Meet The Team... Welcome fellow readers to our 6th issue of the Visual Arts bi-termly magazine. Like previous issues, selecting content is always tricky as our students continue to provide us with many worthy articles, topics and events to cover. Looking back at the last two terms the highlights worth a mention are the fantastic results of the RIBI Young Photographer Competition. I praise all students that were involved and wish Joyce Seabrook my best wishes and thoughts as she enters the National Rounds of this event. Look out for future competition opportunities! Looking ahead, like most curriculum directors, my spare thoughts are usually occupied by our imminent exam season (which, by the time this article is published will be under way). In the next few weeks our senior students will be hard at work on their own exam projects leading towards a hefty 1,2 or 3 full-days)of exams. I urge you all to work hard, plan well and wish you all good luck! It’s been a great term, where I continue to see students excel in the Visual Arts, both with lessons and in their own time. I am continually impressed with the creative and innovative work that is produced within all visual art subjects and look forward to starting many new projects this coming term with my classes. Well done to my Year 11 Textiles class, ‘Emin’ and their hard working attitude towards their mock exam. Many imaginative, high quality textile pieces were created upon the theme of ‘Fashion Era’s’. I would like to take this opportunity to wish the best of luck to ‘Coles’ and ‘Emin’, who are currently undergoing their final examination and look forward to your results this summer. Once this issue of WAVAZINE has been issued I will be on maternity leave. It has been a shame to leave my groups, but I have every confidence that they will continue to work hard and produce fantastic artwork. It’s been a busy couple of terms, which I have enjoyed. With lots of preparation for the Christmas Fayre and the Christmas card competition that you can read about later on in this issue. I’ll be sure to pass on to the Visual Arts team any news about baby Wooler and hope to see you before too long. ...STOP PRESS! We are pleased to announce that Mrs Wooler has given birth to a beautiful baby boy called Barnaby, both mother and baby are doing very well! What a great start to the year we’ve had! It has been brilliant to see so many students develop their skills and knowledge in the visual arts,with lots of successes already this year. A lot of original and inspired work has been produced this term, showcasing the creative flair of our students here at the Academy. I continue to be impressed with the talent and commitment shown by our young artists and photographers. I was particularly proud to have worked with our photographers that entered the Marlborough Rotary Club ‘Young Photographer’ competition earlier this year. A big congratulations to Joyce Seabrook and Megan Halden both announced winners of the club level. I look forward to an exciting GCSE and A Level exam season with all of our groups. Good luck to our lovely year 11, 12 and 13’s during this very important term. I hope you’ve all have a lovely break and I look forward to this new term ahead. In my time here so far, I have been so impressed with the standard of artwork produced within the Academy. There are many hard working students that seem passionate about visual arts and it is a pleasure to assist you all when help is needed. I wish all students good luck for the exams ahead and hope that you all achieve the grades you deserve. I hope you’ve all had a restful break, I look forward to seeing more creative outcomes as this term continues.
Year 8 Options...
Our Courses GCSE Art & Design
‘I would recommend this course to people who have an imagination. Being allowed to express feelings and emotions on a canvas... what other classes can you do that in?’
This level 2 qualification will help you develop your drawing, painting and 3D creative skills. There are 2 units of work to study.
Katie Taylor - Ofili
Unit 1: Coursework - There are 3 key projects to study during the course (Portraiture, Sculpture and Landscape). Within each project a number of assignments will help you build your portfolio of work. Unit 2: Final Exam - The final exam is an externally set project by the examination board. Students will have 6 weeks of development/preparation time leading to a 10 hour examination where a fianl/ main outcome is created.
‘When we leave school, we want to work in the field of Textile design as a seamstress and interior designer.’
GCSE Creative Textiles
This level 2 qualification will help you develop a range of textile pocesses and methods. There are 2 units of this work to study.
Maya Nicholls & Shelby Hughs - Coo
Unit 1: Coursework - There are 3 key projects to study during the course (Knowledge of Textiles, Fashion/Figurative and a Journeys Landscape). Within each project a number of assignments will help you build your portfolio of work. Unit 2: Final Exam - The final exam is an externally set project by the exam board. Students will have 6 weeks of development/preparation time leading to a 10 hour examination where a final outcome is created.
‘I like how photography is so independent, and I editing skills. There are 2 units of work to study. like how you can always make Unit 1: Coursework - There are 4 key projects to study during the course (Knowledge of your photography unique to Photography, Practical Photography, Near & Far). Within each project a number of assignments you.’
