Welcome to the Celftastig Website
This is a website for practitioners and 11-14 year old learners, with the aim of providing tools and ideas based on activities to inspire the learners to develop the skills of exploring, creating and responding to art. The website is designed around 4 central themes, with an opportunity to look in more detail at the work of around 4 artists under each theme. The activities cover several themes and correspond to various areas of learning and experience in the Curriculum for Wales. These activities are tailored for progression steps 3 and 4 but can be adjusted according to the learner's ability and requirements. You do not need to complete all the activities or follow the order in which they are presented within the themes.
Themes and Artists
Environment
Mary Lloyd Jones, Manon Awst, Tim Pugh a Tim Davies
Identity
Catrin Williams, Lowri Davies a Tomos Sparnon
Culture
Ann Catrin Evans, Mari Thomas, Meinir Mathias a Ruth Jên
Politics
Ifor Davies, Iwan Bala, Neale Howells a Peter Finnemore
There are three sections for each artist.
In the 'Exploring' section, you will find information about the artists in the form of text, pictures, and sound - what inspires them, how exploring through experimentation creates different types of work, along with examples of their work, and the mood and ideas that are conveyed in them.
In the 'Response' section, you will find examples of resources and activities that can be used to develop the learners’ personal response skills to works of art. There is a particular focus on stimulating literacy skills by evaluating and explaining the impact of mood, emotion, and ideas.
In the 'Creating' section, you will find examples of plans and resources that could be used for projects, which experiment with different techniques to emulate the artists' styles. You can either download and print these resources or use them interactively on a device through the Hwb's pdf reader.
Explore and enjoy!
