WORKSHOPS


​ARTS FACILITATION & CREATIVE PROJECTS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
I am a freelance arts facilitator with experience in running creative, practical workshops in bookmaking, animation, and technology,  as well as creating resources and developing interactive educational trails. I have experience in supporting learners across all ages.
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  • ​I have an up-to-date Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service CRSC certificate, which is viewable via the government's online DBS Update Service.
  • I am fully insured for Public and Products Liability and Professional Indemnity (up to £10m)​
  • I have completed the course 'Being an Ally to Autistic People' run by Autism Hampshire.
  • I have been a STEM Ambassador since 2018.

RESOLUTIONS: CONFLICT RESOLUTION EDUCATION PROJECT
BOOK MAKING / PROP MAKING

Hastings Academy, June -September 2017, 28+ Participants / Yr 9

In June and July this year, The Craftimation Factory brought artists Janey Moffatt, Lee Shearman and Pip Rowson together with a group of young people from Hastings Academy to explore this theme. The young people were invited to make a small book in which to map their thoughts and ideas on the theme and to create a prop; a symbol that represented conflict or ways to avoid conflict. The props and books are on display in various Hastings venues.
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​The work the young people produced during Resolutions is bursting with their concerns about the world they live in. When planning this project, the artists had been thinking about conflict on an individual and personal level. They were taken aback by the extent to which international terrorism, war and greed were heavily referenced in the work produced.
 
The project began on the 13 June 2017, less than two weeks after the attack at London Bridge and just over three weeks after the Manchester bombing. The Grenfell fire took place the day after the project started.
 
Pip Rowson and I then wove the words and images of the props which the young people produced into short film.
BOOK OF SECRETS
BOOK MAKING WORKSHOPS
Recovery College Hastings & Rother Campus / Skeletons Out Of The Closet Exhibition (De La Warr Pavilion)

A course for Recovery College entitled Book of Secrets - Art Journals For Recovery. Had a great time making secret boxes, book making and creative writing with guest artists Lee Shearman & Pip Rowson. The work was exhibited at a pop up exhibition at De La Warr Pavilion 6th November 2016- entitled Skeletons Out Of The Closet
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SHOW YOUR INNER GLOW
ANIMATION TUITION & SET MAKING
​Altered Minds Exhibition, Brightview, Eastbourne & The Bridge, Hastings, September 2016

Show Your Inner Glow was a series of six sessions led by professional artists Lee Shearman and Janey Moffatt for The Craftimation Factory. The sessions helped participants explore the 'light and dark' sides of their inner selves through the creation of a pop-up paper theatre, adorned with UV paint, that represents their own internal world. The miniature sets were brought to life using stop motion animation techniques inside a black lit sensory tent. Final work was displayed at an event at The Electric Palace, Hastings.
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The sessions were available to anyone with a mental health or well being issues; ranging from those who just have difficult days to others who may have a specific diagnosis. As The Craftimation Factory believe that 'we all have mental health' they aimed to be as inclusive as possible. There was mental health peer support specialists available for anyone who felt they would benefit by chatting more in depth.
BEING RURAL
ANIMATION & TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
Salehurst Primary School, Jan-Mar 2015 / 60 Participants, Year 1 & Year 5 Classes

BEING RURAL was a pilot project working with four rural primary schools in rural Rother making links with Great Dixter as a base to a potentially longer term relationship. RDC will look to continue to expand the reach of the project once the HRAEN project funding finishes.  The schools will work ‘in their own backyard’ exploring the exterior environment, increasing their understanding of the rural ecology and looking in new creative ways at familiar spaces. 

I worked with two classes in Salehust Primary School using Learn Pad technology and animation software. Classes built models and planned using storyboards to create animated sections of lesson-relevant subjects.
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MOBILE @ PRIORY
SMART PHONE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
Priory School / Creative Partnerships, Jan -Jul 2012, 200+ Participants

Borbonesa worked with the Priory School over a six month period to promote and develop the use of mobile technology at Priory as a positive and powerful means to engage and enhance learning.