GCSE Digital Photography This level 2 qualification will help you learn camera and image
will help you build your portfolio of work. Unit 2 - Final Exam - The final exam is an externally set project by the examination board. Students will have 6 weeks of development/preparation time leading to a 10 hour examination where a final/main outcome is created.
‘Photography has helped me explore new styles and artists, this has also assisted my studies in iArt.’
Touria Ghafry
GCSE Digital Illustration This level 2 qualification will help you learn camera and image editing skills. There are 2 units of work to study.
Unit 1: Coursework - There are 4 key projects to study during the course (Type play, Narratives, Letterform, Visual imapact). Within each project a number of assignments will help you build your portfolio of work. Unit 2: Final Exam - The final exam is an externally set project by the examination board. Students will have 6 weeks of development/preparation time leading to a 10 hour examination where a final/main outcome is created.
Year 8 Options...
Why should you choose to study one (or more) of our visual arts courses? The Visual Arts department here at the Wellington Academy is an exciting place to be. So you’ve studied Visual Art during years 7 and 8 and during those years you will have learnt key concepts and methods within the arts, which are the foundations, or platform, on which you can now build and hone your ability and enjoyment of being ‘creative’. The table (above) models typical learning pathways for you to join our family in year 9 by studying one or more of our level 2 qualifications. Following GCSE’s we offer you further options of study in one of our level 3 qualifications. Most students usually move on to University after completing L3 courses, but some students find themselves not quite ready , or simply don’t wish to go to university; which is why we are planning to offer you further options. These include a Foundation Degree in Art & Design (FdA) which is a one year course that will help you gain additional UCAS points while you consider your next step. Some students may decide that a work-based course is more appropriate which is why in the near future we hope to offer our students Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLA). This option will allow students to gain a level 4 qualification while being placed within the creative industries, giving students work experience at the same time. Choosing a Visual Arts course to study in year 9 will place you on route for a rewarding career within the creative industries. Sometimes people make the mistake of thinking that working in the creative industries is somehow not a proper job. If your parents have no experience of this industry themselves then it may be hard for them to get behind the idea of you pursuing a career in it. In fact it can be a very lucrative and satisfying career that will keep you interested all your working life. - Al Young (founding member of UK creative agency). To read more about working in the creative industries use the link below, or zap the QR code on your smart phone: http://bit.ly/14gK0Mj
auves Art At the beginning of the KS3 Art students explore skills and knowledge on the theme of Advanced Colour Theory. Year 7 students are showing strengths and have produced some fun title pages and skilled work in response to the project. Students learn advanced colour mixing and colour scheme theory, and at the end of the project a test will determine learned/ developed comprehension of Colour Theory. Students then work on a Natural Form inspired piece with a colour scheme of their choice.
Archie Gray - Camoin
Tom Fowler - Matisse
Chloe Hitchmough - Matisse
Tayla Bennett - Gauguin
Luke Halpin - Gauguin
Terrel Gaule - Matisse
auves Textiles Year 7 students studying textiles have recently worked on a Batik project based on the artist ‘Hundertwasser’. All students have worked extremely hard and I have continuously been impressed with the effort and creative attitude towards learning new skills such as Batik and hand-embroidery. Throughout the project pupils had the opportunity to research and explore Hundertwasser’s work and they were able to take inspiration from his paintings to create unique hand-stitched Batik tiles. The tiles will eventually make a whole class wall hanging and will be on display in the academy shortly!
Morgan Cunningham: ‘This is my batik work based on Hundertwasser’s lollipop trees. Now that my batik has been waxed and dyed, today I have started adding detail through hand stitching. Stitching is fun and you have to be patient and good coordination skills. I am very pleased with my batik, textiles has been fun.’
Morgan Cunningham - Matisse
Terrel Gayle: ‘This is my batik work based on the artist Hundertwasser. My favourite part of this textiles project was adding the wax to my fabric. I found using the tjanting tools tricky, but loads of fun. I am pleased with my work because it is colourful and my buildings are creative.’
auves iArt
The Fauves (yr7) have been busy exploring and learning about ‘Digital Art’ recently. All students thoroughly enjoy this work. Much time was spent by students creating and setting-up their own online space/portfolios. Here is Harry Salt’s awesome Blog:
Harry Salt - Braque
Terrel Gayle - Matisse
urrealists Art Year 8 students are introduced to the artist Wassily Kandinsky a well-known painter and ‘synethest’. He was famous for hearing colours when he listened to music due to a rare condition that is called Synethesia; which is when one sense stimulates another. Year 8 students listened to a variety of music types and responded through shapes, colour and lines, which reflect the mood of the music. Initial studies are used to compose a final outcome which are then painted. Each student has a unique Jordan-Leigh Brown - Duchamp take on the theme,incorporating images which they have created through music tastes of their own – the outcomes as you can imagine are as diverse as the music they listen to!
