The Big Stanford Hall Draw
Location:
Stanford Hall, Leicestershire Organisers: Sophy Sylvester – Arts Development Officer
Artists: Liz Minichiello and Sarra Hornby
Harborough District Council, Leicestershire
Sponsors: in-kind support from Sarah Maughan at Stanford Hall
Jan McGranaghan and Dilly Walsh at Lutterworth College
NADFAS 40th Anniversary Award Winner 2008
Stanford Hall, a privately-owned stately home, opened its doors to 33 Year 10 and 6th form students from Lutterworth College. They spent an inspiring day with artists and teachers:
- exploring the hall through drawing
- translating their images into 3-D models; and
- filming
The venue’s drama and the freedom to roam motivated participants, eager to take on unusual challenges. They experimented with new ideas and techniques stimulated by these grand surroundings: observational and interpretive drawing, collage, model-making, character and script development, storyboarding, set design, directing, camera work and filming.
These activities developed the group’s ingenuity and reflection, and collaboration made them supportive of each other.
A second day at the college with the artists helped the students develop their ideas and skills in using stop-motion animation, digital editing programmes, Photoshop CS2 and I-Movie to record their narration.
The final DVD was screened at the college.
The NADFAS Award
NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies) aims to promote arts education and the appreciation and preservation of artistic heritage. This award is given to the best event in a gallery, museum or historic property designed to engage young people (14-25) with its collection.
