ACCESS AND CREATIVE PARTICIPATION
2008 – PROGRAMME
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT anneboddaert@eircom.net
Each initiative is structured so as to allow the public to actively engage with art and to provide interpretive tools for it. The tours and workshops are led by qualified and professional artists.
GUIDED VISITS FOR SCHOOLS ON-GOING
The guided visits focus on aspects of the exhibitions in an accessible and informative way. Each tour is especially planned and adapted to appeal to specific age groups. Art activities are an option and can be an important part of the visit, allowing students to directly interact with and respond to artworks in the gallery spaces. All art materials are provided by the Gallery.
GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS ON-GOING
Each tour is tailored to meet the needs of specific groups. Art activities can be part of the visit, allowing direct interaction with artworks in the gallery spaces.
CORK LIFELONG LEARNING FESTIVAL 7 APRIL – 13 APRIL
Cork Lifelong Learning Festival – an initiative of Cork City Council – highlights the variety of learning opportunities available for everyone in Cork. Participation to the events is free.
The Crawford offers a series of free guided tours during the Festival.
BEALTAINE EVERY TUESDAY 2-4pm - MAY 2008
The Crawford participates with an invitation to explore and engage with the gallery’s collections and temporary exhibitions. The two hours, specially designed, programme begins with a tour of our current exhibitions and/or the permanent collection. This is followed by a half hour informal discussion in the Gallery.
Café and finally workshops where participants get to do their own artwork based on the tour (all materials supplied). Each week a different theme is explored to allow participants to book for more than one afternoon.
AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES FROM SEPTEMBER 2008
The art classes will be divided in modules of four weekly sessions and each module caters specifically for an age group. Classes last one hour and draw on the Crawford gallery’s exhibitions. The children are encouraged to look at and discuss the artwork with regard to ideas, materials, and production.
The modules will cover techniques of painting, drawing, collage and construction, which parallel the recently updated primary school art curriculum.
Children’s Art Summer Workshop
The children are encouraged to engage in a range of activities to include sculptural construction, printmaking, painting and drawing and develop a range of their own artwork. Over the course of the week children will develop both an individual and collaborative installation.
Children’s Art Summer Workshop
The project is to make short animations. The workshops will involve painting, drawing, construction, modeling, fabric work, storyboarding, photography, scriptwriting and sound recording. This project is designed to develop children’s skills and ideas by using a variety of art and linguistic processes. The content of the animations will evolve out of themes explored during the making process and from storyboarding workshops where children will work in pairs to animate their characters and develop scripts.
EDUCATION
INITIATIVES 
The Crawford Gallery facilitates tours and workshops of the Permanent Collection and the temporary exhibitions, which expose students to the wealth and variety of art on display in the Gallery. Participants engage in themed workshops found in the collection, such as portraiture and Irish landscape, which allow students to identify personally and visually with the work.
Parents can enrol their children in exciting week long programmes for children during the spring, summer and winter breaks. Young people explore a wide range of innovative and artistic activities exploring both traditional and technol
ogical materials led by artists from various art disciplines.
As a public art gallery, the Crawford Gallery plays a fundamental role in disseminating art to the public. By introducing children and adults of all ages to the dialogue of contemporary and historical work, art can be a tool of inclusion, integration, and as well as education.
To find more information about Guided tours please see here or for other education programmes please click here
For further information about enrollment in the courses and for the education initiatives contact anneboddaert@eircom.net.