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ARTS FESTIVALS

AND WORKSHOPS

BEYOND THE ART ROOM

RESOURCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Throughout his career Jamie has created online resources to support students in particular areas of their Art journerys. Below are a few such sites where students can access help, inspiration and guidance:

A Level Art Attack, Padlet Me Vs IGCSE Art, Padlet

Digitally Yours, Padlet Make Art Not Excuses, Tumblr

(for Digital media and Design A Level Students)

Jamie Lowe, Art Teacher, Pinterest Teacher Jamie Youtube

ART EVENTS: FESTIVALS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, SPECIAL PROJECTS - Recent Events

Jamie has always been enthusiastic to create opportunities for Art and Design to leave the classroom and the school. Seeking relevance and value in events and activities which bring communities together or enhance the lives of others through the Arts. Below are some examples of how this looks:

FESTIVAL DE BROMSGROVE

What began as a tongue-in-cheek parody of the Cannes Film Festival has evolved into an annual event at Bromsgrove International School, Thailand. Students completing their Digital Media and Design A Level are given the opportunity to have their work screened in front of an audience of students and staff. The "awards' are a celebration of student's achievement in the various categories. Click on the image below to access an example of a Festival De bromsgrove programme.

INKTOBER

This annual event which aligns with the global Inktober tradition, is a good example of how Jamie's department brings community spirit to the whole school as well as promotes Art. Students from KS3- KS5 are all able to participate in this daily drawing challenge; their artwork being made visible as they post their daily drawings on 'Inktober' stations around the school during the month of October. This event has proved very popular with students.

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RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS

Since joining Bromsgrove International School, Thailand Jamie has been part of the Sixth Form Team, as a Tutor and more recently as University Counsellor. The BIST Sixth Form annual residential trip takes them to Baan Unrak on the Myannmar border. In Thai, Baan Unrak means "The Home of Joy", the Baan Unrak's primary mission is to provide housing, food, education, emotional support and opportunities to vulnerable children on the Thai-Myanmar border. Over the last few years Jamie has been responsible for: designing, facilitating and painting a mural for the entrance to the Baan Unrak Children's home (2023) with a team of students from Year 12. Designing and painting a mural with a team of Year 12 and Year 13 BIST students collaborating with staff and students at the local school: Tonrak Ananda Marga School, which serves both the children from Baan Unrak and the local children from the surrounding area (2024).

2023 A Mural for Baan Unrak Children's Home

2024 A Mural for Tonrak Ananda Marga School. Click on image above for highlights.

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STAGE DESIGN AND WORK WITH DRAMA AND MUSIC

Jamie has contributed to school productions for all of his UK and international teaching career, designing bespoke stage scenery, props, costumes and accessories for all kinds of productions. His experience working with Design Technology departments and effectively collaborating with school maintenance staff has resulted in some outstanding and memeorable set designs.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2025

Set design and poster photo by Jamie for High School Musical at BIST 2025. Click on image below for highlights.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2023

Costume and props design for Beauty and the Beast. Click on image above for a video.

SET PROP AND COSTUME DESIGN FOR OTHER PRODUCTIONS: 2005 - 2020

OKLAHOMA. THE WIZARD OF OZ. - THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF VIETNAM

DRACULA SPECTACULAR. - THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF GUANGZHOU

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COMMISSIONED WORK, THE BIG DRAW AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Jamie has consistently responded to the challenges of commissions, the annual Big Draw Festival and those projects which celebrate landmarks in a school's life. Below are some examples of such projects from the recent years in his career.

BROMSGROVE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 20th ANNIVERSARY SCULPTURE

This installation piece celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Bromsgrove International School, Thailand. It is made up from twenty twenty-sided forms cascading from a tessellated background. The installation was a centre piece to the gale evening of celebration for this anniversary of the school.

