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Coombeshead Academy hosts local artist Alistair Lambert for sculpture workshop
19th July 2024Year 10 3D Art students from Coombeshead Academy have taken part in a two day artist workshop funded by The Helen Foundation this month.
The Helen Foundation is a charity to enrich the experience of young people in all branches of the arts in Teignbridge, South Devon. They subsidise arts-based workshops in schools led by professional artists.
The funding from the foundation allowed Coombeshead Academy to connect and work with a Devon based sculptor Alistair Lambert in sessions arranged by DAISI. DAISI runs an ongoing programme of artist-led workshops in schools, non-formal education settings, and communities. Alistair Lambert studied at Norwich Art School before completing a BA in Sculpture at Chelsea School of Art and an MA at the Royal College of Art.
The students aim was to produce a large commemorative piece of sculpture, to hang in the new gallery stairwell in the CREATE department at the school. Initially the students did some research and drawings focusing on WW1 aviation. From the drawings and the large array of 3D materials on offer, the students were given the creative space to develop an individual large piece of sculpture supported by Mr Lambert.
