Transcript Enter the 2007 ‘Art in Heaven’ Competition

Enter the 2010
‘Art in Heaven’
Competition
Perryfileds
School,
Sandwell,
made tiles on
justice in the
style of Keith
Haring’s art
This presentation invites to
you make an art work on
one of our five themes.
The National Association of
Teachers of RE will give
prizes to the winners.
See more details on our
web art gallery at
www.natre.org.uk
What is ‘Art in Heaven’?
 ‘Art in Heaven is an annual competition for pupils in
RE that gives you a chance to be creative and
imaginative in RE. It is all about spiritual ideas and
your skills
 There is a wonderful web art gallery. If you enter this
year, perhaps your picture will be on the gallery next
time. Have a look, and choose some favourites of
your own from the gallery.
 Teachers and pupils are warmly invited to join in with
their own ‘Art in Heaven’. The closing date is 31st July.
The entry form can be downloaded from
www.natre.org.uk
5 Themes to choose from
• Art in Heaven has five themes for 2010. Your teacher
will choose a theme with you for you to enter. Have a
look at some work from each theme now.
• The themes are:
– Mystery stories!
– Spiritual space
– Respect: A logo for RE
– Talking to God: Where is God?
– Celebrating Life, Celebrating Love!
Mystery stories:
Why did Jesus die?
Yellow Jesus
Alanta, Age 6
“My picture is about
Jesus dying on the cross.
He looks very sad, but
later he was happy.
When I am sad, I think of
Jesus.
I liked looking at a
painting by Paul Gauguin
called the yellow Christ,
that's why it is yellow.”
LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE THAT WILL
NEVER COME TO AN END
In my ‘art in heaven’ Mystery art piece,
I have tried to show what I believe:
that it’s not scary when your life is at
an end.
My idea of the white chain describes
Heaven. It comes down from the top,
pulling the girl, who is ‘asleep’ into the
light. The Earth shows a swirl of yellow
and this shows the sun.
Underneath the Earth, exists RED,
ORANGE and BLACK colours: this
shows hell.
I decided to base the whole story in an
egg because we ALL know that life
starts in an egg and its good to know
that ending life is like the beginning of
another existence, as you’re never
going to know where you go when you
die.
Julia, aged 12.
“Under One Banner” by Christopher Horton,
Joshua Morris and Joseff Mayberry, all 13,
from the Cathedral school in Cardiff
Our design is of main religious figures of the
world, standing under one banner, looking up,
and searching for God, or in the case of the
Buddha, Enlightenment. The figures are Guru
Nanak, Jesus, Moses and the Buddha.
The thought of all of the religions, united in
searching for God, is the inspiration for ‘Under
One Banner’.
‘The Tree of Life’ has the figures gathering
around it to form one reality where we can all
search for God or Enlightenment together. If
we want to truly understand and abide with
God, we must first combine together to search
for Him.
The flags which the figures hold are of the
religions that they founded or were especially
affiliated with. The tree symbolizes the growth,
life and light we get from God. The flags show
that we celebrate when we search for God, and
it gives people great happiness.
The natural environment of the forest is one of
God’s greatest wonders. The tree is made from
real pine wood, hand lathed and sanded in our
own workshop. The religious figures are hand
crafted out of clay and dressed in clothes we
created for them.
Spiritual space: Art in heaven
“Birds and fish,
sea and sky, earth
and air, all space
is spiritual
space.”
Jack and Daniel are 10
OPEN MINDED:
a respect logo
for RE
“Based on the six main religions as subjects
(Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity,
Hinduism). All religions are the same but different so
I moulded all the symbols into 1 in the very middle.
Equality but also differences. I decided to make my
piece of work a design that you had to look into hard
to see things - just like religions. I think I have
achieved this look by scattering related pictures
around the six sections to create a collage effect. I
used a Sun at the side of my design, as a light that
everyone is aiming for, our goals in life. I created a
border including things to do with religions.
For each religions I chose two images:
Sikhism: Kirpan and Khanda – among the five Ks
and is sacred to Sikhs still today
Judaism: Menorah - At special times (Seder Meal),
Jews make sure they have one on display. Torah
Scroll - a way of teaching and includes special Laws.
Christianity Angel - spiritual beings that some
people believe are messengers from God. Crown of
thorns – worn by Jesus when he was crucified.
Hinduism Lotus - A water Lily that Hindus believe
are a sign of Purity. Fire - used a lot in Hindu worship
of Siva, symbolising controlled destruction
Buddhism Yin-Yan - This is the Chinese Buddhists
symbol for peace
Islam Globe - I used this to show that Islam was a
world spread religion. Star and Moon - This was the
main sign of Islam, as I mentioned earlier I used this
as a sign of individuality.
Fiona, girl, age 12
Respect for everyone
“We designed these t-shirts to
represent being open minded.
