1. Year 1 Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month
Today we are learning about the artwork of the Gypsy and Traveller people. We will be finding out about a Gypsy artist called Gabi Jimenez. Who are Gypsies or Travellers?

2. There are lots of different groups of Gypsies and Travellers
Some Travellers lives in houses
Some live on sites like this:
Some live ‘roadside’
because they don’t have a
site to go to.
Some travel with the Fairground or Circus
Remember - Gypsies have lived in England for
hundreds of years!
Play the video.
Video lasts 5 minutes

3. Gabi Jimenez
Today we are going to look at the artwork of Gabi Jimenez.

4. Who is he? He is a French artist and Traveller
He lives near Paris, France
His paintings have been shown throughout France and Europe
He works to help people understand the life of Travellers.
There are not enough stopping places for people who want to live a travelling life.
This means some people stop whereever they find space (by the roadside, in parks)
They can be forced to move by the police
Sometimes when this happens people can be hurt or injured,or separated from their families .
Their belongings and trailers can get damaged.
"You who see campers, trash, problems...I see my life, family, happiness, joy of
life” So in his work, Gabi Jimenez tries to tell this story.

5. Gabi’s artwork What words can you find to describe this piece?
What other words?
What do you think the artwork is ‘saying’?
What does this artwork mean?
How does the image makes you feel about the people shown?
What does the image tell you about the people?

6. Gabi’s portraits – what is a portrait?
How can you describe the faces in this piece?
Use your maths/shape words to describe the shapes you see..
Describe the eyes, noses…
Where are the mouths?
If the people have no mouths, can they speak? Can they have a voice?

7. Why are portraits made? Maybe to record an important time in a person’s life, to project a powerful image of the person, or group of people.
How is Van Gogh’s different to Picasso’s portrait?
Below this is a famous self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh

8. Evita Tezeno’s portraits?
Which one is more ‘realistic’?
Frida Kahlo – how is her self-portrait different to …..

9. Compare Elisha Ongere and Gabi Jimenez What is the same?
What is different?

10. Activity
Working in the style of Gabi Jimenez, create a portrait. This could be a self-portrait, or a portrait of a friend, or one from your imagination.
You can decide as a class how you wish to make this (depending on children’s previous use of various media). This could possibly fit in with a maths lesson (drawing and cutting shapes from a variety of skin tone papers – painted or ready) and assembling a collage?
Look carefully at the shapes used.

11. Final video Today many Gypsies Roma or Travellers grow
up in modern trailers
like this one.
In the past many lived in traditional
wagons. Have a look at this video
to find out about life for Gypsies
in the past:
4 minutes.

12. Hello children of Brighton and Hove! I'm Gabi
Jiménez, a painter from France. I belong to the
community ‘Gitana’ – we are Spanish gypsies.
It is this community that gave us popular
images that people think of when they think of
Gypsies: Long dresses, head scarves,
earrings, guitars and flamenco dancing.
I hope you all will help to make our society
better and that we, human beings can live
together in peace and harmony. Work well in
school kids! The future of the planet depends
on it! See you soon! Gabi Jiménez

13. Class challenge There is a Brighton and Hove prize for the
best class work. Please photos of
your displayed work to:
Good luck!