Announcing the next MAPS project exhibition!
Photograph by Natalie Mayer
Making Art in Partnership with Schools
An art show by Jersey's schoolchildren to open next week
Thursday 11 to Sunday 21 April 2024, 10am to 4pm
We are delighted to announce an exhibition by some of Jersey's schoolchildren at our HQ at Greve de Lecq Barracks next week. Opening next Thursday 11 April (between 10am and 4pm daily), the art show is the result of work created by Jersey’s students who have participated in the MAPS (Making Art in Partnership with Schools) project, which is delivered in partnership between ArtHouse Jersey and the Department for Children, Young People, Education & Skills (CYPES). It has been supported by the Government of Jersey through the COVID - 19 Health & Social Recovery Fund.
MAPS is a training and educational programme developed in collaboration with artists and teachers to enhance the delivery and provision for art in schools. The project is now in its third year and has reached over a thousand students. This exhibition celebrates the art made by students during 2023, displays a sample of the work and describes the unique artist-led workshops through film and photography.
Photograph by Natalie Mayer
In Autumn 2023 the MAPS project involved eight local artists, 20 schools and 3,244 hours of student engagement with those aged five to 18. Participants visited the ‘Floating Earth’ sculpture by Luke Jerram that was on display as part of ArtHouse Jersey’s No Place Like Home project. The artists devised workshops for students on the themes highlighted by Jerram’s work including patterns in nature, reflections, perspective, space, waste, recycling, equilibrium, life on earth as well as local flora and fauna.
The experience encouraged students to consider key art concepts such as scale, perspective, form, colour, materials, documentation and also provided space to explore issues that affect islanders domestically and humans globally. These topics supported strong, cross curricular links with visual arts, science, history, maths, PSHE, citizenship and English. The workshops were later adapted into resources and made available to all local schools to extend their reach and provide teachers with a range of options to facilitate work exploring the environment and climate emergency using the creative arts as a vehicle.
ArtHouse Jersey Education Officer, Anna Shipley, said “We are incredibly proud of the work that has taken place within the MAPS (Making Art in Partnership with Schools) Project and are always glad to be able to bring the culmination of its creativity to the public in exhibition form. ArtHouse Jersey strives to consistently work collaboratively with teachers and young people across the Island, while continuously training professional artists to create art experiences that enrich the curriculum as well as providing opportunities to access art outside of school. Nurturing the development of young people from primary school level has a long term impact on the value and importance we place on art in society and on developing a happy, healthy and culturally engaged island community and it is our hope that MAPS is a format that remains successfully in place for many years to come.”
Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, Deputy Rob Ward, said “I’m grateful to all those that worked hard to be a part of this inspiring project; over 1000 of our children have been able to benefit from the various activities involved and I’m delighted to see a number of links with other subjects in the curriculum, including maths and science. I hope all those involved are proud of their work and the children and their families enjoy visiting the exhibition.”
Photograph by Max Burnett
Making Art in Partnership with Schools
An exhibition by Jersey's schoolchildren
Thursday 11 to Sunday 21 April 2024
Greve de Lecq Barracks, open 10am to 4pm