Ideas were refined on an online forum, and a trade show event was used to showcase the learning and capture data on student mobile devices, which is being used to define school polices. Session planning centered around existing schema and was shaped by the need to demonstrate clear learning outcomes. The collaborative and open planning sessions allowed all participants to contribute and share ideas and knowledge of technology and best practice and experience of teaching and learning.

Outcomes included lessons highlighting SEAL learning, the use of iPADs, student mobile devices, QR codes and the internet to create more engaging experiences. The lesson plans were shared in a digital cookbook, made available to all staff. View the finished cookbook here.
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The Mobile@Priory project won Best Secondary School in the Education Innovation Awards 2013. The innovation was judged as one of the best in the country at the Education Innovation Conference held in Manchester. The award was presented by BBC Click’s presenter, Spencer Kelly, who spoke about the potential of mobile devices for film making and journalism.
A DAY AT ASPEX
TECHNOLOGY PROJECT, ASPEX GALLERY, MAY 2015, YEAR 5 AND 6 CLASSES
Situated at Aspex Gallery we worked with students from two Hampshire-based junior schools. The day's activities were documented through recorded interviews, photographs and time-lapse video.

The activities included creating a 20 foot long illustrated a visual timeline of The Vulcan Building, assembling Vulcan building pop-up fact sheets, and research using the archive at Aspex.
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
A STUDY IN SCARLET
LITERARY TRAIL / NEWSHEET / DEERSTALKER HAT
POSRTMOUTH CITY LIBRARY
NOVEMBER 2012
120 PARTICIPANTS (APPROX)
Commissioned by Portsmouth City Council to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the first Sherlock Holmes novel ‘A Study In Scarlet’ (written in Portsmouth), Borbonesa created a Sherlock Holmes inspired one-day detective trail in Portsmouth Central Library, with scarlet way-markers also installed at various locations around the city.

Handmade cardboard props relating to Sherlock Holmes were wrapped in scarlet thread and hidden around the library, while strategically selected street furniture was wrapped in scarlet ribbon. Each prop / intervention had an oversized tag with facts about Conan Dolye and his creations; information which helped participants fill-in a crossword puzzle printed in a newssheet. The tags also directed participants to the Conan Doyle Collection online, raising awareness of the city’s rich literary heritage.

For younger participants Borbonesa designed a deerstalker hat template, which children could colour in, cut out and construct.

“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.” Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study In Scarlet
ABSTRACT ANIMATION STUDIO

Stationed in the De La Warr Pavilion studio we worked with two groups of 8–12 year olds to create an abstract animation inspired by the films of early animation pioneer Len Lye.

We began with a visit to The New Line exhibition situated in the first floor gallery to watch two of Lye’s experimental films; Kaleidoscope (1935) and Rainbow Dance (1936), which feature in the show. We discussed the colours, shapes and movement in the films and considered how these effects were achieved.

Back in the studio and working in small groups, participants hand-drew artwork on acetate sheets to form a colourful palette of elements to use in their animations. They filmed their animation sequences on workstations consisting of a light-box, camera, laptop and professional stop-frame animation software.

Each group also filmed themselves moving against a green screen, which meant they were able to dive into the action and dance with their animated artwork.

In post-production we stitched the sequences together, along to music from Don Barretto and his Cuban Orchestra, which reflects the colourful atmosphere of the workshop and the creative energy of its participants.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S JOURNEY
GOMER INFANTS SCHOOL
STOP FRAME ANIMATION  |  3 MIN 54 SEC
JUNE 2013
A 4-minute stop-frame animation celebrating Queen Victoria's 1844 visit to Gosport. In collaboration with Borbonesa, Year Two pupils from Gomer Infants School illustrated a 60ft long paper scroll with hand drawn animals, people and buildings of the time, to be used as a backdrop for the animation. The backdrop was rolled up and fitted into a wooden frame that allowed it to be scrolled through between animation shots, whilst collaged paper elements such as characters and animals - even raindrops -  were animated over the moving background.

