Primary School Showcase: Dreamscape - Camden Art Centre

A weekend-long installation exploring the relationship between play, memory and imagination.

Produced in collaboration with pupils from Anson Primary School and artist Amy Leung this display is the culmination of a two-year project using mapping, modelling and imagining to capture fleeting moments during play. Amy and the pupils have explored the world of the child through portals, encouraging participants to envision the emotions and places they travel to during break time. Working with every class in the school Amy has developed these ideas and artworks into installations to be displayed in the school playground as records of and catalysts for play.

Featuring artworks produced by the pupils alongside documentation and reflection this weekend long display will demonstrate the creativity and innovation of the pupils as well as what they require and desire from their environment.

The Artist

Saturday 5 July: Artist Talk

1.30-2.15pm
Join lead artist Amy Leung, Anson Primary School Headteacher Simon Pile and Learning Curator George Collum for a discussion on the successes, challenges and learnings from the programme and how to respond to and value pupils’ voices.

The Artist

Amy Leung is a London-based artist working across sculpture, drawing and workshops to explore the articulation and communication of joy. As an arts educator, she is interested in the intersections in which community, craft, objects and cultural identity meet. Material exploration and playing collaboratively are key to her practice, with ideas emerging through making together. Senses and bodies mingle with materials; delighting in the responsive nature of stuff and spaces. Amy has previously worked with schools, families and communities on projects at Camden Art Centre, Firstsite, the Royal Academy, South London Gallery and MK Gallery. She has an MA in Art and Design in Education from the IOE, UCL.

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