[askuno-:201] Schools & Teachers ebulletin March 2010

Tate Schools & Teachers March 2010 Tate offers a wide range of programmes to educational partners. Here's a selection of what's coming up including CPD courses, workshops and learning private views. © Tate St Ives Tate St Ives Tate Teachers Holiday School Thursday 15 and Friday 16 April 2010, 10.00-16.00 £150 (half price for trainees and TiP 2009-10) This two-day course is designed for teachers and creative professionals who are looking to develop or re-establish their own practice. Through a programme of practical and discussion-based activities, you will explore how the displays at Tate St Ives can be used as a way of informing your own work. © Richard Eaton Tate Britain On Artists' Books KS1-4 Friday 7 May, 10.00-16.30 £95 (includes lunch and materials) What better way to link art and literacy than to make a book? On this course you will find out about artists' books in Tate's Library and Archive and question the idea of what a book can be. There's also the opportunity to create your own book based on prose, poetry or narratives with book artist Tracey Bush. Allen Jones on Screen Printing KS4-5 Day one: Wednesday 7 April 2010, 10.00-16.30 Day two: either Thursday 8, Friday 9 or Saturday 10 April 2010, 10.00-16.30 (at London Print Studio) £180, lunch included on day one and materials This special two-day advanced level workshop will give you the opportunity to meet the artist Allen Jones and discuss his screen prints as well as to enhance your skills as a printmaker.  In partnership with the London Print Studio Pablo Picasso Black Jug and Skull 1946 © Succession Picasso/DACS 2009 Tate Liverpool Programme Preview Tuesday 8 June, 16.30-18.00 Call 0151 702 7400, booking essential Meet Tate curators at an informal preview of Tate Liverpool's exhibitions and displays in the forthcoming academic year. Designed to help you plan future visits, there is also an introduction to what is on offer for students and teachers at the gallery, and we'll discuss how we can support your own programmes of study in school. The evening includes a private view of Picasso: Peace and Freedom from 18.30-20.30. DNA box by Senna Lim © The artist Tate Modern Watching Time Tuesday 27 April 2010, 10.30-16.00 £95 (includes tea, coffee and lunch) Young people are constantly exposed to interactive forms of engagement via new media and this course focuses on film, video, audio, interactivity and performance to explore durational art as a unique learning resource. Art in Language Thursday 20 May 2010, 10.30-16.00 £95 (includes tea, coffee and lunch) Combining practical and theoretical techniques, this course considers how art can be used to stimulate creative and critical thinking, observation and descriptive skills. The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration This exciting project enables schools across the world to explore cultural issues through an online exchange of art. Sponsored by Unilever SMART: Student Multimedia Art Research Tool For 13-18 year olds These handheld digital guides for school groups provide activities, art historical context, footage of artists at work, contextual images, poetry and music. Students can record audio clips, make digital drawings and text ideas at the gallery, and then download everything for use back at school. Special offer - save 25% on bookings made before 1 April 2010. Now £37.50 per group of up to 30 (usually £50). Call 020 7887 8888 to book. Supported by Bloomberg This email was sent to askuno-@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, visit http://art.tate.org.uk/unsubscribe