Gemma McGirr, Visual Arts Cuiditheoir, outlines some resources available to teachers to support the Visual Arts Curriculum. The DVD, containing 30 different programmes, provides lesson ideas and teachers' notes on all six strands of the curriculum. Gemma McGirr advises that the process of making art is as important as the product. Children should explore and experiment with a range of materials, tools and media; and get an opportunity to respond to their own, and other children's, work. She also introduces the website iamanartist.ie, which contains printable worksheets, slideshows and interactive games.
