideas to attract further investment and support.
Visual Arts Marketing
An introduction to marketing principles plus practical marketing advise for creative practitioners.
Development of an impressionist
Development of a Contemporary Impressionist Painter (GCSE and A’level students)
An in-depth examination of the artist’s impressionist paintings including steps in her development and the influence of her cartooning and other creative work.
Creative career advice
A talk for GCSE and A’level students
An in-depth look at the artist’s creative development from school to present.
At school age, the artist had no idea what career to follow, her creative passions were diverse and confusing and in hindsight fears stopped her from making the most appropriate study and career choice from an earlier age. It was only at the age of 26 that she began to pursue, make sense of and develop her fine art abilities.
This talk includes a presentation of GCSE and A’level work which shows how many of the artist’s core drawing and painting skills were infact learn whilst at school and how future creative themes were present at this stage.
The talk offers study and career advice for fine artists and includes information on overcoming fears that block early success and how to recognise and best develop abilities from an early age.
The talk includes creative career and creative study advice plus information on addressing potential fears that could hinder success.
This session can be complemented by one-to-one portfolio critiques and advisory sessions on study or creative development.
environmental influences
To include information on the wildlife and events or environmental thinking that inspired specific characters and projects and how recycled materials were used to visualise original characters and sets. Related environmental craft workshop can be bolted onto the end of these talks. Talks and workshops are tailored to specific age groups.
Events
OPEN STUDIO EVENT
STUDIO 273
Visit the artist’s studio and find out how the development of her environmental education and cartooning work influences her impressionist painting.
Thursday 13 & Friday 14 May, 2 – 10pm
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 May, 11am – 6pm