Art Exhibitions
Events and Exhibitions
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
Peter Randall-Page Exhibition, January 2010
An exhibition of Devon based sculptor, Peter Randall-Page’s work is currently on display in the main reception at KCC. This exhibition is touring schools in Devon and illustrates Peter’s organic forms which are an inspiration for Year 8, GCSE and AS/A2 art students who are all working on Art projects based on natural forms.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Harbour House exhibition
‘PEOPLE AND NATURE
Harbour House, Kingsbridge
A one off chance to view the artworks of KCC 6th form Art and
Photography students.
Tuesday 2nd March - Friday 5th March,10am to 4.30pm
Saturday 6th March, 10am to 3pm
PRIVATE VIEW Tuesday 2nd March, 4-6pm -All welcome
Julia Pope, 11 February 2010
Textile artist, Julia Pope spent the day working with year 8 students and their parents and produced a fantastic piece of work which will also be on show in the foyer soon..
Foyer Art
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A small group of Year 9 and 10 Gifted and Talented students have been working with artist, Mick Cartwright on an exciting commission for the KCC Reception area. The finished artwork will be a large scale, interactive piece of collaborative artwork based on the theme of cellular structures and linking the college’s two specialisims: Math and Science and English and Art.
PREVIOUS ARTS EVENTS:
Islamic Art Project, January 2010
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This month has seen an exciting cross-curriculum project taking place at KCC exploring the rich and complex art of Islam.
Renowned artist Razwan Ul-Haq spent two days working with year 8 students on a combined Art, Maths and RE project. Themes such as repeated patterns, symmetry and rotation were explored along with their connections to Islamic Art. The workshops also gave students the opportunity to look at the origins of Maths and cosmology within Islam while having the chance to be hands on and creative, producing calligraphy using Indian ink.
The creative element was further explored with students working on an installation piece to draw awareness to the different prayer positions in Islam. Silver foil figures were constructed and then formed an exhibition in the 6th form centre at KCC giving a sense of prayer time in a mosque.
The project sums up the importance of experiential learning at KCC and students relished the opportunity to be able to understand and be creative whilst learning about another culture. Their comments included:
‘Good to do something different’
‘It was relaxing; their religion is very peaceful and they do not believe in anything bad.’
‘Fascinating how we did the art work.’
Anna Uhr Delia workshop, December 2009
Year 12 and 13 students had the opportunity to work with an Australian artist in residence alongside students from Dartmouth Community College. Students chose a favourite piece of music as a starting point, listening to it whilst experimenting with mark making and colour relationships, identifying key areas of the song to inspire colours and patterns to build up a background in various media.
An element of the human form was introduced to the abstract backgrounds through the use of stencils and spraying techniques, resulting in colourful, striking canvases.
Meier Williams & Sara Downham Lotto workshops, November/December 2009
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Year 12 students have inspired by working with local artists on projects to produce coursework.
Meier Williams used the theme Natural Forms as a starting point for large scale sculptures whilst Sara Downham Lotto worked with the group on a collaborative collage which was then cut down into individual pieces.
A selection of the work produced will be exhibited at the Harbour House Exhibition in March.
Haytor, September 2009
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Haytor was an ambitious cross curriculum, site specific project on Dartmoor involving Art, Photography, Dance, Media and English. As well as involving key members of staff from KCC, professional artists including Sally Robbins, artistic director of Plymouth based company, Attik Dance, and Meier Williams were involved.
Themes from the project were also explored by two of KCC’s feeder primary schools: Loddiswell Primary and years 2 and 3 from Thurlestone-All-Saints Primary.
Annual whole college art exhibition 6th-8th July 2009
Please
see the gallery from the home page for a view of this exhibition