Our schools Project at
Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru
AIM
To experience the arts and promote the understanding of original art through a gallery visit and working with an artist in residence.
OBJECTIVES
- To provide a ‘special’ experience that will enable an understanding of the way in which Josef Herman’s work was influenced by his stay in Wales.
- To view the Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru’s collection of Herman’s original art at the Welfare, Ystradgynlais and to discuss and share personal viewpoints.
- To promote the use of original art work and a response through activities such as drawing as learning tools.
- To introduce appropriate, art specific, technical terms and vocabulary relating to Herman’s work.
- To experience and observe the outdoor environment and landscape and to use drawing techniques to document what is seen.
- To develop a vocabulary to describe the use of art materials and their effects by experimenting in a variety of ways.
- To produce new and original artwork.