“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Pablo Picasso
Autumn Celebrations Competition Winners 2024
I am pleased to announce the Autumn Art Competition winners 2024, chosen from a wide variety of entries from across […]
Autumn Celebrations – Visual Arts Competition 2024
We are excited to announce the Autumn Art Competition, open to all students throughout the school. This is your chance […]
The Trevor Johnson Award for Progress in Visual Arts 2024
I am extremely pleased to announce that the recipient of this years Trevor Johnson award for progress is Carla Hillier […]
A Glimpse into the Revamped National Portrait Gallery: A ‘Must’ visit for all Visual Arts students
One of my favourite London gallery locations has just received a well overdue makeover as the newly updated National Portrait […]
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)
During May half term I was very lucky to be able to visit a fantastic new experience at the Light […]
BTEC Art Component 1 – A guide to the assessment
The new BTEC Tech Award in Art & Design is divided into two sections – Component 1, taught in year […]
A Visit to The Horror Show Exhibition at Somerset House
An exhibition review by Mr Aldred. The Horror Show is an Art , Film & Fashion exhibition i’d been ‘dying’ […]
Year 10 Artists visit the Bartuszova exhibition at the Tate Modern
On the Flexi Friday, the Art pupils had the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern Gallery in London accompanied by […]
Recycled Garden Art
Earlier this year the Visual Arts faculty was invited to participate in a multi-school collaboration in which several sculptures were […]
Abstract Paper Folding – year 13 Photography project
Eli Brozenich is already well known to many of our students – he was the Visual Arts award winner in […]
The 2022 Visual Arts Award – Outstanding Achievement by Alex Fisher
Every year the Visual Arts faculty deliberate on which student has made the most creative impact with their coursework, and […]
Jubilee Art at the Frensham Fayre
After a two year absence the junior artists were once again able to be proudly display their artwork to the […]
The 2021 Arts Prize – Awarded to Thomas Woods
This year we are very pleased to announce the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts award goes to […]
Arts prize Finalists – May 2021
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Spring / Summer 2021 Art Prize, selected from a range of […]
The Arts Prize Spring/Summer 2021
I am pleased to share details of our latest Arts Prize – an art competition open to all students and […]
Art Sketchbooks – a series of Video help tutorials
I’m frequently asked by students and parents how they can better manage and be more effective when using their large […]
The Visual Arts Award for 2020 – presented to Eli Brozenich
Despite enduring all of the pitfalls and challenges that 2020 had to offer we in the Visual Arts faculty were […]
Paper Model Building
Even though we rely on computers a lot to design film and television sets, there is still a need to […]
Watching Visual Arts – documentaries you can view at home.
I wanted to curate a list of relevant and engaging documentaries about Art -mainly for our sixth form – but […]
BTEC Art – a Spring 2020 showcase of Level 2 and 3 work
Here is a selection of BTEC art work from our students who just managed to complete it for their coursework […]
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