Category: artist in residence schools art workshops nina squire

In January I was invited for an art residency at Hillview Primary. We worked together to design a wet felt making workshop for the children to learn about the felting process through creating a flower meadow using merino sheep wool. It was a great team building experience and the children enjoyed working from one of …

Little Green Fingers 2013 and 2014 – Art workshops for schools with local artist! Exciting new budget for Stewarts Country Garden Centre generous community arts project, Little Green Fingers. Stewart’s have been working with local artist, Nina Squire, for 5 years to develop a project that helps schools access high quality arts provision through an …

Emmanuel Middle School – Flowers and Feltmaking

We’ve been working with felt provided by Stewarts Garden Centre, to make flower meadows, we’ve looked at different artists to get some inspiration including Van Gogh and Monet. These iris’s look fantastic!

Artist in residence at Stourfield Junior, Bournemouth

I was lucky enough to be selected to work as artist in residence with Stourfield Junior as part of The Mermaid Princess project with Poole Lighthouse. I was asked to design a wall hanging with the children that responded to the Italian theatre company, Teatro Kismet, production of The Mermaid Princess. The children enjoyed the …

Pastel flower meadow with reception class at Hillview Primary School

I’ve been working with Hillview as artist in residence to make a collage out of the childrens pastel flowers as part of the terms ‘growing’ theme. I showed the children how to use the pastels and looked at a selection of flowers and these were the results! Thier flowers are nearly as colourful as the ones at Stewarts!