This year the Art exhibition took place on Monday 15th June. We welcomed a whole host of staff, parents, students (current, new and ex!) to show off the ambitious and exciting work produced by this year’s A2 cohort.
Every year the Art department seems to become busier and busier with more and more hustle and bustle. This year our relatively small A2 cohort of 18 students has been besieged by an enormous number of enthusiastic AS students. All 114 of them! This has been largely due to the introduction of the new Photography AS level, along with the growing success of our already established Fine Art and Graphic Communication A level courses. Two of our current A2 Art students have even taken up AS Photography alongside their A2 Art study to complement their qualifications. A big well done to Steph L and Patience.
Last summer we had some renovations to increase the space in the upstairs studios, with a wall coming down to make them into one large open plan space. This means the AS and A2 Fine Art students have been working alongside each other this year in the new open plan space. This is a great way to teach and learn, as everyone is constantly surrounded by a creative buzz of work and ideas. The AS have looked to A2 for inspiration and the A2 have been kept on their toes forging ahead of the eager AS following closely in their footsteps. The new open plan dynamic has been so successful that we plan to bring walls down in the downstairs studios to create the same airy, open plan space. And, even more exciting, we are building a darkroom to further enhance the Photography course. All very exciting new developments!
The A2 students have worked tirelessly this year, and have produced some brave new and exciting work. Every year we think that A2 couldn’t get better, and then each year the new A2 surprise us with their brilliance. We are sure you will be very impressed at their exhibition. Please take your time to look around and enjoy, the brilliance that is Thomas Rotherham A2 Fine Art and Graphics.
Every year we feel so lucky to have had the privilege of working with such talented young people, and we feel they all deserve recognition for their achievements. However, there some students who have excelled beyond expectation in their fields:
Every year the Art department seems to become busier and busier with more and more hustle and bustle. This year our relatively small A2 cohort of 18 students has been besieged by an enormous number of enthusiastic AS students. All 114 of them! This has been largely due to the introduction of the new Photography AS level, along with the growing success of our already established Fine Art and Graphic Communication A level courses. Two of our current A2 Art students have even taken up AS Photography alongside their A2 Art study to complement their qualifications. A big well done to Steph L and Patience.
Last summer we had some renovations to increase the space in the upstairs studios, with a wall coming down to make them into one large open plan space. This means the AS and A2 Fine Art students have been working alongside each other this year in the new open plan space. This is a great way to teach and learn, as everyone is constantly surrounded by a creative buzz of work and ideas. The AS have looked to A2 for inspiration and the A2 have been kept on their toes forging ahead of the eager AS following closely in their footsteps. The new open plan dynamic has been so successful that we plan to bring walls down in the downstairs studios to create the same airy, open plan space. And, even more exciting, we are building a darkroom to further enhance the Photography course. All very exciting new developments!
The A2 students have worked tirelessly this year, and have produced some brave new and exciting work. Every year we think that A2 couldn’t get better, and then each year the new A2 surprise us with their brilliance. We are sure you will be very impressed at their exhibition. Please take your time to look around and enjoy, the brilliance that is Thomas Rotherham A2 Fine Art and Graphics.
Every year we feel so lucky to have had the privilege of working with such talented young people, and we feel they all deserve recognition for their achievements. However, there some students who have excelled beyond expectation in their fields:
Outstanding Achievement across more than one endorsement
Eva Priestley and Shannon Marriott
Biggest Risk Taker
Steph Moorhouse
Best Photographer
Dominique Williamson
Best Printmaker
Georgia Greaves
Best Journal
Jade Harper
Best Final Outcomes
Giverny D’Auriol
Best Painter
Eva Priestley
Most Dedicated
Rebecca Steel
Most Improved
Manisha Yasin
Highly Commended
Patience Heath and Alex Barker
Special Award for Achievement
Steph Longden
As always we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to an array of people who have helped, supported and rescued us throughout the year.
Here are just a few who we would like to thank:
Jane and Janet in Reprographics: There really are no words to describe how grateful and appreciative we are for their continued unwavering support of both staff and students.
Steve Pidd: For lending his support and expertise to the new photography AS, and for being an impromptu model for one of our students!
Site Staff: For helping us move/load/fix any number of things, including students!
Abi Pannozzo: This years PGCE student, thank you for the valuable contribution you have made this year
Will Wood: Thanks for all your support this year
Jade Harper, Patience Heath and Carys Travis worked together to produce a series of exhibition prints. They were asked to create something that would represent their year group as a whole. We think they did a fantastic job and true to form, did not create one repeated design, they produced a series of 19 unique prints. These are available to buy framed, please see them on display at the top of the stairs. We sold these on the night and raised over £100 with the sale of these and the exhibition catalogue.
If you would like to see more of the exhibition, it will be open to staff next week and the exhibition catalogue will be available on the blog.
Exhibition Prints
We wish all of our A2 students the best of luck for the future!!
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