We thought if we did this on a
t-shirt it would show people
that you should be opened
minded. When we designed
our t-shirt, we thought about
what it would take to be open
minded. The things we came
up with on our t-shirt were
loving each other which are
represented by the giant love
heart. The different symbols
represent different cultures
and that we are all equal even
if we believe in different
cultures. The hands represent
respect and peace. Being
opened minded means you
can have your opinion but you
still have to respect other
people’s opinions.”
Victoria and Samantha, Age 15
Talking to God: Who is God?
 Who is God? What do you think? Is God a person
like us, or completely different? What image will
express your ideas? Atheists and agnostics may
say ‘God is nobody’ or ‘God is a person no one
knows’ Different religions say some things similar
and some different about God’s identity. What do
you have to say about this, and how will you
express it artistically?
 Look at the next five pictures to see how some
others have done it. Think about how some
people believe you can talk to God, but not
everyone thinks this.
• Jumping up to God
By Ethan, Age 6
• “Up in heaven
there is God. All of
these are planets
and God made
them. I am jumping
up to give God a
flower from the hill.
God looks just like
me.”
Who is
God?
Alix, Annabel and
Olivia have used
Islamic rules to
create this image
of the Islamic
understanding of
Allah. They think
God, for Muslims,
was in the words
of the revelation of
the Holy Qur’an.
Ben and Jacob, 13, show here that
they are able to evaluate answers
to questions about meaning and
experience, and to express insights
into spiritual expression of values.
• This creative reflection on the
mysteries of human evil and
on hope uses the symbolic
possibility of spiritual art to
express the insight that the
boys bring to the topic.
• Their ‘answers’ to the
question of evil are textured
and varied
• The key achievement shown
in this work is the expression
of insight into questions of
community, value and
meaning at level 6.
“Is There Justice In This Dark World?
Our piece of work is to show that there is hope in
a dark world. The black paper and the image of
9/11 represents the world we live in: it can be a
horrible place of darkness, pain and hatred. The
candle is there to represent hope and light in the
dark world. The candle breaks dimly in to the dark
world with its holy light.
The dove represents peace, the heart is for the
love we all need in the world to bring justice.
Everyone should love everyone else as God
intended us to: after all we are his children and he
made all of us.
The ‘live 8’ sign shows that some good is coming
to this world by way of "Make Poverty History".
Poverty is a horrible thing easily prevented, but
not by the greed of many people.
The lotus flower shows the need for awareness of
the many problems of poverty and prejudice
which people face. It is a symbol for awakening
and opening your eyes to what is going on
around.”
• Where's God When You Need
Him?
By Hannah, Age 12
• “When you ask a strong
believer in God why are all
these people suffering in the
world they would probably
say "they're being tested by
God to make them a better
person". I disagree. I'm
agnostic. Why are people
being tested to death when
they probably don't deserve
it?
The white/yellow circle
around the boy's head is
where I believe God should
be (hence the Godly colours)
looking over this poor,
hungry, suffering, dying boy's
shoulder caring for him.”
 Who is God?
By Rebecca, Age 14
 “Fish have no certain knowledge of
what is outside the pond. In the same
way, we humans cannot literally find
God. We have to be content that he is
watching us and protecting us, like the
man on the side of my pond.
 The stone falling into the pond can be
interpreted as all the bad things that
fall unexpectedly into life, but could
also stand for something heavenly,
falling from the realms of God like a
miracle.
 The Earth asks Where is God? Who is
he? Because we cannot leave the
fishpond alive, we cannot find God
unless he reaches down to us, as I
believe he did with Jesus Christ. We
must find God through the things he
does on earth.”
Celebrating life, celebrating love
A new theme for 2010
• Religions mark big moments of life and love with celebrations: a wedding, a
welcome for a new baby and many other festive moments are ‘big days’ in
religious life - and human life. This theme invites you to get your pupils doing
spirited art around marriages, human love, relationships, new babies, family
and other festivities. The best entries will go beyond big red hearts and link
love, promises and values to symbols and ceremonies, showing how
celebrating life and love matters to everyone. We do a lot of RE work on these
themes from Year 1 to GCSE: life, love, celebration: how and why?
• Celebrations and festivals are some of religion’s best days. This theme invites
pupils to express their responses to special days, festivals or celebrations. Take
a wedding, or the welcome for a new baby, and learn about what different
religions do to celebrate, then create your own brilliant picture to show what
you think about life and love. Make art that remembers a wedding story,
records the celebration of marriage, or catches the thrill of the family day, the
magic of the family feast. It’s not just about Valentine’s day: tell us: What does
love mean, and where does it come from? Who finds it and how can it love
grow? Let your imagination whirl.
And what about you?
 You have seen a lot of examples of the brilliant entries
to the Art in Heaven competition.
 Now think over your own idea, beliefs and skills
 Plan to make a super entry of your own, to send in
before the end of the summer term –closing date is
31st July
 Write a note about how good it is – you can use the
prompts we suggest.
 All the best!
 www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts Don’t forget - you can
see hundreds of interesting entries and other winners
on the web gallery