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1 MY rts Award Discover Log Book Animation Pottery Design Name... Age... Date... Singing Dancing Filming Textiles Poetry Writing Music Curating Acting Craft Sewing Drawing Painting Photography Sculpting Ceramics

2 1 Arts Award Discover is about: Discovering and taking part in different kinds of art all around you Finding Out about artists and their work Sharing what you have found out with other people This Arts Award Log Book is for you to keep your drawings, paintings, doodles, writing, photos and leaflets in. Be as creative as you like you can print things from the Internet or cut and stick pictures from magazines. You can also add in extra pages. Remember, the arts includes all the different things listed on the front cover. Do a drawing or stick a photgraph of yourself here... What do you hope to find out at the Museum..? Which types of art do you enjoy doing?

3 Painting Curating Design Sculpture Photography Drawing Metalwork Art is everywhere: on your way to school, Pottery and Ceramics in towns and in the countryside. See if you can find these objects in the Museum s Mining Lives Gallery. Label what kind of art the objects are. Use the words around the edge to help you. all around you Architecture the arts are Music Singing Dancing Craft Textiles Film Writing Poetry 2 Sewing Acting Animation

4 Practice your Writing skills Work with a partner. Choose an interesting object from the Mining Lives Gallery. Don't tell your partner what you have chosen... Ask your partner to close their eyes. Now describe your object in three words... Can your partner guess what your object is? Use different words until they guess what it is Imagine this object could tell you all its secrets. Write about your object here... Who has owned it? What was it for? Think of an exciting story that might have happened to it... Where has it been?

5 Practice your Drama skills... Choose an object from the Mining Lives Gallery... Think about how your object might have been used or made... 4 Without speaking, try to act out your object being used or made by someone. Now ask your partner to join in your act to help you. Draw a picture of your performance or stick in pictures or photos here...

6 My Favourite Object... Choose an object from the Mining Lives Gallery... Draw or stick a picture of your chosen object here. Design your own version of your object draw it or stick it here Write about why you like this object 5 What kind of artform is it?

7 6 Practice your Drawing skills Take one minute for each drawing Go to the Coal Interface Gallery Look at it closely. Choose part of a machine to draw. 1. Draw it 2. Now try drawing without taking your pencil off the paper 4. And this time draw it with your eyes closed 3. Now try using your other hand

8 Take Part in Different Arts To get your Discover Arts Award you need to take part in at least one arts activity. Your teacher will organise an arts activity for you. Record what you have done... Date What did you do? What skills have you learnt? Name of Activity Write, draw or take photos of your activity here... 7

9 Be creative... Anything you want- just have fun and be creative! Doodle, draw, make notes, write poems, stick photos or cuttings from magazines or leaflets from other arts or creative places. 8 I think I m a train

10 Be more creative... Anything you want- just have fun and be creative! Doodle, draw, make notes, write poems, stick photos or cuttings from magazines or leaflets from other arts or creative places. 9 I think I m a train

11 Be really creative... Anything you want- just have fun and be creative! Doodle, draw, make notes, write poems, stick photos or cuttings from magazines or leaflets from other arts or creative places. 10 I think I m a train

12 ...about Artists and Coal Mining 11 Did you know? There are lots of artists who have been inspired by coal mining. There are some artists who used to be coal miners themselves. There are also creative people working at the Museum. 1. Use the information sheets that your teacher has given you about artists and coal mining. 2. Choose one person that you would like to find out more about.

13 My chosen artist is.. He/She Make a painting, a poem, a drawing, a sculpture or an exhibition in the style of your chosen artist 12 What do you like about their work? Take a photograph of your work and stick it here What were the most interesting things you found out about them?

14 Your final job is to share what you have been discovering with some other people. 13 What you have done Who are you sharing with? What did you like best about doing your Arts Award? You might want to talk to an adult who has been helping you. Or You could show your friends your Log Book and tell them about what you have been doing. What was most difficult? How have you shared? E.g. Assembly, Talking, Presentation, Exhibition? Stick photographs of you sharing here.

15 14 Congratulations!!! you have completed When you have completed your Log Book your teachers will collect them in, have a look at them and send off for your Arts Award certificates from Trinity College.. Your school will give you your certificate! your Arts Award Arts Award Discover is the first level. If you enjoyed doing Discover, there are four more Arts Award levels that you can try out next: Discover! Arts Award Explore Bronze Arts Award Silver Arts Award Gold Arts Award

16 (Optional Activity 1) Part A: Explore Art Forms... What other kinds of art can you find inside and outside the Museum, at school or at home? Circle the ones you can see. Or draw or take photographs and stick here... Singing Textiles Film 15 Drawing Writing Metalwork Sculpture Painting Photography Pottery and Ceramics Architecture Dancing Music Poetry Acting Animation Craft Design Curating

17 (Optional Activity 2) Part A: Have a Go at Art! See if you can find the lamp display case in the Mining Lives Gallery Which is your favourite lamp?... Make a drawing here to show how it is designed. Who do you think made this lamp?... When do you think it was made? Use colour and shading to show how it is decorated and any patterns or textures you can see....

18 (Optional Activity 3) Part B: Find out about Artists and Creative People You could use a library or the Internet to find out more about some of the creative people who have made things in the Museum. The Museum has a Library too that you could use! 17 Or you could find out more about other artists you are interested in. Who did you find out about? What did you find out?

19 (Optional Activity 4) Part C: Sharing your Work with Other People 18 Space for your friends and family to say what they think:... My Name is... My Name is... And I think... And I think...