Approaches to Creative Learning
Andrew's approach to creative learning is very much an organic process, relying much upon the students input. He feels it is important to find out from the students what is relevant to them, so that they can take ownership of a project.
Andrew wants to break down the barriers to learning that can build up in traditional education, to open minds and get children to relish their imagination, and really dig deep in the idea generating process. Most importantly Andrew listens to students' ideas; there is never a bad idea in the creative process. When relating to his own practice he tries to find the best ways of getting students to push the boundaries of what they consider to be a film or a piece of sound, wanting them to realise that there can be no wrong way of being creative, as long as they have considered the process and thought openly about it.
When he was studying art at school Andrew was constantly being reprimanded for not being able to draw properly, at that age all he thought being creative meant was being able to draw, so he is dedicated to trying to change that misconception about creativity in a larger sense.
Creative Professional Biography
Andrew is a film maker and artist who makes films using constructivist techniques in a digital medium. He is interested in tradition and nostalgia, creating video documents of a subject by deconstructing the relationship between the protagonist and their environment.
Andrew has exhibited widely including the ICA and the Lux, The Scope Art Fair New York, and has had work selected by Tank and for the Stella Artois After Dark National Film Exhibition, and recently in the Turner Contemporary Summer Show.
As well as this Andrew produces video for the private sector with clients as diverse as ITV, Vodaphone, LBI London, and Polydor. Andrew also produces documentaries highlighting projects within the arts, for organisations such as artangel, channel 4, KCC, Turner Contemporary and Creative Partnerships.
Andrew is passionate about using creativity in education and has been delivering projects and workshops for over six years, in schools and also with groups as diverse as the Bangladeshi community, homeless charities, school excluded children, the elderly and young offenders.