National Gallery Art Road Trip
200 Years of the National Gallery
Coming to Doncaster this October!
FREE
26TH OCTOBER 2024
DANUM GALLERY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
10:00AM - 12:00AM
1:00PM - 3:00PM
BSL 3pm-4pm
We are so proud to be working with the National Gallery as they take art and creativity on the road, across the nation through the Art Road Trip.
In celebration of The National Gallery’s bicentenary year, the Gallery’s travelling art studio programme, Art Road Trip, will be visiting 18 places across the UK. One stop being Doncaster!
They are going to be working with 24 local arts organisations, including Right Up Our Street, to create community-led arts projects.
About the Art Road Trip
The sessions are suitable for all ages and all abilities; no prior art knowledge or skill is required!
The activities will be colourful, fun, and tactile.
There will be several activities running simultaneously and participants can pick exactly what they want to do and when.
Depending on the location, activities may include adding your self-portrait to NG paintings, creating a temporary installation with masking tape, print-making with fruit, and drawing games.
The atmosphere will be fun and relaxed, whether you come on your own or with friends and family.
Sally Lockey, Director of Right Up Our Street, says, “Right Up Our Street is very excited to be a part of 'Art Road Trip'. As a Creative People and Places project, we consult with the community to ensure that work is relevant and co-curated on a hyper local level. This opportunity means that our communities are able to work hand-in-hand with the National Gallery, influencing how a national, major institution delivers its work within Doncaster. That’s a powerful approach to working, and a strong message to our community. I’m looking forward to seeing the outcome!”
Meet the Artist
DR Sadegh Aleahmad
Dr Sadegh Aleahmad is a London based Iranian-born artist. He examines the dynamics of his diasporic identity through performance, sculpture, poetry, singing, and moving image.
His work de-territorialises various Islamic disciplines, detaching them from their personal, religious and socio-political connotations, and fuses them with the aesthetics and ethics of Western contemporary artmaking. His practice focuses on site-specific solo work and socially-engaged projects.
Sadegh’s current research explores the materiality and applications of mirrors and visual displacement of public environments in the narrative of one's construction of diasporic identity.
Arcade & The National Gallery
Phase one of our collaboration with the National Gallery took place at Atlas Primary School on the Balby Bridge Estate and it was a fantastic way to kickstart the new project.
Arcade - a Digital Agency - responsible for the creation of the National Gallery app ‘The Keeper of Paintings’ visited the children of Atlas Primary school and delivered an assembly as well as workshops with two Year 5 classes.
The team at Arcade demonstrated a new app they are developing and the children had the opportunity to experience and use the alpha version of the app first hand and share feedback to help shape the development of the app!
The app allows you to build a character who will then be your creative assistant. You can then take a photograph of your surroundings where the app creates a frame around the image. You then become the artist - allowing you to illustrate whatever you like on your digital canvas.
A big thank you to the children at Atlas Academy for your expertise and the National Gallery for opportunity. We can’t wait to see what’s next for the Art Roadtrip
Articulate & The National Gallery
XP School students and teachers both experienced workshops delivered by artists Josepha and Jo as part of the National Gallery’s Articulation Programme.
“Articulation engages young people, regardless of background or experience, with art and develops their confidence and ability to express their opinions, thoughts and conclusions.”
Session with the Teachers of XP
“It was really amazing to work with the National Gallery on the Staff Day at XP. They will be coming in to launch the Articulation prize for XP C28 students. Staff had the opportunity to take part in the workshop as a sneak peek before the kids get a chance!”
Sessions with the Students at XP
Take One Picture & The National Gallery
Atlas Academy children from Year 4 on the Balby Bridge Estate were visited by artist Jo, who delivered workshops focusing around one painting from the National Gallery. Pupils worked together to create a 3D sculpture based around the painting.
“Take One Picture is the National Gallery’s programme for primary schools, which aims to inspire a lifelong love of art and learning.”
