{"id":2928,"date":"2013-07-11T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T03:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2015-04-29T12:35:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T02:35:50","slug":"new-kids-ipad-app-puts-rch-art-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/new-kids-ipad-app-puts-rch-art-on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"New kids iPad app puts RCH art on the map"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Art<\/a>A new iPad app showcasing the well known artwork of The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital (RCH) has been launched today to critical acclaim.<\/p>\n

Australian artists Alexander Knox, who created the hospital\u2019s 14-metre tall sculpture Creature, and Jade Oakley, who designed the whimsical mobiles Sky Garden, explored the new Create Explore Learn app with RCH patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted at the creation of an app specially designed to aid the sense of dynamic interactivity between my mobiles and visitors to the hospital. A mobile is an interactive artwork. It moves with the air currents within the space, and can be experienced in new ways from different viewpoints within the hospital,\u201d Jade said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis app combines the art of play and artful distraction to enrich children\u2019s experience and enhance their understanding of their environment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Create Explore Learn shares the hospital\u2019s unique art and design with children in homes and schools all around the world. The stunning app features videos, artist interviews and interactive activities to inspire children and adults alike.<\/p>\n

The iPhone and iPad app has been created by the RCH Education Institute and Media Saints, with the generous support of Amalgamated Holdings Limited.<\/p>\n

Executive Director of the RCH Education Institute, Glenda Strong, said the benefit of art in the hospital setting was twofold.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is well researched that the arts are fundamental to children\u2019s learning. For us educators, the arts are a vehicle for drawing on kids\u2019 creativity, and immediately engaging kids in learning,\u201d Glenda said.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt is also a useful distraction for patients. This app inspires children to explore the vibrant spaces of the RCH and learn about the artists, designers, zoo keepers and divers who all contribute to making the RCH an uplifting place for children and families,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Glenda said the app will appeal to families as well as educators around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can see enormous potential for this app to be used by teachers in schools all around the country, even beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe app has universal appeal and the resources that we have developed alongside the app to support teachers make it a really rich learning experience for children in schools and other learning settings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Create Explore Learn is free and downloadable from Apple\u2019s App Store. A taster of the app is at www.rchcreate.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The RCH has squeezed its well known artwork, including 14 metre tall sculpture ‘Creature’, into a compact iPad app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}