Morgan Emm - Chirico
Jamiee Shenton - Duchamp
Josh Jones - Duchamp
Emily Snelling - Magritte Olivia Wells - Duchamp
urrealists Textiles
Jordan White: ‘I found Sgraffito quite fun because Year 8 students on you get to use different colours, and when you the textiles rotation have currently come scratch away at the top layer of paint it made my fish look abstract. Textiles lessons have been fun this to the end of their year, learning new skills has been hard and Fish Art project based challenging but I’ve really enjoyed it.’ on the artist ‘Jason Scarpace’. It’s true to Abbey Huntingdon - Duchamp say that the student’s have really enjoyed this project and have fully thrown themselves into learning new techniques such as; mono-printing, sgraffito, fabric dye techniques and hand embroidery.
Jamiee Shenton - Duchamp
Jamiee Shenton: ‘My favourite part of this project was the mono-printing. I liked using ideas from Scarpace’s work to make my print unique. I found mono-printing fun, but was very hard not to put pressure on the paper as you transferred your design.’
urrealists iArt This course covers two years of curriculum time throughout KS3. Students begin by setting-up, designing and building a personal ‘on-line’ digital portfolio. This is where students show-case their creations. Its a bit like a sketchbook, the advantages being: • It lives on the web (so it cant get lost) • Work students create can be easily and quickly shared (parents can see students work from home). • All work students publish is time/date stamped so there is an ongoing record of work taking place. • Students have many options and ways to personalise their portfolio/blog. Once students have set-up their blog, the real fun begins. Students learn and improve their knowledge and understanding of creating Art using digital tools/media.
auhaus L2 Gropius and Citroen have been working towards the end of their current sculpture project. Using materials of their own choice under the theme Figurative Sculpture. There has been a good mix of different ideas, both abstract and realistic, of which some challenges that students have approached with a positive attitude often finding alternative ways to make their designs work. Some of the preparatory work involved the exploration of Antony Gormley and Alberto Giacometti which can be seen on display in the main reception.
Yana - Sealy Bell - Albers
Katie Moult - Albers
Aiden Beale - Citreon
‘Art is one of my best options. You have a lot of freedom and are able to show feelings and emotions in your artwork. There is a wide variety of different art equipment including clay, acrylic and water Sophie James - Citreon paints.’ Shannon Coleman -Ofili
Bayer and Albers are also coming to the end of their project exploring their identities. Each student has chosen their own artist and explored their style, whether in print, collage, paint or as a 3D response. Once they are confident they know and understand their artists style they have created a final response reflecting their identities in the style of their artist. I hope to see a number of pieces from these students in the end of year exhibition!
Ellena Salvatelli - Albers
Sophie James - Citreon
auhaus L3 ‘I advise you to take Art, the course allows you to express your emotions through pencil and paper. The subject is so refeshing and calm. Do you want your lesson’s to be enjoyable? Pick art! Chloe Bland - Ofili Umbehr our Level 3 BTEC students are in the final year of the course and working on a community project which will be sited at Tidworth Community Centre. Watch this space, as the preparatory work has been really exciting! They are also completing work from a Timeline project, which has culminated in a large-scale colourful canvas work showing how Art has developed across the years.
Laura Howard - Umbehr
Menir Pike - Umbehr
Jamie Kwok - Umbehr
ritArt Art L2
Our year 9 GCSE groups have made a positive start to the course, creating some wonderfully detailed and captivating pencil portraits. They have responded brilliantly to the theme, developing skills in tone, scale, detail and line using pencils, being pushed to recognise the range and depth of shades that can be created to show the 3D form of the face and the smallest of details. Next term they will begin to explore tone and form in a completely different way by exploring oil pastels. You will get an opportunity to see these pencil portraits soon when they are displayed around the Academy.
Kyle Vasson - Hirst
Rachel Sherwood - Hirst
‘Art is freedom and acceptance, so just be yourself!’ Olivia Vaughan - Ofili
Kelly Alexander - Ofili
Dalwood have been particularly focused this year, they began the term on a Landscape project, working on observational drawings and developing ideas around the theme. Following this they began work on preparation for the mock exam, which took place at the end of term 2. This is always a good opportunity for students to understand the importance of timescales and the environment of a Visual Art examination. Final exam papers have now been issued, we wish them all the very best and look forward to seeing the final work.
