Performance Art
During the expansion of Oriel Mostyn our Education Officer, Bernadette Rippon, is working alongside Ceri Rimmer, a leading performance artist and Dance practitioner, to provide performance art workshops for schools.
Each month we look at a different theme based on past Oriel Mostyn exhibitions or the influence Oriel Mostyn has had on Llandudno and north Wales.
Every Saturday between 1.30pm and 2.30pm, after each week of workshops, students are invited to join Bernadette and Ceri to participate in a ‘live art’ session in different areas of Llandudno. These hour-long sessions take the techniques and skills learned from the workshops and adapt them to provide the public with something they can watch or join in with!
Themes we have already looked at are:
Victorian Way
Chosen because Oriel Mostyn is thought to be the world’s first gallery built to show women’s art. Students looked at different etiquettes between men and women then and compared them to now to inspire a performance. We also worked on creating profile silhouette portraits.
Performance held on Northwestern Gardens
Our Nature, your Nature
Looking at artists who are inspired by North Wales’ beautiful landscape and artists who play on human characteristics and behaviours. Students worked in groups on a short performance piece and created colourful wall hangings inspired by their sketches.
Performance held on Northwestern Gardens
Sea and Sensory
Local artists such as Tim Pugh and Nicholas Hughes influenced these workshops to inspire us to look to the sea and consequently our senses. Pupils developed a performance and used mixed media to create individual pieces of artwork.
Performance held on the Bandstand, Llandudno Promenade
Future Dates:
23.05.09 – Myths, Mabinogion and Superheroes. Great Orme, Happy Valley
20.06.09 – Our Welsh Culture, Your Welsh Culture. North West Gardens
11.07.09 – Portraits and Me! Begin at North West Gardens – Finish on the Bandstand, Llandudno Promenade
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