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CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

- FUTURE, KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY

In October of last year, I applied to Creative Engagement The art sculpture is a hard wood creative sculpture that the TY
NAPD for an Arts grant to create a wood carving for the art core group took part in. This sculpture is based on the school
school. Having successfully obtained the grant, and an artist mission statement. The three main headings that we incorporated
in the community Joey Burns we embarked on the project. into the sculpture are future, knowledge and creativity.
After many hours of planning, brainstorming, drawing and The TY art core group brainstormed in groups and did research
hand carving the project is nearing completion. Throughout on what they wanted to on the wooden panels. We gathered
the process the students fully engaged in sculpture having images and did drawings based on the three headings. We worked
learned key skills in the art of wood carving, team building, out three compositions on paper, finalised our idea, and then
design and problem solving. transferred them to the wooden panel. Joey Burns came in to the
school every Thursday and guided us through any difficulty we had.
We look forward to the unveiling of the three carvings Joey taught us the correct way to use the tools that he provided for
Future, Knowledge and Creativity in the very near future. us. He also taught us how important health and safety is when we
Many thanks for the following people the Art TY core use the different tools.
group, the Royal School, Joey Burns, the Arts Office, NAPD, We spent several classes carving the wood on the wooden panels
Specialist Crafts, Mel Signs and Joe Hewitt. and used tools to carve out the negative space. We were split into
Ms. Burns three groups so each group could work on one of the three wooden
panels. The rest of the transition year pupils also took a class to
take part in woodcarving and Joey Burns did a demonstration for
the rest of them. The key features are the paintbrush, the wolf the
hands.
Catriona the Arts Officer visited our art room to view our magnificent
sculpture. She also gave us a detailed and intriguing talk about her
career. When the piece is completed, we intend to place it in the
schoolroom for everyone to admire. We are also going to have a
great unveiling of the sculpture. We learned many different skills,
such a teamwork skills, woodcarving skills, and creativity skills.
We thoroughly enjoyed participating in the creative engagement
project with Joey Burns. It was very beneficial and it was something
most of us have never done before.
Nicole Ezeudo and Emma Abbott

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