Ofili (year 10) have been creating some personal and exciting canvases by responding to the theme of portraiture.Students have explored the theme and responded in very individual ways. This is the final outcome for the Portraiture project and there is a great range of work with a really exciting outcome, you can see more examples later in the magazine. This group will soon move on to working with clay and creating pieces under the theme of ‘Vessel’, they will learn building and throwing skills, this is always a fun project, very messy but an opportunity to make some great work!
Jessica Hobbs - Ofili
Katie Taylor - Ofili
ritArt Fine Art L3 Our latest A Level Fine Art recruits (Yr 12) are now well into their study, and making significent progress. Recently in lessons students have been working hard on a number of coursework assignments for the human form project. The study of the human figure is a challenge for any artist and after learning some basic techniques and methods; students started their work on their own main outcomes.
Tash Pearce - Saville
Emily Connor - Saville Our most senior Fine Art students work on their own personal projects during Yr 13. Callum Smiles and Megan Halden are in pursuit of their own projects through investigation, exploration and creation of their own work. Callum is a big fan of ‘Scapes’, Landscapes and Seascapes are his chosen theme and he is currently working hard on a very large main canvas. Megan Halden is in hot persuit of her passion for impressionism. Megan worked extremely hard during exploration and experimentation and has also challenged herself with the use of digital art methods which she has explored for her project. Making use of the department’s graphic tablets she effortlessly created some unique and delightful sketchbook studies based on the work of Claude Monet.
Emily Connor - Saville
Callum Smile’s painting in progress.
Megan Halden working on her Monet digital response.
ritArt Textiles L2 Year 9 (Coo): My name is Brianna Bartlett and I study GCSE Textiles. So far this year in textiles we have started a skills based project on the theme of ‘The Environment’. In term 2 I completed my first assignment which was a hand embroidered and Brianna Bartlett embellished lily-pad. On the course I am - Coo enjoying learning loads of new skills and I like mostly how I have ownership over what my outcomes will look like making them more personal. I am very happy with how my lily-pad turned out, my favourite part being my use of colour scheme and range of difficult stitches. This term we have just finished our hand weaves which was very difficult but I found practise makes perfect. Now we are learning how to use the sewing machines which I have been looking forward to the most. Keep a look out in the next issue for our finished weaves!
Year 10 (Hamilton): My name is Jada O’shea and I am currently in my second year of studying GCSE Textiles with Miss Smith. This year we have started a new coursework project based on the theme ‘Figurative and Fashion Illustration’. So far we have been exploring a variety of artists such as Louise Macintosh-Watson, Susan Lenz and Stacie Rife and using their work to inspire personal responses using a variety of textile techniques. All these artists in one shape or form have used the human figure in their work. My favourite artist is Stacie Rife because it is very colourful and she uses images of her past as a child and turns them into imaginative, playful collages. Susan Lenz is another artist that I like because she uses the technique image transfer, which allows you to transfer photos onto fabric. Her collection ‘Decision Portrait Series’ is very powerful because she uses images of the public which then contain a machine stitched personal message such as ‘I shaved my head to support breast cancer.’ For my response I used an image of my little brother and a message that portrayed his love of music. Here is a picture of my response. Jada O’shea - Hamilton
ritArt Textiles L3
Year 12 textile students have just completed their first assignment which was a personal response to the theme ‘Surface and Texture’. Here are two statements from pupils currently studying the AS Level.
Lucy Washington... This is my first year of doing L3 textiles; and I didn’t study the subject at GCSE. I chose the subject because I want to go onto further education at university within the visual arts and picking textiles is helping me to expand on my current skills and knowledge within the practice. At present I am enjoying learning new skills such as machine and hand embroidery. When I first started using the sewing machine I found it quite difficult as I was out of my comfort zone, but after some practice it’s become a lot easier. In my project of surface and texture. I have decided to focus on the structure and texture of the facial features of elderly people. I am currently combining my fine art skills with a variety of textile techniques. My favourite textile artist is Maurizio Anzeri, who sews directly into photographs using geometric patterns. For my current assignment I am working on an A1 drawing of an elderly women which I then plan to use the techniques of Maurizio Anzeri to add further texture and form.
