Before half term, Shay and I went to Trythall School with Lizzie and Alessandra, to start the work with the school children. We worked with the children on their project, where they were doing about their local area, geography, and maps. I spent a bit of time talking to some of the students about what the school and the work and they were telling me that most of them lived in small hamlets in the countryside around the school, and the school itself is so small that it only has room for two classes, infants and juniors. I didn't understand how this worked, as it meant that the year 4 children and the year 6 children would be learning the same thing. It was interesting to see the school and work the the children as my best friend from school had been there, and the idea of such a small school had always puzzled me. The work was focused on Bodrifty Roundhouse, since it is a landmark on the Tinner's Way, and it is close to the school.

Hayle Social Enterprise

When we were in the old building, the Hayle Social Enterprise Trust came in and pitched a project to us. The project involved making marketing materials and a promotional video selling the "Pioneerium", a museum, cinema and community hub that in theory would revitalise the town of Hayle. They gave us the proposal that they give to possible funding groups and other people who might be interested in the project, making parallels to the railway museum in York. The museum would be based around the early work of Trevithick, who was born in Hayle, even though all of his best work was done in Camborne.

The Tate St Ives

The Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, the only national museum in a rural context in the country. The St Ives site was built in 1993. They work with the whole of Cornwall. Most of the time they plan their exhibitions a few years in advance, and due to the big tourist industry in Cornwall, they have more visitors in summer and they prepare accordingly. The gallery is funded by the Department for Culture as the whole organisation, with three other sites in Liverpool, and the two in London, Tate Britain and Tate Modern, they also have a site for storing the exhibitions in North London. The Barbara Hepworth museum, set up in 1979 is also owned by the Tate. The only permanent exhibition in the gallery is a stained glass window by Patrick Heron.

On our trip to the Tate we saw artwork from Lily Van der Stokker, a Dutch artist who's work plays with the concepts of femininity and youth, using bright childlike colours and simple shapes. Lots of her work was installation, painted onto the walls of the gallery, such as a customised Ikea sofa against a wall painted with an explosion of colour almost bursting from the sofa itself. I really enjoyed the exhibition, I thought the pieces were all really appealing, and when I took my 9 year old brother the weekend after he did too. We also saw a large collection of work entitled Object: Gesture: Grid, St Ives and the International Avant-garde. Although lots of the work here is important in a historical context, I thought most of it was dull and uninteresting. As my younger brother described it, "What? This is art? ANYONE could do it."

Today:
Add more detail to trip blog.

This week:
Finish commission.
Blog about other project partners.
Finish Tre Project proposal.

Why do you want to make the artifact?

I want to make the scrapbook to document the experiences of everyone involved


What is the style, the mood, the feel ?

I want the book to have a rough and natural feel, to represent how we felt during the walk, as well as to make it feel unique as possible


Why use the techniques that you have chosen ?

I've chosen to make the book in this way because it best reflects the feel of the walk.


What archive material do you want to use and why ?

Maybe some photographs of the areas we walk through.


What you want to achieve through the scrapbook ? everyone's our memories and happenings and adventures from the Tinner's Way.


What new material will you use and why ?

I think we're going to use lots of pieces of map that show how the area has changed or stayed the same. Also we'll both be taking lots of photographs.


Identify your team and the roles they will play

My team consists of Me and Shay. Both of us will be taking on the roles of documenting the walks and the project. I will also be working on budgeting and costs, and Shay will work on organising the layout and content of the scrapbook.


Identify a time-frame

Our clients have given us until September to complete our project, as that is when the school's animations will be exhibited. Obviously we would like to finish before that, hopefully by the end of term.


Can it be achieved with the budget and resources that you have ?

Yes, we have ample resources provided by our client and plenty of time to achieve the final product.

Targets!

For the end of today:
Finish comission, print out blog.
Blog about trips

For the end of this week:
Blog about partners
Carry on research for Tinners Way

The Acorn, Penlee House Gallery

Penlee House Gallery is a traditional art gallery located in Penzance, in Penlee Park. Most of the work exhibited is local artists from late 19th and early 20th century. It specialises in showing the rich cultural heritage and art history in West Penwith. Many of the artists lived and worked in Newlyn, Lamorna and St Ives, all locations that still hold rich artistic communities. Personally I didn't like the art style shown there, but I can see it's historical importance.

The Acorn Arts Centre is a local theatre in Penzance. They do lots of community work, working with the Golowan organisers and using the centre as a base for the Golowan events such as banner making. They also host shows from well known performers such as Dan Antopolski and Joanna Neary. Sadly, the Acorn is currently under threat due to a lack of funding, and if something is not done soon they will have to close.