ROCK PAPER SCISSORS Bettina Fung 1 Sep 2021 – 31 Jul 2023 Back Bettina Fung 馮允珊 led a ROCK PAPER SCISSORS afterschool club over the Autumn Term 2021, creating a space for children to draw, experiment and let off steam! Children used their own independent creativity to respond to Bettina’s materials and playful prompts. We saw children attaching drawing materials to their shoes, creating letters, posters, story cubes, three-panel comics and artists books, as well as hanging their work across the four walls of the room in different formations each week. The Family Studio in October 2022 was hosted by Bettina, exploring how drawings can be created using games and chance. Dice annotated with words were rolled, instructing families to test out different lines, marks, shapes, colours and techniques to make images across large-scale paper! Bettina Fung 馮允珊 is British-Chinese artist based in the UK. Her practice considers the expansive and immediate nature of drawing, placing emphasis on process and its performative aspect. Bettina’s work encompasses live art, 2D and site-specific works that have questioned subjects of legacy, belonging, futility, productivity and progress. Bettina has exhibited internationally as well as being selected for Syllabus IV, an alternative peer-led artist development programme 2018/19 and Make Change Bursary 2020. Thanks to all involved: Children in Reception, Charlotte Sharman Primary School Children in Year 3, Charlotte Sharman, Primary School Akhera Williams, Workshop Assistant Betsy Dadd, Learning Curator, Drawing Room Bettina Fung, Artist Genevieve Miller, Learning Coordinator, Drawing Room Hugh Smyth, UAL Placement Student Laura Nichols, Teacher, Charlotte Sharman Primary School Moryum Begum, Teacher, Charlotte Sharman Primary School Sofi Tilahun, Workshop Assistant, Drawing Room Solomon Williams, Workshop Assistant, Drawing Room Srikanth Jeyaparam, Workshop Assistant, Drawing Room Scrapbook The children were never made to feel what they did was not good enough, so it was very inclusive for different abilities Moryum Begum, Reception Teacher It felt more like an art-based youth club, rather than a workshop. Akhera, Workshop Assistant It was like seeing creativity and chaos come together. It was a steep learning curve but very invigorating. I’ll miss them. Sofi, Workshop Assistant We were free, Robyn, child I liked smashing the ice like that BOOM! Riley, child Bettina's sessions weren't prescriptive at all. The children were given the materials but were encouraged to do what they wanted to do what they wanted with them, instead of asking them to all make the same thing, each taking the activity in their own personal direction. Moryum Begum, Reception Teacher