Sculptural casting technique, alienation, transformation, metamorphosis. Further education training for secondary and high school arts and design teachers, and art educators.
In this workshop, you will gain insight into the production of negative molds, which are commonly used for reproductions in sculpture or design procceses. Different molding materials such as silicone, vinamold, plaster, or alginate will be presented, and their diverse uses will be shown. Casting materials such as plaster, wax, concrete, polymer plaster, or plastics have different requirements for a mold. Factors such as intended quantity, working situation, and budget must also be considered when creating a negative mold. In the practical part of the workshop, you will create a two-piece mold and cast it in one of the provided materials. This will enable you to apply the basic principle to various other objects, and also educational settings, and deepen your understanding in your own artistic and educational projects.
Anita Kuratle 1988 – 1992: Studies in Art Education at ZHDK (Zurich University of the Arts) 1993 – 1996: Studies Fine Arts, with a focus on sculpture under Jürg Stäuble and Hannah Villiger at HGK Basel (Academy of Art and Design Basel) 1995: Guest semester at Central St. Martin's College for Art and Design, London 1993 – 2001: Teaching activities at the secondary school level and pre-course level Since 2001: Lecturer for artistic practice at the Institute of Arts and Design Education at HGK Basel Since 1996: Regular exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, as well as art-in-architecture projects. Main focus on installation and object. 2000 and 2005: Basel Work Grants 2012: Studio grant from Atelier Mondial in Perth, Australia
The continuing education programme of the Institute Arts and Design Education aims to broaden participants’ perspective of their own artistic work and shared creative endeavours with others. Participants will be introduced to creative educational strategies, and acquire the ability to make creative debates effective for social processes. Both the weeklong continuing education courses and the optional one-on-one coaching sessions integrate methods from the fields of education, the fine arts, arts education, performance and other participatory practices. The improvement of artistic, creative and communication skills can help pave the way for more equal opportunities. Social inclusion, as one of the main conditions of equal opportunities, requires good communication and cultural competences – and it is these competences that artistic and creative educational strategies can do an excellent job at cultivating. By strengthening artistic and creative competences, we not only increase the realms of possibility for design, but also for communication, social interactions, the strengthening of social structures, personal expression and the experience of self-efficacy.
No prior artistic or technical experience is required. University degree or equivalent work experience is required.
All people working in social contexts are welcome: Teachers, mediators, social workers, health professionals, FAGE, coaches, team builders, people interested in art, design and culture, etc.
Participants:
acquire the ability to shape artistic and design processes,
acquire skills for competent handling of various methods of art and design communication,
learn to initiate engagements with design processes in social contexts through artistic communication strategies,
gain experience in their own artistic expressions,
expand professional knowledge and skills in expressive and design methods,
acquire know-how about the connection between art, education, and diverse target groups,
acquire the competence to question aesthetic habits and social processes,
gain the ability to develop new ideas with the knowledge of artistic communication strategies,
gain experience in integrating artistic and cultural processes as open and experimental processes into their work,
gain experience in applying artistic communication methods in psychosocial practice.
No prior artistic or technical experience is required. University degree or equivalent work experience is required.
When participants complete five workshop weeks, each worth 2 ECTS credits, paired with subsequent one-on-one mentoring on their own project worth 5 ECTS credits, as well as five one-on-one 90-minute coaching sessions, they qualify for the “Artistic Literacy” Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) from the HGK FHNW.
Art and design, and imparting their contents open up new ways of perceiving and shaping the world. Learning in art and design is marked by an intense experience of self-agency and dealing with highly diverse contexts.
