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Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum - Outreach Programme James is working with Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
to devise and run a series of creative workshops during 2011/12 with
the community of the Bemerton Heath area of Salisbury, using artefacts
from the museum collection and access to creative resources to enable
local people to learn about their local heritage.
5x5x5=creativity in Bath James will be returning to St Saviours Infant School, Bath from January 2012, to carry out a further residency period in conjunction with 5x5x5=creativity, working with the new Reception Year children and teachers to further develop opportunities for creative outdoor learning. James
will also be working with the school on a second period of action
research starting after the Easter Break, exploring the relationship
between creative outdoor learning and Forest Schooling, with Year 1
children. 'Image, Object, Environment: Photography as a Starting Point for Learning' - Early Arts PDD On March 8th James will be facilitating a professional development session for artists and educators in Sutton, Surrey. 'In this session you will explore the role of photography for children in
documenting and reflecting on their experience of their local
environment. James will share examples from past creative learning
projects with younger children, and you will have chance to explore
and document your own local environment through photography and making' For information on the venue and for booking details see the EarlyArts website 'Creative Learning: Responding to Place' - Student Teachers at Bath Botanical Gardens In
March James will be working over two days with groups of PGCE students
from Bath Spa University, supporting them to develop their own creative
response to the environment of the Botanical Gardens and to explore the value of such an approach to learning for primary school children.
Between January and April, James will be working with two Hampshire Museums - St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery in Lymington and The Red House in Christchurch, together with Forest Arts Centre and four primary schools. The project will look at how the arts and museums services can work together, using creative ways to engage children with their local heritage.
Creative Environmental Awareness - Doctoral Students at Ashridge Business College
In June James will be facilitating a workshop for the 'Organisational Change' doctoral students of Ashridge Business College in Berkhamstead, Herts. More information to follow.
'Interpreting Trees' - The Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset
James is developing a new project with The Bishops Palace for 2012, involving local children in the development of interpretation through art, based on the trees of the Palace Arboretum.
College Lake Residency & Installation, Bucks
During Autumn 2010 James was employed by Outdoor Culture to carry out an artist's residency at The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust College Lake Nature Reserve. He was invited to
re-imagine a bird hide and create an installation. The resulting installation, Journeys, alongside those by three other artists, is open to the public. For the reserve's opening times please see the link above.