Kate Lynch
Teaching
and Community
Art
Willow People Project
(2002) – Artist-in-residence in eight local
schools with traditional basketmaker, weaving with willow, and expressive
artist's willow charcoal workshops (charcoal produced on the Somerset
Levels).
The pupils' dramatic portraits of the basketmaker weaving his
basket were exhibited during Somerset Art Week 2002.
Peat Moors Visitor Centre (2002) – Artist-in-residence in two schools to produce tryptych on the history of peat digging based on an oral recording project. On permanent exhibition at the Peat Moors Centre, Shapwick, Somerset.
Frome Family Centre (2002) – Workshops with teenage mothers
Black Swan Arts (2001) – Artist-in-residence in primary schools to create illustrated books of Grimms Fairy Tales (linked with exhibition of David Hockney). The books made by the children are in their school libraries.
Parkfield School, Taunton
(2001) – Artist-in-residence to create
community painting of the town involving painted by the entire school.
On permanent exhibition in the school.
Avalon Special School, Street
(2000) – Mural project on a musical theme.
On display at the school.
North Cadbury, Somerset
(2000) - Art and Reminscence Project –
Artist-in-residence in North Cadbury School and with community to produce
textile tryptych - portraits of local people from 1900 to 2000.
On
permanent exhibition at North Cadbury School.
Warminster, Wiltshire
(1999) – Warminster Townscape created as a
community project in all nine schools in the town
and with the
community on Saturdays.
A 3-month artist-in-residence project with
Warminster Town Council.
Townscape tryptych on permanent
exhibition in Warminster Library.
Frome, Somerset
(1996) – The Heart of Frome – community
painting with over
150 contributors of all ages. On display in Frome
Library.
For school and community
projects, workshops,
teaching e-mail enquiry to Kate Lynch
Forthcoming teaching:
Black Swan Arts Centre (Tel: 01373 473980)
Kate will be running a workshop and
giving
a gallery talk during the exhibition in September