Design for Visual Communication News
8th December - The Linked Project
Photograph by Chris Barr
The Linked Project - Workshop One which took place on 27th October was a huge success as can be seen from our gallery (keep checking as there are still plenty of images to come!).
The workshop involved students across disciplines and year groups, in peer interaction via dynamic, motivating, meaningful and fun activities. The workshop used peer interaction to engage students in, " the whole of the experience of being a student." (Anderson and Boud, 1996)
The workshop used experimental drawing (traditional and digital) to develop student engagement and learning and to connect students to their peers. 20 students took part from a range of disciplines and year groups; VisCom Y1, Y2, Y3 and Foundation Art and Design resulting in bold, exciting and innovative outcomes. Students worked on interactive and experimental drawing activities based on portraits using 'alternate' hand, miniature and large scale work, positive/negative images, imaginative and observational work, modeling for each other, quick (1 minute) and long drawings (25 minutes). They used a broad range of improvised tools and methods including: sponge, tooth picks, brushes, sticks, inks, pencil, pen, collage, newspaper, computer drawing and projected images. They worked in groups to discover and then visualize connections with others.
Thank you to all those who took part and we are looking forward to Workshop Two in February 2011!
For more information contact Christine Blaney: c.blaney@ulster.ac.uk
Workshop facilitators: Rebecca McClelland and Barry Falls
Workshop photography: Chris Barr
Technical support: Ronan McGrath
Foundation tutor: Terri McManus
Project mentor: Dr Barbara Dass
The Linked Project
Christine Blaney
University of Ulster
Belfast
October 2011
