Artists Details

Art skills

Textiles, Visual, Visual Arts

Other skills

Special needs

Prepared to work

Nationally

Adrian Higgins

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Statement

My name is Adrian Higgins and I am a Freelance Artist based in Hereford. I graduated in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University in 1990 and over the last 10 years I have pursued a career as a painter and printmaker. Over the last 5 years I have worked extensively in schools and the community where I have devised many arts based workshops aimed at extending a child's experience of art in an engaging and exciting way. I have participated in over 50 residencies and collaborative projects. I have experience working across all year groups from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 3. I also work with children who have special needs and children attending Pupil Referral Units. I have worked with the homeless and teenagers who have been drug dependent. I work nationwide. The workshops I offer: I specialise in printmaking and I offer a number of workshops that explore various techniques of printing. Printmaking remains a versatile and fascinating process. Children are able to fully explore their creativity whilst learning new and distinct techniques to express their ideas. I bring with me a portable etching press so a whole range of approaches can be introduced. Techniques include collographs, dry point etching, monoprinting and poly printing. All the processes are water based and non-toxic. I have established a successful mural business 'Artistic Interiors'. I have undertaken many commissions in both the private and public sectors and completed many collaborative projects with schools and colleges nationwide. I provide arts based workshops that explore various cultures through painting, drawing and performance. I have particular interest in Aboriginal art and culture I deliver workshops in Mosaic Art and Papier Mache My working practice; Foundation Stage: I take care to create a safe and supportive environment. I try to ensure that the workshops I offer will engage and extend the children's abilities. I liaise closely with the teacher from planning a workshop to its delivery. I believe this will ensure a more relevant and engaging piece of work. As the children develop their ideas I place emphasis on experimentation, exploration and the freedom to make decisions and test out ideas. I review the progress of the children's work at regular intervals encouraging the children to articulate their ideas and how they may develop them. I ask pupils to work both individually and in groups and encourage the children to participate in the creative process in all its forms. I make the aims and objectives of the workshop clear and reinforce these session by session. I am aware that in the case of Foundation Stage children it is important to place emphasis on process rather than product. I encourage children to investigate and communicate ideas across different areas of their creative development. I often utilise story telling as a starting point or combine visual arts with performance and dance.

Experience

Art in education experience

2004 Whitecross Community Mural Project. Children from the local playgroup contributed ideas and painted a pre-school mural, Trinity Teds Playgroup, Whitecross, Hereford
2004 Associate Artist, participating in an action research project looking at creativity across the curriculum, Solihull LEA, Solihull 2003 A printmaking workshop designed for children to explore texture, collage and colour mixing, Bayton Primary School, Kidderminster
2003 Aboriginal workshop in which children explored Aboriginal art and culture through painting and performance, Greystones Primary School, Sheffield

Qualifications

1996 PGD, Art Therapy
1990 BA Hons, Fine Art
1987 BTEC Diploma in Art and Design

Website

www.artisticinteriors.co.uk

Projects

Printmaking, 2003 , Bayton Primary School, Bayton
This was a printmaking workshop designed to encourage reception year children to explore colour, texture, shape and form in two dimensions. Firstly the children made a collograph plate. A more..."

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