Frieze Education 2010 presents The Age of Discovery
14-17 October 2010, Frieze Art Fair
ReachOutRCA at the Royal College of Art is delighted to announce the projects for Frieze Education 2010. This is the third year we have run the programme, in
partnership with Frieze and Deutsche Bank. Encompassing workshops for schools, a weekend public programme, an activity guide for young visitors to Frieze Art Fair and an online resource, The Age of Discovery offers an accessible yet innovative experience of contemporary art, emboldening participants’ own role in learning and creativity.
Two RCA Alumni, Jack Tan and Jesse Wine, will lead workshops using their own work as a starting point and that of artists featured in the Frame section of Frieze Art Fair, where galleries six years and under give a solo presentation of an artist. They will work with four schools from the Camden and Westminster boroughs: Pimlico Academy, Acland Burghley, The Grey Coat Hospital and Haverstock School.
Students working with Jack Tan will discover how to create a strategy of politically viewing art. Before coming to the fair, Jack will help them explore their personal social, historical and political identities and understand how these frame their encounters with works of art, artists, writing on art, and the art world. Activities will include mapping timelines of social and art history, group discussion and creating podcasts, as well as explorations of the work and political strategies of four artists being presented in Frame: Ruth Ewan, Naeem Mohaiemen, Oliver Laric and Drew Heitzler. Students will leave with a newfound understanding of how to actively engage with art as a constructed experience.
