Teaching

Kate Lynch is an experienced qualified art teacher who has mixed her own painting with teaching for the past twenty years. She has run a variety of art and community projects in schools, villages, towns, hospitals and in partnership with museums, environmental agencies and art galleries. She tutors expressive charcoal and pastel drawing and other workshops for interested groups and directs occasional art courses for young people at Kilve Court Residential Centre.

Somerset Orchard Project 2004-5
with artist Kate Lynch and poet James Crowden
 

Pupils from five primary schools on the Somerset Levels followed the seasonal life of an orchard through the year, filling sketchbooks with words and pictures. In May, at blossom time they met beekeepers and explored the mysteries of pollination. In autumn they drew ripe apples on the trees and paddled in apple juice in cider pressing sheds. After Christmas there was a traditional Wassail and tree pruning in the frosty orchards. Their artwork and poetry celebrates Somerset’s apple and cider heritage. Kate worked with pupils on making sketching notes using pencil and charcoal and with pastels and acrylics back at school. Their three triptych panels are a permanent mobile display which will be taken to public events by the Somerset Levels and Moors Partnership.
 

   

 

Taunton Market Project 2005
An art and heritage project with primary schools to document the livestock market
In Taunton. Kate worked as artist-in-residence on the project with pupils from six schools, taking them sketching to the fatstock auctions. Back at school the pupils developed their sketches as expressive charcoal drawings, fineliner designs and collaborative acrylic paintings which were exhibited at the Brewhouse Theatre in June. Postcards of two of the paintings are available. E-mail if interested.

 

Willow People Project (2002) – Artist-in-residence in eight local schools with traditional basketmaker, weaving with willow, and expressive artist's willow charcoal workshops (charcoal produced on the Somerset Levels). The pupils' dramatic portraits of the basketmaker weaving his basket were exhibited during Somerset Art Week 2002.   Peat Moors Visitor Centre (2002) – Artist-in-residence in two schools to produce tryptych on the history of peat digging based on an oral recording project. On permanent exhibition at the Peat Moors Centre, Shapwick, Somerset.   Frome Family Centre (2002) – Workshops with teenage mothers   Black Swan Arts (2001) – Artist-in-residence in primary schools to create illustrated books of Grimms Fairy Tales (linked with exhibition of David Hockney). The books made by the children are in their school libraries.   Parkfield School, Taunton (2001) – Artist-in-residence to create community painting of the town involving painted by the entire school. On permanent exhibition in the school.   Avalon Special School, Street (2000) – Mural project on a musical theme. On display at the school.   North Cadbury, Somerset (2000) - Art and Reminscence Project – Artist-in-residence in North Cadbury School and with community to produce textile tryptych - portraits of local people from 1900 to 2000. On permanent exhibition at North Cadbury School.   Warminster, Wiltshire (1999) – Warminster Townscape created as a community project in all nine schools in the town and with the community on Saturdays. A 3-month artist-in-residence project with Warminster Town Council. Townscape tryptych on permanent exhibition in Warminster Library.   Frome, Somerset (1996) – The Heart of Frome – community painting with over 150 contributors of all ages. On display in Frome Library.