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National Portrait Gallery

- Spring 2010

We collaborated once more with the National Portrait Gallery in the delivery of a series of inspiring and creative workshops for key stage 2 children.

We are collaborating once more with the National Portrait Gallery in the delivery of a series of inspiring and creative workshops for children from primary schools and secondary schools. Pictures in the collection serve as starting-points for new composition. The children (typically one class at a time) arrive at the Gallery in the morning, and are taken to one of the gallery spaces, where they are introduced to one (or more in the case of a group portrait) historical or contemporary portrait. The image then becomes the starting-point for instant music-theatre composition, the pupils working with professional musicians in a workshop space. In the afternoon the children return to the portrait in the main Gallery where they perform their composition in public.

The workshop is suitable for all key stage classes and last a full day. Last year the workshops ran during the last week of September and were led by leading musician and animateur Paul Griffiths.

We work also with older students at the NPG, often supporting the National Creative and Media Diploma. Picture This was a very successful project in 2008, working with students from Plumstead Manor School in Greenwich. Workshops took place in the Gallery and also in school, and to performances at the NPG (both in a Gallery space and also in the Lecture Theatre) and at Tate Modern. There was also a studio recording of the music (with composer Russell Hepplewhite) and a DVD of the final piece. Both are available on request.

Showing At

  1. National Portrait Gallery
    28th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am
  2. National Portrait Gallery
    29th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am
  3. National Portrait Gallery
    30th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am
  4. National Portrait Gallery
    1st Oct 2009 - 10:30 am
  5. National Portrait Gallery
    2nd Oct 2009 - 10:30 am
  6. National Portrait Gallery
    4th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  7. National Portrait Gallery
    11th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  8. National Portrait Gallery
    25th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  9. National Portrait Gallery
    26th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  10. National Portrait Gallery
    27th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  11. National Portrait Gallery
    28th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  1. National Portrait Gallery — 28th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  2. National Portrait Gallery — 29th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  3. National Portrait Gallery — 30th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  4. National Portrait Gallery — 1st Oct 2009 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  5. National Portrait Gallery — 2nd Oct 2009 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  6. National Portrait Gallery — 4th May 2010 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  7. National Portrait Gallery — 11th May 2010 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  8. National Portrait Gallery — 25th May 2010 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  9. National Portrait Gallery — 26th May 2010 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  10. National Portrait Gallery — 27th May 2010 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

  11. National Portrait Gallery — 28th May 2010 - 10:30 am

    St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

    • Limited Availability

Showing At

  1. National Portrait Gallery
    28th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am
  2. National Portrait Gallery
    29th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am
  3. National Portrait Gallery
    30th Sep 2009 - 10:30 am
  4. National Portrait Gallery
    1st Oct 2009 - 10:30 am
  5. National Portrait Gallery
    2nd Oct 2009 - 10:30 am
  6. National Portrait Gallery
    4th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  7. National Portrait Gallery
    11th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  8. National Portrait Gallery
    25th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  9. National Portrait Gallery
    26th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  10. National Portrait Gallery
    27th May 2010 - 10:30 am
  11. National Portrait Gallery
    28th May 2010 - 10:30 am

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