Author: friendsofislingtonmuseum
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Art ideas for the classroom
Museum collections can be fantastic starting points for art activities. Collections are full of beautiful, intriguing and unusual objects, artworks and archival documents. They can help your pupils get close to the past and investigate different material cultures. They can help you to explore different creative techniques, materials and styles. They can also…
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Flood at the Museum
Roz Currie, Curator In May we came down into the museum to find water up to our ankles. Following very heavy rain, a deluge had raced down St John Street and come up through the basement floor of the museum. We were very lucky that the flood was only a…
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UV Light Therapy Goggles: art and light
In 2016 artist Ella Phillips worked with teacher Emily Evans and Year 1 from Robert Blair Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. UV light therapy goggles In the early 20th century rickets was a very common disorder among children, caused by a lack of vitamin D from food and sunlight. Their bones would become soft…
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Gas-Air machine: Ella Medley-Whitfield and Samuel Rhodes Primary Department
In 2016 artist Ella Medley-Whitfield worked with teacher Kelly Waite and Zebra and Lion class at Samuel Rhodes Primary Department on the exhibition ‘Imagine Islington.’ Why we chose the Gas-Air Machine: ‘I chose this object because I was working with an SEN school and thought a theme of health had potential to be…
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Gas-Air machine: exploring bodies and the senses
In 2016 artist Ella Medley-Whitfield worked with teacher Kelly Waite and Zebra and Lion class from Samuel Rhodes Primary Department on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Gas-Air Machine Dr Robert Minnitt developed his first Gas-Air machine in 1933. He was known as ‘the man who killed the agony of child birth’, providing pain relief…
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WWI Embroidered Postcards: Sharing cultures, sharing lives
In 2016 artist Sarah Pimenta worked with teacher Louise Murtagh and Year 1 at Moreland Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Second World War embroidered postcards Leonard Mansfield was only 18 when in 1916 he left his home in Islington for the Western Front where he was a signaller. Leonard was seriously injured…
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53 Cross Street: Victorian art inspired by found objects
In 2016 artist Ella Medley-Whitfield worked with teacher Ed and Year 1 at Montem School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. 53 Cross Street 53 Cross Street, Islington is a grade II-listed Georgian town house, built in 1785. Its first owner was Thomas Vernon, but many different people have lived there over…
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Hello to Islington
What is Islington? Who is Islington? When did people start living here? Why did they live here? What interesting things have happened here? What interesting things are happening right now? Angel Live Webcam As the new curator at Islington Museum (I’m Roz) it’s my mission to tell at least part of…
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Art inspired by nature: Sarah Pimenta and Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School
In 2016 artist Sarah Pimenta worked with teacher Denise Quinn and Year 2 at Blessed Sacrament School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Sarah supported Denise to design and deliver a 5 workshop programme for the classroom, inspired by Islington Museum’s historic wooden water pipe. Sarah also worked alongside the pupils in…
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Joe Orton Book Cover Collages
In 2016 artist Ella Phillips worked with teacher Helen Roberts and Year 4 at Vittoria Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Joe Orton Book Cover Collages Vittoria Primary chose to be inspired by our famous artworks by Joe Orton. Writer Joe Orton and his partner and mentor Kenneth Halliwell in…
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