THE BIG DRAW FESTIVAL 2023-2025

Jamie has led the school community to produce spectacular collaborative artworks which formed big visual displays in the lobby of the Hadley Hub Visual Arts Centre and the Performing Arts Centre at Bromsgrove International School, Thailand. Below is a summary of these collaborative projects from recent years.

BIG DRAW 2023 - "A Return to Colour"

BIG DRAW 2024 - "The Five Senses"

BIG DRAW 2025 - "A Climate of Change"

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EXTRA CURRICULAR, PASTORAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSEMBLIES

In all schools that Jamie has taught in he has had responsibility (as a Form Tutor or a Mentor Group Leader) for preparing students for assembly presentations, as well as implementing a Personal Social Health Education Programme (PSHE). He has also conducted a programme of extra curricular activities, CAS activities or enrichment projects. Scroll down for a summary of these.

ASSEMBLIES

Click on the links below to view videos made by members of Jamie's Mentor Group for Alcanta International College, Guangzhou Assemblies in the period 2013- 2015:

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Jamie is an experienced Form Tutor and Mentor Group Leader, with the ability to foster good rapport with students and their parents and to help them to feel established in a school with a sense of belonging, security and confidence. Assemblies usually involve facilitating for students to mix with their own year group and other younger or older year groups as well as interacting with adults in the school in order to produce an assembly item of interest to a wider community. Through being given responsibility and the need to liaise with others along with presenting material - students gain greater self esteem and confidence.

There are a few more examples of "PSHE-style" assemblies and pastoral activities from the British school's he has worked for on Jamie's Youtube channel.

One Thing after Another is a short film made as part of a school assembly on the theme of "Consequences". Jamie's Mentor Group prepared this Rube Goldberg effect video over a number of weeks and shot it with an iPhone in and around AIC. Members of the group built the Rube Goldberg machine and later starred in the film.

The Inquirers (CSI Guangzhou) is a short murder mystery story made as part of a series of school assemblies about the IB Learner Profiles. (Jamie's group explore the idea of being "Inquirers" for their assembly). Jamie's Mentor Group produced this video over a number of weeks and shot it with an iPhone in and around AIC. All memebers of the group star in this fim - even though the killer's identity is not revealed!

Alone Together is a short film made as part of a school assembly on the theme of "Nomophobia" (Nomophobia is a word for the condition describing the fear of being without your mobile phone). Jamie's Mentor Group prepared this film and edited it using 'Camtasia' software to allow for interactive text message pop-ups. Everyone in the group stars.

PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF

Jamie loves photography and is quite keen to share this with students and colleagues. This is achieved in a variety of ways and means; not always through Extra Curricular or CAS activity opportunities. Very frequently he is asked to make photos of school events or to take official graduation photos (which are often used later for marketing material) and; as in the example of the 2012 exhibition: "Gathering" he likes to involve colleagues and friends in enjoying his love for taking photos (See below on this page for more on Jamie's photography). This slideshow is a summary of some highlights of photography projects which have involved students and staff in the past years.

PUBLICATIONS

Jamie's photography, graphic design and illustration work is often used by schools in a variety of their publications, such as their magazines, newsletters, graduation programmes, handbooks and yearbooks. The slideshow below is a summary of some examples:

ARTBEAT MAGAZINE

An online Arts magazine which Jamie began in 2016, in line with Alcanta International College's addition of Drama as a new subject to the curriculum. Click on the covers to open these sample issues.

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ART EVENTS: FESTIVALS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, SPECIAL PROJECTS - Past Events

THE ENLIGHTENMENT FESTIVAL

Jamie has collaborated for a number of years with the Art department staff in the British School of Nanjing to organise a series of inter school Arts Festivals.The Enlightenment Arts Festival was a joint event with The British School of Guangzhou and The British School of Nanjing during April 2013. Jamie ran the photography workshop in this Enlightenment Period - themed Arts Festival hosted in Nanjing. He also took all of the photographs and produced some video of the live events. Below is a summary of the workshops:

LATIN FEST

Another inter-school (The British School of Guangzhou and The British School of Nanjing) Arts Festival, April 2012. Jamie organised and hosted this at The British School of Guangzhou. There were eight workshops on offer with a Latin American theme. The whole event was sponsored by the Mexican Consulate in Guangzhou and a touring exhibition of Mexican Contemporary Art was hosted within the school. Jamie ran the Mural Street Art workshop and collaborated with the Photography workshop in addition to compiling photographs and video of the event. Jamie was responsible for sourcing experts from the community to run workshops, organising host families and accommodation for visiting staff and students from Nanjing and running specifically themed Art projects in the lead-up to the festival.

