The newsletter for Partners and Friends of the Seeing the Whole Picture project.
Issue 5: Autumn 2012
About the project
© Martin Jenkinson © The Freeth Family
Seeing the Whole Picture is a project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The National Coal Mining Museum is using this funding to add to its art and photographic collections and to run workshops and activities for young people to help them find out more about the history of coal mining and its rich artistic heritage.
What’s On? Autumn 2012
The Seeing the Whole Picture project is coming to an end. To celebrate everything that has been achieved over the last four years we are holding an exhibition. The exhibition will show the acquisitions we have made, with subjects covering home life, the 1984/85 strike, the work of eminent coal miner artist George William Bissill and the fantastic work produced by our project partners. The exhibition will also feature three brand new art interactives designed to encourage everyone to make their own masterpieces and keep the connection between mining communities and art alive.
Artist Liz Pontin will be delivering a week of free underground sculpture workshops. The workshops will help students develop skills in observing and analysing artistic techniques and recreating these in 3D sculptures. Students will be accompanied by an exminer and use our new underground spaces to inspire their work. They will also develop these ideas on a larger scale by working collaboratively to create a sculptural installation using construction and assemblage techniques.
For more information please ring 01924 848806 or email: nicola.kenmir@ncm.org.uk
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FREE sculpture workshops for GCSE/AS Level Art students
© University Gallery on behalf of Norman Cornish
Exhibition. October 2012 - January 2013
Liz will also be running our Big Draw event and half-term activities this October, which are open to everyone.
Project Highlights Events
New Acquisitions
© Martin Jenkinson
© The family of the late Tom McGuinness
Tom McGuinness Acquired December 2011 and May 2012
The Miners’ Strike through a lens 22 February 2012
The latest addition to the Seeing the Whole Picture project has been a collection of work by Tom McGuinness. This includes an oil painting (pictured) and three lithographs, each depicting a colliery village scene. McGuinness was born in 1926 in Witton Park, a former colliery village in South West Durham. He was a miner for most of his life, leaving in 1983 to become the artist in residence at Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. His work is important both as a social history of many different aspects of a miner’s life and as a nationally significant expressionist artist.
Earlier in the year we provided photography students and enthusiasts with an opportunity to meet professional photographers Martin Jenkinson and Keith Pattison. Both men photographed the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike. Martin did so as a journalist and Keith as a six-month resident of a Durham colliery village. Each photographer talked about their different careers, their experiences and what inspired their images. Martin and Keith also explored the technical elements of their work and gave invaluable advice to the next generation of photographers.
How you can get involved Building partnerships is a key part of Seeing the Whole Picture. We are looking for teachers who will work closely with us to deliver aspects of the project. You can get involved by: Developing themes and ideas for acquisitions Help us to identify themes for new acquisitions and share your ideas about how we can make best use of our collection. Helping to plan the workshops Work with Museum staff and professional artists to develop ideas for future workshops and/or videoconferencing sessions. Participating in workshops Inspire your pupils by bringing them onsite for one of our interactive art workshops. Outreach sessions for Primary and SEN pupils are also available. Please get in touch for more information. If you are interested in becoming a partner, please contact Nicola Kenmir, Assistant Education Officer, nicola.kenmir@ncm.org.uk The National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd. Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH Tel: 01924 848806 Fax: 01924 840694 Web: www.ncm.org.uk REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES AS A LIMITED COMPANY BY GUARANTEE NO. 1702426 REG. CHARITY: 517325 REGISTERED OFFICE: CAPHOUSE COLLIERY