Art At Rewley Road Fire Station

2011/2012

Part One: Workshops with Adult Learners and Oxfordshire Adult Learning

“ Yesterday (Tuesday 9/8/11) I enjoyed looking around all the safety rooms in the fire station and getting ideas for the mural. I enjoyed doing my own pictures of the river and Oxford Spires and colouring in the photocopied pictures with very bright colours it gave us ideas for one of the corners of the wall..” Mark

Day OneTo design ideas for the murals on all 4

walls in the Fire Station. • Have a better understanding of the space and its

function and developed knowledge of personal/community safety

• As a team be able to communicate design ideas

through group discussion and drawing activities

To introduce the project Dionne gave a presentation of her work and the project

Learners were taught different drawing techniques and ways of exploring design ideas

All decisions were voted on by the group and Dionne put together the final designs

Day TwoPainting the basic colours and mark out the

paintings onto the wall.

Learners learnt how• To paint onto a wall from a planned design. • Have a better understanding of the space and its

function and developed knowledge of personal/community safety

• As a team be able to communicate design ideas through group discussion and drawing activities

• Making decisions as a team• Paint from a design thinking about colours and

application.

“I like being here having fun with the paint. I like the firemen. Thank the firemen for letting us work in there…….. We like meeting them too.” Toby

“I have enjoyed everything about the project especially drawing my red kite and painting my buildings on the wall.” Mark H

“I enjoyed everything”

“I have learnt how to draw birds and to paint I have loved it.” Lena

Day ThreeFinishing painting the basic colours and make group decisions on pillars

and extra details.

“I feel very respected and treated well here . Paula and Dionne (our art expert) have been really friendly to me.” Mark H

“Good challenge, learning skills, experience, team effort.” Toby

Day FourWorking with bird drawings and adding into the existing painting.

Then display all work produced for a private opening.

“I have enjoyed painting on the wallI liked meeting and chatting to nice peopleI also liked being in the fire stationI liked learning about painting”Richard

“My greatest achievements on this workshop were that I can now paint quicker while still making pictures look wonderful.”

“I feel more respected and treated with dignity . The environment was really good and welcoming. The whole group was united and everyone was helping towards the project which was a really good thing to do. The group was well organised, hard working and most of the artists were relaxed and felt safe and secure , most of them felt at home. The aim of the artist was to achieve the project together. The project was very successful and everyone enjoyed it. The whole project was amazing, looking great, despite that it was done with different artists doing different things from different angles but in the end it worked out. There was nothing the group found difficult with the project, everything was easy going with people helping each other, sharing ideas, working together as a team it really made the project easier. The teachers of the project were very organised, well done everyone. If it was not for the hard working of the staff who organised the project everything would have been impossible, so we give then big credit for working hard. Thank you once more for all your efforts and hard working.” Mark, Sarah and Sheila

“We are very proud for what we have achieved as a team. This is wonderful and the idea was great and amazing. I am very proud of work I have done.” Gaynor

Part Two: Fire Cadets Half Term painting project

Designing and painting the inner four walls; using simple, bold flowing

patterns and incorporating Drago the fire safety dragon

“With the help of Dionne I learned how to scale something up, paint the walls and work together with people I don’t know” James age 13

“It was fun” John age 12

“This project gave me a chance to improve my art skills and meet new people” Kieran age 12

“ I enjoyed working with Dionne, the best thing was painting on the walls- which I have never been trusted to do” Josh Age 14

“I liked doing the painting and changing to paint lots of things the water, fire and grass.” Hollie age 5

“I personally found the experience a stunning addition to my memories. For one, I met new people, learned new skills and had a great time.” James age13

“I would like to do something like this again, I learnt a lot and enjoyed being in the fire station” Mathew age 13

“It was a real achievement” Daniel age 13

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