Anita Hamlin: Schools Learning Co-ordinator

Anita Hamlin I am Anita Hamlin the Schools Learning Coordinator at Museums Sheffield. I develop and coordinate workshops that link mainly in to our temporary exhibitions. On a typical day I might be writing song lyrics or poems based on paintings in the morning, creating huge mod-roc shoe sculptures in the afternoon or sitting at a computer doing research and planning sessions for students and teachers..

Kiki Blues

Kiki Blues I couldn’t resist adding this song. The Creative and Media group from City School in Sheffield wrote the lyrics based on a piece of work in Graves Gallery. The quirky lyrics were inspired by the lyrics of the … Continue reading →

It’s so sad!

I’ve not blogged for a while because I’ve been grief-stricken. Shakespeare has gone! I think we all had a little tantrum as he left the building. It’s great for Southampton because they get to have such a fantastic exhibition. Anyway, … Continue reading →

Dizzee v Shakespeare

The sessions with students from The City School are going well. Initial ideas for their written interpretation have been really funny. One idea is William Shakespeare and Dizzee Rascal in discussion about who has the best chat up lines for … Continue reading →

We are all writers

Well the Writers of Influence show is proving to be very popular and I’ve now got the photographs from the launch evening. I’ve also started working with a group of Year 10 Creative and Media Diploma students from The City … Continue reading →

Curating exhibitions can be murder

Hello, I’m Anita. I’m the Schools Learning Coordinator at Museums Sheffield. I love my job. I get to do fun craft and art projects with young people, and I get paid for it! I’ve been working with lots of young … Continue reading →