The children of a West Cumbrian school have taken part in two art projects to celebrate their school and the picturesque local area.
The Lorton School pupils worked with Claire and Philip from Active Art to transform their school field into an incredible piece of artwork and also created an impressive installation piece to decorate the wall of their school.
The whole school took part in Active Arts’ Art from Above workshop creating a huge piece of land art in tribute to the beautiful Lorton Valley and the animals which live in its river, on the land and in the sky above it.
They learnt about conceptual art and the incredible work of Christo, Dennis Oppenheim and Richard Long.
“The aim of this workshop is to get children thinking of art in a different way and using unusual everyday household items to make large-scale art. The children used everything from sheets and duvets to pans, shoes and wheels. They even used themselves to create shapes and patterns within the artwork,” said Claire Grant from Active Art.
“They watched as the drone took films and photos and revealed the amazing scale of their fantastic whole school piece!”
The large-scale piece for the outside of the school was created by the pupils from years two and three. This also takes inspiration from nature, looking at the wildflower meadows of Lorton and the insects living within them.
Their beautiful work is now in pride of place on the outside of the school for the whole community to enjoy. You can see more photos of both pieces of work at Active Art’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/getactivewithart.
