DAVID HUNTER
Art Discipline(s)
- Performing Arts
Bathurst | (506) 987-4839
Preferred School District(s)
- ASD-North
Preferred Grade Level(s)
- K-2
- 3-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
Can provide residency in
- English
Indigenous Artist
- No
Completed Policy 701
- Yes
Space/Material Requirements
- A school hall or a classroom that has been cleared to allow safe movement when exploring ideas. Projector/screen to allow Macbook presentations to be shown.
Bio
David has been working with theatre companies and schools to deliver curriculum-based activities using drama and film skills in Scotland for the past 20 years. He has enjoyed working with Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scottish Opera and the National Theatre of Scotland – where he was awarded a Starter Artist commission for his playwriting in 2018. During his time at Eden Court Theatre he created a unique ‘Creativity in the workplace’ workshops for all ages of school pupils. David also taught the National Five Drama Qualification between 2015 and 2019. He moved to New Brunswick with his family in 2019.
Residency Project
One of the biggest challenges facing young people today is developing the skills needed for a fast-changing workplace. Where once people had the same job for life, employers are now seeking individuals with creativity and problem-solving skills for an ever-changing workplace. For example, when I started working on this five years ago I was dis-cussing ‘haptic engineering’ being a job of the future – now it’s common-place and every PlayStation 5 controller uses haptic engineering to allow players to ‘feel’ their games. The residency will consist of five-hour long workshops that will examine the skills needed for encouraging creativity – Imagination, Curiosity, Open-Mindedness and problem solving. These workshops can be delivered to as many classes that can fit within a school day. I will be using drama games and techniques to encourage students to examine these skills and have fun sharing them through final presentations. The ideas behind ‘Creativity for the workplace’ are the same for all ages but the content is will be modified to be appropriate for each age range. The outcomes of these workshops will allow students to use their natural inquisitiveness to think outside the box and encourage the idea of life-long learning in developing the skills they might need.
Teaching Experience
I started work for Eden Court Theatre in 2005 which was the largest ‘Theatre in Education’ Department in Scotland and over the past 15 years I delivered curriculum-based drama activities in schools throughout the Scottish Highlands. In addition to this I taught the National 5 Drama Qualification at Eden Court for the past four years – this is a nationally recognized qualification for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) usually taught in Schools but as a number of schools in the Scottish Highlands are so small the students would come to the theatre to learn the subject.