Initial thoughts:
20 minute learning activity for 6 people based around an object.
Think of the desired learning aims / outcomes
Reflecting on how the past year had been for me in the uncertainty of the merger of foundation – I have tightened my teaching more, relying on myself as the tutor to lead the session because of the big changes around curriculum, facilities, group sizes, new building, new management etc. I’ve had to design each session very precisely – not much of a “let see what happens” and playful environment of experimentation. I have lost some of the play of the studio.
How can I de-center my role as the teacher and encourage more peer to peer learning?
How can I encourage more collaborative and intuitive work?
How can I bring back play into the studio?
I would like to try something where the aim is not the result but the collaborative nature of it. Each person to contribute something to the session.
I would like to base it around drawing, because its a key tool in illustration – but not focusing on figurative drawing, its not a judgement of drawing abilities (drawing can make some people nervous or feel like they are not good at it) but the act of drawing.