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Abigail Horn
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Artist/designer for young audiences, Early Years Atelierista, sometimes lecturer. Pedagogy, art, well-being and play in nurseries and public cultural spaces. EYTS. Museum/gallery educator for V&A, Orleans House and RMG. https://linktr.ee/abigailhorn
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Adults are gently encouraged to let go of the role of More Knowledgable Other, and to investigate and wonder alongside their children.
It draws on Theory of Loose Parts, modular design, heuristic play and Situationism to create an open-ended environment for exploring objects, materials, sound and identity.
I’m delighted to be opening I Did It! My interactive installation for young children and their families at The Children’s Art School Makerworld Gallery in Huddersfield tomorrow.
Thank you. I hadn’t seen this.
That’s a bit weak. It disregards the flippant tone of the blog, and its failure to acknowledge Reform’s prejudiced ideologies. Yes agreed they should address this publicly.
Yes, well done. You did some good work there. Very appropriate turn of phrase “something went wrong” indeed.
Yes. Although I do think some kind of statement from them would be appropriate at this point.
It’s been taken down now. LEYF have not responded to this situation anywhere that I can see.
Right then, so nothing really. I went to refer to what was said about it in June O’Sullivan’s blog post, but it’s been taken off the website.
Just spotted my own typo. Was supposed to read “fascists”, not “facials”
No, of course. Im fully aware they are doing, and heartbroken by it.
I wouldn’t want to detract from everything LEYF have achieved. I’m a huge admirer of their organisation. That’s why this is so baffling and unsettling.
Yes, agreed. Education and care can’t be separated from politics. Socialism gave us much of the pedagogy that we have today, rooted in empathy and equality.
Exactly. That’s exactly it for me. I don’t want to live in an echo chamber and am all for professional curiosity, but the tone of this piece when there are thousands of facials rampaging through the streets of London is awful.
Grinning selfies, and pictures of funny cars. This speaks volumes about the troubling forces at work in the EY sector, glorifying individualism and prejudice in the name of activism and feminism.
No mention of Farage’s well documented tendency to state baseless opinions as though they are facts. Justifying all of this in the name of “March of the mums” without acknowledging the mums and their families who are being persecuted for their race and culture.
No acknowledgement of the disgusting racism, misogyny and transphobia that underpin this party and its supporters. No connections made to how flags and hate speech and racist violence will negatively impact the children attending your nurseries.
I’m probably very late to the party here, but this is fascinating vm.tiktok.com/ZNdXTu4Kb/ Iceland’s Hjalli approach to early years, subverting traditional gender roles.
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🤔 Do you think anyone would fund it? Is it time to abandon my current proposal? 😅
I could go on and on, but I’ll stop now.
Floaty things? Animal-related? Colourful stuff? And of course loose parts, which could also describe most of the other items featured in this thread? A broad church.