17/0610 - Bird art

Bird Art

This afternoon I went to Loughborough College of Art to see the final year students' displays. What a fabulous collection of talent was shown. Here we have young people who show creativity in bucket fulls. I asked, 'What now?' ... and, sad to say for the ones I spoke to ... little or nothing other than a large loan to pay off. The idea that they can make a living from their creativity is frightening and this is only one college. The job/career that they would love becomes a side-line or a hobby and they go into the world looking and looking ...

21/01/10

Can you see the dog?

There actually isn't one! I was working today in Snibston Country Park with a group of PGCE students when, just behind a still frozen pool, I spotted this. Looking closely I could see that it was a tree that has been partially chopped by the wardens. Many of the students also spotted it and it gave rise to some good conversations about environmental art.