JAMMIN' IN JIANGNING

A further inter-school collaboration (The British School of Guangzhou and The British School of Nanjing) involving Jamie taking a party of British School of Guangzhou students to Nanjing for the Street Culture themed Arts Festival: 'Jammin' in Jiangning' in April 2011. Workshops included: Hip-Hop Dance, DJ-ing, Spray Graffiti Art and Graphic Design. Jamie was responsible for assisting with the Graffiti Art and Graphic Design as well as covering the whole event for photographs and video and the creation of a souvenir booklet. This event formed the basis of a continuing collaboration with the Art department at The British School of Nanjing, enabling it to become an annual event.

ARTSFEST

The British International School, Vietnam End of Year Arts Festival 2007- 2009. As second in the department Jamie was involved in the organising of these annual one-day school house events. Below is a slideshow presentation of a particularly memorable year's 'Artsfest':

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COMMUNITY AND CHARITY EVENTS

Sometimes in the school year there is cause to take students and their Art out into the community, usually for some charitable cause, for fundraising or perhaps to commemorate something specific. The gallery below showcases some highlights of such occassions from Jamie's career as an international teacher.

BSG Art at UF Clinic Guangzhou

Jamie's student's art work from Ks3 and Ks4 is on semi-permanent display throughout the United Family Guangzhou's Medical Centre. This photo is from the opening of the "Exhibition" in December 2012

Our Natural World Exhibition

Our Natural World Exhibition. An exhibition of Year 6 Printmaking at Sheraton Huadu Resort Guangzhou to raise funds for UNICEF

Year 6 Printmakers

This team of Year 6 students at BSG produced Art for an exhibition of their monoprints printed upon canvas at Sheraton Huadu Resort Guangzhou

Bridging Cultures Exhibition 2012

Jamie's Year 10 and 11 students were invited to show their work in the group exhibition "Bridging Cultures" at The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, March 2012.

Art from BSG in Garden Hotel

Jamie's Year 10 students painting on display in "Bridging Cultures", March 2012 The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou

Mexican Contemporary Art at BSG

Coinciding with "Latin Fest", Jamie's links with the Mexican community brought a collection of Mexican Contemporary Art to BSG's campus for exhibition, education and sale.

Support of the BSG Music events

Jamie's students supported the work of the BSG Music department and the Choir through their photography of events. Jamie designed the Music department Logo and badges.

BSG International Day

Jamie's students contributions to: International Days, UN Days and British Days ranged from creating sets and scenery, costumes and props to running small stalls and workshops such as photobooths and facepainting.

Climate Change event HCMC 2008

BISV students meet British and Vietnamese dignitaries at a Climate Change event in Caravelle Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City.

Preparation for Climate Change event

BISV students entered their painting submissions for a Climate Change Art competition as part of a larger inter-school event hosted by the British Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City. BISV won first prize with their four large painted canvases.

BISV Bottle Banks stall

Jamie's BISV student's "Bottle Banks" project stall at an Environmental Awareness Fair, 2008 Ho Chi Minh City. Bottle Banks (created by the students) as spare change collectors, are sold with pledges to return them full and pass them on to other users.

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Vietnamese TV crew interview Jamie's BISV student's at the "Bottle Banks" project stall at an Environmental Awareness Fair, 2008 Ho Chi Minh City. Bottle Banks (created by the students) as spare change collectors, are sold with pledges to return them full and pass them on to other users.

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