Hello First name / Friend, Where will our creative journey with Bea and Jill lead us in week three of their November takeover? "We are Bea and Jill, a creative duo who work together as one artist. Bea (they/them) is an autistic young person. Jill (she/her) is their mum and carer. Our creative practice explores identity and community. We like to play games, tell stories and help others to do so too, especially those whose voice is unheard, presumed or overlooked. Bea and Jill's weekly creative prompts are inspired by their most recent project Pillow Palace, a virtual art exhibition, built in Minecraft, for and by autistic young people. Scroll to the bottom of this email to read more about Pillow Palace! Some of our Pillow Palace artists chose to create their perfect landscapes, habitats or walks; what would be your ideal place to wander and explore, get inspired, or that simply feels most like you? |
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Create a mood board or map, of either a scene or journey, through your favourite place. It can be real or conceptual, local or far away. What can you see, hear and smell? What do you do? Who is there with you? Combine made and found elements to describe what makes this your perfect environment. Use different mediums - photos and drawings, words, quotes or poems - to make this mood board map as immersive as possible. Working online: Miro is an online whiteboard where you can add photos, drawings, text and diagrams. Add your own photos, descriptions and ideas and supplement them with others found online. A good source of free images is unsplash.com; for videos, you could use pexels.com Working offline: You could work directly on paper or experiment on a magnet board or pinboard, moving elements around and exploring how they work together before you decide on a final layout. Click on the buttons below to see some examples of mood boards and journey's through favourite places: |
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Could you layer elements so the scene reveals itself slowly? Or present them in a specific sequence as if on a journey? Online: Play with how Miro allows you to zoom in and out of your board and what you can see at different magnifications. Offline: Could you work on folded paper or in a book format? Could some elements be lifted or moved? |
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Online: Share your Miro board with friends, encouraging them to add comments or new elements to the composition. Offline: Invite a friend to explore your scene or journey. Are they surprised by your perfect place, or was it what they expected? If you'd like to, share your creative responses on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook #CreativityIs #64MillionArtists |
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Bea and Jill's weekly creative prompts are inspired by their most recent project Pillow Palace and the artists who took part! "Our most recent project, Pillow Palace, was a virtual art exhibition, built in Minecraft, for and by autistic young people. Pillow Palace is a place where a visitor is also an exhibit and exhibitor, in their own exhibition for one. We worked with 12 young autistic artists to build their perfect space, filled with the things that they want to see, hear, feel and play with: favourite objects, places, characters, ideas, hobbies or whatever else makes them happy. We also supported these artists to produce audio and video tours of their exhibits." You can see our Pillow Palace project website here. If you or your school own Minecraft Education Edition, you can download the Pillow Palace exhibition Minecraft world and visit it with your friends! |
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Psst…previously called ‘The Weekly Challenge’, we're now switching our messaging from ‘challenge’ to ‘creative prompt’. The challenges as you know them will stay exactly the same and you'll continue to receive them in this weekly newsletter. See you next week! |
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Remember, creativity is…yours to explore. |
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