The Mural Pitch

Illustration Mural

What we aim to do

·      We aim to produce a brief that will give Level 4, 5 and 6 illustration students and alumni (student president), the opportunity to collaborate on an Illustrated mural that will be situated in the Illustration department.

·      The mural will hang on the wall opposite the sign up sheets in the corridor. We aim to do this by making the mural on a wooden panel that will hang up onto the space available.

·      The brief will be self directed by the students participating, giving them a sense of independence and allowing them to make important decisions regarding the theme and colour palette, which will have to be carefully considered, like a professional brief. We will only be acting as a platform to give the students the opportunity, but will overlook the decisions, to make sure the decisions and designs are appropriate before we present the final piece to the programme leader.

·      The mural will incorporate the designs of each student involved, instead of one student’s selected design, so they will have to work together as a group to make a cohesive design. Although the composition might be put together digitally, the mural itself will be analogue.

·      We will hold weekly meetings for people who are interested to meet and discuss how they want to approach the brief and work together as a big team. These meetings will be after timetabled sessions, so will not get in the way of the student’s work, and we will organize the final painting of the mural to be carried out after everyone’s final deadline this year and will be done in groups so the students won’t feel under pressure with too much work alongside their coursework.

·      We also will have the advice of Adam (Student President), who has experience of working collaboratively to make a piece of work.

·      With weekly meetings of planning and development, we aim to produce the final artwork after the last deadlines in May and complete before the end of year show.

·      During the first meeting will be a presentation that includes examples of illustrated murals that will hopefully inspire the participants to think of themes and things to consider.

·      We will also put up a plaque with everyone’s names and personal websites etc. so it will advertise the participants even when they have left university

How it will benefit the College/students

·      It will be a great talking point for visitors and potential new students arriving on the course.

·      It will showcase the talent that has come from this course since it has started in the last four years.

·      It will be the main piece of Illustration in the department and will brighten it up a bit.

Comments from the students (both L4, 5, 6) How it will benefit them

·      “Experience in murals”

·      “Connecting with the university”

·      “Experience with working in large groups”

·      “Engage with students”

·      “Leaving a legacy”, with it being the first years of the Illustration course so far.

·      “Working collaboratively with Illustration students, which there hasn’t been much of a chance so far”

·      “Will give a sense of community”

·      “If everyone knows each other better, we will have more contacts for when we leave university”

·      “It will be great to work with all the different year groups”

·      “Great to have an opportunity of our work on the walls”

·      “Great opportunity”

·      “It will bridge the gap between studios, as it’s like ‘us’ and ‘them’”

·      “It will be good to have our websites on show for people to look us up”

·      “Personal Stamp on walls”

·      “New experience”

·      “We could learn new skills”

·      “Meeting people and working as a team”

·      “Working to a large scale”

·      “Unite Illustrations as we are all working towards a mutual cause”

·      “No collab. For first year students”

·      “Learn skills from each other”

·      “Learning about the tools we would need to do this”

·      “A sense of independence”

·      “We feel respected as it gives us a sense of responsibility, with no hierarchy”

Comments from Student Union/Student President

·      “Great way to for the SU to engage students on a creative and personal level”

·      “Fantastic opportunity for students to talk to a very recent alumni who is currently working in freelance / full time”

·       “The whole concept is a wonderful way to facilitate students from different year groups to inter-mingle and share their ideas, and impart knowledge”

·      “Murals are good experience and a very transferable skill, as many businesses have a great desire to refurbish their property with something more illustrative.”

If you have any queries, please contact us on:

af251734@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

tr256553@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

sp256339@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

ec255556@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

I wrote up the pitch using what we had discussed the day before as a group, although we wont use this to read from, it will give Patrick all the information to be able to pitch to the uni. I got Sophie to read over to make any amendments before we printed it off, but overall, i think it included all of the information he needs so far.