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This programme is a record of two separate 'workshops' in which children had the opportunity of doing and making in different environments. The children aged between nine and fourteen were the same... in each case but the materials changed. The first was indoors in an old school hall and the materials provided included rolls of corrugated and coloured paper, crayons and felt-tip pens, ping-pong balls, sticky tape, staples and other man-made objects. The second was on a beach in Dorset which provided water, rocks, sand, seaweed and living sea creatures. The programme shows the interaction of the children with these materials and with each other and shows some of the processes of creative activity. Particular points and attitudes are underlined by the use of captions. Simon Nicholson introduces the programme and it relates directly to the first unit of the course on 'The Empty Box'.
This programme is a record of two separate 'workshops' in which children had the opportunity of doing and making in different environments. The children aged between nine and fourteen were the same... in each case but the materials changed. The first was indoors in an old school hall and the materials provided included rolls of corrugated and coloured paper, crayons and felt-tip pens, ping-pong balls, sticky tape, staples and other man-made objects. The second was on a beach in Dorset which provided water, rocks, sand, seaweed and living sea creatures. The programme shows the interaction of the children with these materials and with each other and shows some of the processes of creative activity. Particular points and attitudes are underlined by the use of captions. Simon Nicholson introduces the programme and it relates directly to the first unit of the course on 'The Empty Box'.
| Module code and title: | TAD292, Art and environment |
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| Item code: | TAD292; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 24-02-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:31 |
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| Producer: | Richard Callanan |
| Contributor: | Simon Nicholson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Childrens' workshop; Creative activity; Dorset beach; Man-made materials |
| Footage description: | At the start of the programme Simon Nicholson explains the advantages of a coastal environment for the pursuit of creative activity. Thereafter, the programme records the activities of eleven children as they play with materials to hand on a Dorset beach and in an old school hall in Oxford. (In the latter case the materials consist largely of corrugated paper, pens and ping pong balls). Apposite comments are displayed in graphics. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71811 |
| Production number: | 00525_5209 |
| Videofinder number: | 1073 |
| Available to public: | no |
