Olympic Family Day

Experimental drawing workshop at the Olympic family day held at the Matthew Boulton campus. The drawing workshops were combined with a host of other activities across the College celebrating the carrying of the Olympic torch by the principal and two college students. This exercise is designed to encourage those not  involved in art to express themselves through the tracing of a body shape that expresses something about their feelings on the day.

Hold still mum almost finished.

Some body shapes were more flexible than others as the sports team came to participate.

Participants were asked to express their stories through the position of their bodies and this father has obviously had a hard day!

Group exhibition - Oh What a Lovely War

Following on from the seminar and workshop, which was run by Robert Perry RBSA in May 2012 at Outline, a selection of the work produced during the workshop was shown alongside Roberts' earlier work that he had done as a young artist at the Old Joint Stock Theater in Birmingham. The group show of students' and Roberts' work was shown to support the play 'Oh What a Lovely War' by Charles Chilton, which was performed by a group of Extended Diploma in Acting students from BMAPA. A selection of work that had been produced during the workshop was also projected during the play to support the actors and set the scene.

Outline would like to thank Robert Perry once more for his continued commitment to give up his time, to prepare and help set up the exhibition. 

Student's work from the workshop (white frames) alongside Robert's drawings (wooden frames).

 Two large scale oil paintings that Robert did inspired by stories, images and poetry of the Great Wars.

 BMAPA students during the play of  'Oh What a Lovely War' by Charles Chilton.

University level fine art HND exhibition

The University level HND fine art course featured several overseas students from Brunei again this year who are in Birmingham to study  at the college and progress on to Birmingham city University. Ahmed brings an interest in graffiti which is  universal in style with a distinct approach to contemporary art that is informed by his unique cultural background.

Open Day

Interactive activities for open day at Outline, introducing parents and friends to drawing activities that are designed to engage people with no art experience. Participants are asked to express something about themselves and their stories through their body position which is then traced by a partner. This simple activity turned out to be a great icebreaker and led to some poignant stories being expressed by simple outlines.

Another interactive open day experience where participants are encouraged to trace their journey into the College. The drawing can only be decoded by those who participated since once the map projection is switched off a student linear abstract drawing only remains.