Artspeak: English as a Foreign Language Workshop

English is the international language of art and can be read and heard in every art context, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to speak. In this workshop, students are invited to improve their language skills by analysing artworks in the classroom as well as visiting exhibitions and discussing ideas in the museum/gallery context.

Despite the dominance of English in the art world, many people still lack confidence when discussing complex ideas. This four-day workshop using Art English will give participants the opportunity to critically engage with images and exhibitions, discuss theories of art and articulate individual ideas.

Throughout the workshop, Berlin will be understood as a territory to be explored and the museum as a place that is not only defined by its content, but also by its status as a building that dominates the urban landscape. Questions underpinning the workshop will include: Where are the lines of demarcation between the museum as a container of art collections and the museum as a public institution? How successful are museums at creating spaces of social interaction? Can they be considered interfaces?

Daily Schedule

10:00 – 13:15           Seminar (15-minute break)

13:15 – 14:00           Lunch break

14:00 – 17:00           Museum/gallery visit

Knowledge requirements

English Competency Level B2 and above
 

Rosemary Hogarth is a visual artist, English language teacher, and translator based in Berlin. Born in Scotland, she trained as a painter at the Glasgow School of Art and studied art history and theory at the University of Glasgow. She has been teaching English for over a decade and specialises in interdisciplinary lessons where language and subject matter are given equal weight.

www.rosemaryhogarth.com