Netball: Girls' Pre-Season Training for selected pupils at King's, finishes 5:00pm
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An enjoyable 5th Form Art Trip to Bristol...
On Tuesday 23rd January our artists travelled to Bristol for an inspirational day of gathering, recording, and connecting themes relevant to their individual exam projects. Our artists were split into two groups to allow for a more tailored experience including the opportunity to rotate between galleries and printmaking workshop throughout the day. The rainy weather was not about to put a dampener on our active tour of the largest city in the southwest.
At the Bristol City Museum and Gallery, pupils began by embarking upon the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 exhibition. This show presented 100 images selected from around 50,000 international entries. Providing a glimpse into our beautiful yet fragile natural world. Beyond this, pupils had a chance to explore three floors of exhibits, including Egyptian artefacts, Impressionist paintings, a Modern Art collection, Natural history alongside a fascinating new exhibition called, Conceal/ Reveal which aims to expose the hidden stories, and challenges preconceptions in art.
Moving our way back down to the harbourside, we visited the Arnolfini’s latest presentation of Ethiopia’s leading contemporary artist Elias Sime, in his first major show in Europe, titled Elias Sime- Eregata እርጋታ. We were given an insightful exhibition introduction by one leading assistants who summarised the ideas and processes behind the works. As Elias Sime explores our relationship with technology as he interweaves recycled materials to create relief panels using circuit boards, wires, and keyboards to reclaim and re-examine our relationship with technology.
To conclude our Bristol experience we rotated between a morning/ afternoon two-hour printmaking workshop at Centre Space Studios. Our artists partook in a workshop run by printmaker Victoria Willmott sharing insights into her lino stamp printing process, along with sharing her past works by encouraging our artists to consider adding narrative to their own work. After a step-by-step demonstration pupils turned their hands towards creating a concertina book that captured objects, symbols, and text as a starting point to their exam inquiries.
This was a memorable day exploring contemporary exhibitions along with a unique opportunity to create work at an independent artist run studio in the beating heart of the city.
George Cole - Art Teacher
.jpg "An enjoyable 5th Form Art Trip to Bristol")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A beautiful set of linocut cards for charity, created by Lilah, of King's Bruton scenes")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "5th Form Design & Technology pupils enjoyed a trip to the Morgan Car Factory")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A successful Architectural and Drawing workshop for our King's Bruton artists")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "An enjoyable 4th Form day of Art Workshops and a trip to the New Art Centre")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "An inspiring and motivational trip to the Stitching & Knitting Show for our Textile artists")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "L6th Form History of Art pupils visited the Roman Villa and Museum at The Newt in Somerset")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A super day out for the 3rd Form to the Wild Place Project")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "An action-packed day of London gallery visits for our artists and art historians")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "L6th Form Art trip to meet Architect and Old Brutonian, Theo Scaramanga")
.JPG&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A wonderful 4th Form Art Trip to St Ives")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A fantastic GCSE & A Level Art Exhibition")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "Lots of wonderful entries for the Photography Competition")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "An inspiring Art research trip to London Galleries for our L6th Form artists")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A fantastic day of Art Workshops and a trip to Roche Court for the 4th Form")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "5th & 6th Form Artists enjoyed a trip to London Galleries")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "5th Form Artists visited the Bo Lee and Workman Gallery in Bruton")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "3rd Form pupils had a great day out at the Wild Place Project")