This was part of Borbonesa's Timequake project, which explored the use of stop-frame-animation as a vehicle for teaching in a variety of learning environments. To view a time-lapse film of the backdrop being illustrated by the pupils click here.
MACBETH
BEXHILL HIGH SCHOOL
STOP FRAME ANIMATION  |  6 MIN  |  ARIL 2013
Borbonesa in collaboration Year 10 students at Bexhill High School transformed notable scenes from William Shakespeare's Macbeth into a 6-minute stop frame animation.

Students worked closely with Borbonesa to storyboard ideas, script action, dialogue, music and sounds effects for three key scenes from the play; The Weird Sisters, The Dagger Soliloquy and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. After the planning stages they used handmade cardboard dioramas as miniature tabletop theatre sets to rehearse then film their animated sequences using Dragonframe animation software and a digital camera. They also rehearsed and recorded narration, sound effects and music using an audio recorder. Opening and closing credit sequences were created and added to the finished animation with the recorded sound and music edited together using Final Cut editing software.
THREE CHARLESTON MYSTERIES
CHARLESTON TRUST
STOP FRAME ANIMATION  |  5 MIN 10 SEC  |  JUNE 2014
Devised as an introduction to stop-frame animation, the three-day workshop enabled participants to work through every stage of the filmmaking process from planning to completion. Following a guided tour of the artists' house and gardens the participants split into three groups each with their own animation workstation. They collaborated on writing scripts, storyboards, and created artwork for three short animated stories, inspired by the Bloomsbury Group's decorative style, and using imagery of the domestic setting as backdrop. 

Dialogue and sound effects were recorded, and music selected. The participants were shown how to use Dragonframe animation software, and use the digital camera and sound recording equipment. They were also shown how to edit their animations using Final Cut editing software, helped to assemble a film show reel that was screened in the Charleston Barns for staff and parents on the final day of the workshop. 
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY WEEK
INTO UNIVERSITY (BRIXTON)
STOP FRAME ANIMATION | 1 MIN 12 SEC
FEBRUARY 2015
At each local centre IntoUniversity offers an innovative programme that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to attain either a university place or another chosen aspiration.

I worked with a group of 23 students (aged 13-14) for a two hour introductory workshop in stop frame animation during their Innovation and technology week.

''Lee provided an engaging, stimulating and unique insight into the world of Animation. Using state of the art animation equipment and working in teams, our young people were able to harness their creativity in order to create really imaginative and clever animations. Lee's animation workshop was definitely the highlight of their week.''  - Louise Henry, IntoUniversity Brixton
DINOSAUR EGG HUNT TRAIL
TREASURE TRAIL / CLUE SHEET / ORIGAMI / CARD PROPS
PORTSMOUTH NATURAL HISTORY MUSUEM
FENHURST SCHOOL
MARCH 2012
DINOSAUR EGG HUNT was a treasure trail devised especially for Portsmouth Natural History Museum by Borbonesa and Fernhurst Junior School. It was part of a series of events in Portsmouth to celebrate the clocks going forward and lighter nights.

Borbonesa worked with Fernhurst Juniors at the museum, to devise the route, create props, and generate content for an activity sheet. The trail was devised in such a way to ensure participants went into every room in the museum, and key parts of the collection were highlighted. This included placing maritime flags in the Bird Hide, and the creation of a cardboard fishing rod, binoculars and other items.

“Thought this was really successful, imaginative, engaging and definitely helped people discover the museum.”  - Laura Weston, Portsmouth City Council

“Excellent! Fantastic effort! We enjoyed it as much as the kids.” Anonymous participant 

“Really good, I liked solving the puzzles.” Anonymous participant
WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS
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