Ideas & Themes | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Anti-Racism Resource

For this resource, co-collaborators, Dr. Sheree Angela Matthews, writer and artist, and Amanda McMahon, Baltic Producer (Education) have co-commissioned 4 local, Black* artists to explore the North East’s Black history through Black contemporary art designed to support schools to tackle racism using art education.

Workplace

Over 100 people work at Baltic, with a wide variety of roles and responsibilities. Baltic is an exciting and varied place to work, and it is often said that no two days are the same!

Five Ways with Paper with artist Bethan Maddocks

Designed by artist, Bethan Maddocks, this series of 5 videos guides you through ideas and inspiration for different things you can make with paper, from personalised books, to flowers, paper chains, crowns and more.

Made with accessibility and simplicity in mind, all you need is paper, as well as scissors and a few optional extras. Suitable for all ages and language levels.

Fill your classroom with paper creations and see what magic you can create.

Voices

Baltic along with artist and writer Stevie Ronnie, worked with pupils in Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Teesside on a creative literacy project funded by the Ernest Cook Trust.

Buildings

Does it matter what buildings look like? Why? What patterns can you see in buildings? Which materials are used and why?

Literacy Resources

This resource provides a range of suggestions and examples which encourage learners to apply literacy within the stimulating environment of a contemporary art gallery.

Sparks

In 2017, Baltic was awarded funding from The Ironmongers Company to undertake Baltic Sparks; a targeted, short term, artist residency programme with schools. The project was aimed at supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and included four artist workshops per school, three in the classroom setting, and one taking place at Baltic.

Numeracy Resources

This resource provides a range of suggestions and examples which encourage learners to apply mathematics within the stimulating environment of a contemporary art gallery.

MRLA Literacy

This resource contains a suggested evaluation method that can be used to measure literacy development, notes on the learning objectives for the sessions, printable templates and suggestions on possible ways that each of the sessions can be adapted to respond to the work of other artists who may be particularly relevant or accessible to the group that you are thinking of working with.

Hope and Art Resources

Developed by Baltic Artist, Megan Randall. Megan facilitates activities with schools, families, teachers and everyone in between. When making her own work she mostly uses clay, creating pots on the wheel and modelling to make sculptures.

Brilliant Bridges

Developed and illustrated by Baltic Artist, Zoe Allen. Zoe makes sculpture and installation using materials collected from places she has lived, or with which she has a personal connection. She is interested in the way in which people can feel strong emotions toward particular buildings, materials or spaces.

Learning Resources

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