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Date<\/strong>: 27 March 2020 \u2013 28 March 2021 A collection of works by BA and MA Fine Art and Printmaking students from Middlesex University London will go on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London later this month. This vibrant new display is the result of the Museum\u2019s community co-production and co-curation initiative in which local communities develop their understanding of collections though outreach.<\/p>\n Students were invited to respond creatively to a selection of drawings and watercolours chosen for the Museum\u2019s forthcoming exhibition, \u2018In Air and Fire: War Artists, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz\u2019, opening to the public on 27 March. As well as closely engaging with the works behind the scenes, attending a drawing workshop, students engaged with displays around the Museum to consider wider visual and historical contexts for their subject-matter.<\/p>\n Middlesex University Associate Professor of Painting and Printmaking, Steve Mumberson said<\/strong>: The student\u2019s art outreach project will showcase a wide range of works, featuring different approaches to printmaking \u2013 linocut, woodcut, etching, screenprint, and digital \u2013 as well as painting and installation.<\/p>\n Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at Middlesex, Mark Hunter said<\/strong>: The artwork will be displayed in the Mezzanine Gallery, adjacent to the \u2018In Air and Fire\u2019 exhibition in the Museum\u2019s Art Gallery from 27 March 2020 until 28 March 2021, entry is free. For more information visit rafmuseum.org\/london.<\/p>\n Furthering engagement with the local community, the Museum\u2019s Heritage Outreach Officer led consultations with local community groups to garner their thoughts and opinions about some of the war artists\u2019 works. These comments will be reflected in select community captions within two of the exhibition sections \u2018Shelter and Civil Defence\u2019 and \u2018The Blitz\u2019.<\/p>\n Five community groups; Age UK Barnet, Grange Big Local, Grahame Park Drop-in Group, ESOL (English as a Second or Foreign Language) learners, and the Museum\u2019s \u2018Art for Wellbeing\u2019 cohort, actively participated in the consultation process, each group bringing a unique perspective to the works. Exhibition visitors will get to see which artworks were the most popular with each group and to join in the dialogue.<\/p>\n RAF Museum Heritage Outreach Officer, Rhiannon Watkinson said<\/strong>: www.rafmuseum.org\/london<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Date: 27 March 2020 \u2013 28 March 2021 Location: Mezzanine Gallery, Hangars 3-5 Cost: Free A collection of works by BA and MA Fine Art and Printmaking students from Middlesex University London will go on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London later this month. This vibrant new display is the result of the … Continue reading Young artists\u2019 display is ready for take-off<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[312,61,10,187],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-museum-news","tag-312","tag-march","tag-news","tag-raf-museum-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLocation<\/strong>: Mezzanine Gallery, Hangars 3-5
\nCost<\/strong>: Free<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe opportunity for students from the MA Printmaking, MA Fine Art and BA Fine Art to see and draw from works by original war artists \u2013 both well-known and unknown figures \u2013 proved to be a formative experience. Seeing works by little-known women war artists, either purchased by the War Artists\u2019 Advisory Committee or produced independently, resonated with the students in different ways. It stirred them to reflect on the major events of the war and how these affected their grandparents across the world, both in terms of military involvement and socio-culturally. As for those of us who are older, the project has more immediately sparked thoughts about our parents\u2019 involvement during those difficult months from the summer of 1940 and throughout the Blitz. This exhibition of our work represents those researches and engagements, personal to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMiddlesex University has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with the RAF Museum. Students from across Dance, Photography, Illustration, Fine Art and Printmaking have collaborated with the Museum on a range of projects: the most recent of which saw our Fine Art and Printmaking students engage in a piece of outreach work by creatively responding to items from the collection. This was a wonderful opportunity to further our links in with the RAF Museum, the local community and the borough of Barnet more broadly”<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWith our local area having such strong links to The Battle of Britain and The Blitz \u2013 from the bombing of Colindale underground station to Fighter Command pilots flying out of RAF Hendon, I knew I had to invite discussion from our local community, to enrich participation with another layer of interpretation. The community captions also allow exhibition audiences to hear very different perspectives on the artworks \u2013 different voices.\u201d<\/p>\n