Study Days
Our new Study Days at the National Portrait Gallery provide Secondary History and Secondary Art students with in-depth ways to critically explore themes and topics over a full day. Specifically designed and curriculum-linked, Study Days extend classroom study and offer a platform to research and gain further inspiration through interacting with the Gallery’s Collection or temporary exhibitions. Featuring specialist guest speakers and creative practitioners, Study Days are based in the Ondaatje Wing Lecture Theatre and may also include time in the Galleries, guided exhibition viewings, resources, discussions and some practical work, and opportunities to collaborate, participate and reflect.
Study Days are free and should be booked in advance. Each Study Day has a capacity of 138 participants (including teachers). To help us cover costs for resources and speakers, please note cancellation fees may apply.
SECONDARY HISTORY
Schools History Project
GCSE Study Day – George Catlin and the American West
FREE
Fri 22 March 2013
11.00-15.00 with a break for lunch (not provided)
- Introductory talk by Dr Stephanie Pratt, Curator of the exhibition
- Helpful pointers for relating the paintings to key concepts and questions
- Lunch break and visit to the exhibition American Indian Portraits by George Catlin, with group work (preparing a short presentation on one portrait or group of paintings and objects)
- Feedback by groups about their chosen portrait(s)
- Ask the curator – any questions?
STUDY DAYS FOR SECONDARY ART
Creative Campaigns
Supports BTEC Firsts Working with Site-Specific Briefs (Edexcel unit 18), Creative and Media Diploma Level 2 Campaign (Edexcel Unit 5) Design and Marketing courses & Business studies
FREE
Suitable for 14+
16 October 2012
ALL 10.15 - 15.30 with a break for lunch (not provided)
Secondary Art students learn what it takes to conduct a successful campaign, by focusing on how the National Portrait Gallery promoted Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood Portraits in 2011. Students work with the Gallery's Marketing Officer to examine messages, ideas, methods and aims of the campaign. Working in small groups and assigned materials and roles, students are set a challenge in the style of the TV programme The Apprentice, gaining the inspiration and expertise to develop their own exhibition marketing campaign, recording entries in their Process Portfolio and generating ideas for their Student Project.
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Image and Identity Study Day
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Tuesday 19 March 2013
11.00-15.00 with a break for lunch (not provided)
FREE
Working with artists to respond to students' own sense of self-image, Secondary Art students are encouraged to explore individual abstractions in the history of portraiture.
The day’s events include practical activities, time in the galleries, discussions and feedback, with the opportunity to interact with a variety of artists, Gallery teaching staff and other students.
Initially, specific works of art are chosen to trigger exchanges and debates, led by Gallery teaching staff in an open-ended and student-centred way, allowing discursive and multi-directional associations and contextualization.
Photography Study Day
Tues 20 November 2012
11.00-15.00 with a break for lunch (not provided)
FREE
This intensive Study Day offers students the opportunity to explore aspects of photography in the Collections as well as exploring contemporary images in Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012. Working with guest professional photographers, students discuss, research and engage with a wide range of photography approaches in this full day of exciting and challenging events.
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