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Let children run the Day
Invite children to act as live guides or to run the drop-in activities alongside an artist for the Day.
Let them make decisions. If you have a 'young friends' group or out-of-school club, ask them for ideas. Could children act
as the advocates for the power of art, by creating a video, a flyer or an article for local press?
Aberystwyth Arts Centre involved 35 pupils from Ysgol Ysbyty Ystwyth in a project involving two
artists, Susan Adams and Helen Kozich. The whole school visited the gallery to work with the exhibition 'Something Funny
in the Woodshed'. The Key Stage 2 pupils worked with artist Susan Adams and discussed the exhibition in detail. The
pupils each chose two or three works and wrote short pieces about them - these were used as labels next to the works in
the Gallery. They also had a practical sculpture session using the works as inspiration. Key Stage 1 pupils worked with
Helen Kozich and studied portraits in the exhibition and then painted their own portraits and created meaningful titles for
their work. The pupils were all invited back with their parents to the Gallery for an open day where they acted as guides
around the exhibition.
