Transient art is a term that has been coined for anything creative or imaginative that doesn’t stay put in one place for long. It is not a specific process, technique or methodology, like mark-making, textiles or printing, and it doesn’t have origins in a specific period of time. However, it is a wonderfully cheap and easy way to provide children with a rich and stimulating creative experience.
Many practitioners are familiar with transient art in the context of using collections of found materials that children can manipulate, move and change to create two-dimensio-nal flat ‘pictures’ or three-dimensio-nal constructions or sculptures.
Early years and creative arts consultant Anni McTavish explains, ‘It may include beads, sequins and found objects arranged on a small tray, tile, square of mirror or within a picture frame, or it might be using natural materials such as conkers, shells, pebbles and twigs indoors or out. It’s also sometimes called “no-glue”, “environmental” or “land” art.’
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