Young Arts
See Moray Art Centre's thank you for our support (PDF file) – also, see photos of the young artists and their work by clicking on the thumbnails to the right.
As one of its objectives, NADFAS aims to inspire young people with a lasting enthusiasm for the arts and an awareness of our arts heritage and its conservation. Areas and societies promote high quality arts activities for young people by supporting Young Arts Groups or Young Arts Projects.
Young Arts Groups are junior societies with members aged 8 to 18.
Young Arts Projects are arts related activities for an individual, or a number of young people, organised and/or funded by Areas and/or societies. Projects are organised according to local circumstances, and the format varies according to local opportunities and needs, and the funding available. Involvement may be anything from simple sponsorship to the organisation of a major arts event. Projects generally take place in schools, museums and galleries, and may be run in partnership with LEA or local arts organisations working with the young.
Grants are available to Young Arts Group members for study courses, and NADFAS also administers the Sir Trenchard Cox Scholarship for 16 to 18 year olds. Details of these grants can be obtained from the NADFAS Young Arts Department.
Brodie Castle – stART Programme – 2009
In the 2009 season we helped to fund visits by primary children to Brodie Castle in a stART programme to study the pictures there. As well as again helping with the funding of the transport, some members also volunteered to assist National Trust for Scotland staff at Brodie with the children on these visits. Eight Moray Primary Schools took part.
Years 1–3 studied three rooms after which the next day an artist visited them at school to help them produce work inspired by their visit. Then the Primary 6 pupils visited Moray Art centre for a workshop focusing on the curatorial process, taking advantage of the exhibition currently on show. Back at school, the classes worked with the aid of Moray Council Cultural Co–coordinator curating an exhibition of the artwork produced by the P1–3 pupils. This gave pupils the opportunity to explore the relationship between artist and curator. The P6 classes each chose 5 pieces of work to be sent to the Moray Arts Centre at Findhorn for exhibition while curating the remaining artwork for exhibitions within their schools.
Rembrandt Schools Activity – January 2008
In January 2008, sixty–three pupils, from three Aberdeenshire primary schools, participated in a project that was inspired by the Rembrandt exhibition at Duff House. The schools were Montquhitter, King Edward and Ellon.
Each school visited Duff House to view the Rembrandt exhibition, during the visit pupils were given a 40 minute interpretation of the exhibition by Dutch artist, Annette Korstanje, during which Annette discussed Rembrandt’s life, work and 17th century Dutch culture.
Following the visit to the house, Annette visited each school and ran a day–long printmaking workshop. The workshop consisted of a series of related activities that involved drawing, an introduction to the print process and printing. The theme of the workshop was Rembrandt’s self–portraiture and use of headwear. Pupils worked in pairs to make card head wear constructions and produced drawings of each other wearing their hats. The emphasis throughout was on drawing skills using different forms of line, tone and pictorial space. Following this activity each pupil produced a mono–print from their work.
The project was managed and funded by Aberdeenshire Council’s Arts Education Team. The Moray and Badenoch branch of NADFAS funded the school transport costs and entrance fees to Duff House.