Holly Owen - Coles
Lucy Washington - Coles
Lucy Washington
Lucy Washington
Holly Owen - Coles
Holly Owen - Coles
Holly Owen ... I am currently a Year 13 student studying textiles as a one year course at AS level. I also study Art BTEC L3 and Digital Photography. Textiles wasn’t available last year at GCE and when I found out it was running this year I wanted to broaden my skills ready for university. I have applied to study fine art hopefully at Nottingham and picked to study textiles because I have always been interested in fashion and the sewing machine. At present I am working on the theme of ‘The fairy-tale invite’, taking inspiration from movies such as Alice in Wonderland and textile artist Claire Coles. So far throughout this project I have learnt how to use the sewing machine which I found really fun. I have learnt new skills such as ‘free machine’ embroidery where you draw onto fabric like a pencil with the machine, and also techniques such as applique and quilting. I am currently working on two responses for my first assignment. The first a wall hanging based on the idea of the invite which consists of hanging hand stitched tea cups, saucers, pots, pocket watches, keys and vintage bottles. The second is a fairy-tale dress also inspired by Alice in Wonderland and the fantasy Nina Ricci perfume advert.
ritArt Photography L2 The Year 9 students have produced some exciting and original work this term. They have been working on a project creating and designing a brochure exploring the functions of our camera of choice; the Canon EOS 1000D. Throughout this project students will develop a good understanding of camera functions, and how to use different settings to achieve various effects in editing photographs. This provides a good base for students to build on technical skills prior to beginning the portraiture assignment. Students have concentrated on both practical and conceptual elements of Photography this term, utilising a range of camera and Photoshop skills, all with exciting results. Here are some lovely examples of our previous assignment in year 9 ‘A View From A Window’.
Grace Craig - Yr 9 Testino
Year 10 students have recently finished a montage assignment which formed part of their portraiture coursework inspired by the Artist and Photographer, David Hockney. The outcomes from this project are based on identity portraits, in response to the theme ‘Me, Myself & I’. Students are now working on inspirational panels designed to promote various curriculum areas and we should be seeing these on display around the Academy shortly. For this assignment, the students have considered motivational quotes that have personally inspired them. They have been challenged to consider the use of promotional material in photography, making industry links and are encouraged to think outside of the box. This is leading students to discover new and innovative ways to utilise both camera and Photoshop skills they have learned to produce exciting images for their chosen subject areas. Watch this space…
Danielle Butcher - Yr 10 Lloyd
Lauren O’Neil - Yr 11 Collishaw
Our year 11 students are now considering their next steps and are starting to build portfolios of work ready for futures that follow GCSE’s at the Academy. I am hoping and looking forward to seeing some of the students return to study A Level Photography next year. Our year 11 students have not long finished a mock exam in which they produced a number of fantastic, personal and abstract prints, in response to ‘A Moment in Time’. Now, in the midst of exam season, our students are preparing for the final stretch of the GCSE course with their final exam. Each student is working on a personal investigation in response to a chosen exam question. During the exam each student will be able to showcase their own unique set of skills and talent within the subject. Watch this space for the next set of outcomes.
ritArt Photography L3 Our year 12 students have made a brilliant start to the A’ Level course and our year 13’s continue to build strong portfolios. Each student brings something unique to their group and they each hold their own individual photographic skills and qualities. I would like to wish our year 13’s good luck as they are going through the exciting process of university applications and interviews. Both A Level classes, like GCSE, are currently working on their final exams. We wish them the best of luck and have every faith in the exciting work they are currently producing.
Aimee Williams - Bailey
Kayleigh Beard -Bailey
Awi Agbakoba - Bailey
Touria Ghafry -Darwell ‘Photography has helped me to find new ways of expressing my ideas and I have been able to include it in my Art and Textiles, making my other subjects varied.’
Holly Owen - Darwell
Prior to the exams, students continued to work on a number of personal investigations, with year 12 students exploring macro photography in response to themes in Nature and Textures and year 13 students exploring unique personal investigations and explorations. I’m really looking forward to the final results this summer, following their successes, hard work and commitment to photography throughout the course. Following the exams, students will have the opportunity to develop conceptually and culminate their technical and theoretical skills as photographers. Watch this space for some exciting and inspiring work following our exam season.
Jingle All The Way In December, The Wellington Academy held it’s annual Christmas Fayre, open to all the public who came and enjoyed some festive treats of all shapes and sizes! Hand made crafts and goodies were put on sale, great for stocking fillers and gifts during the seasonal time. Christmas food, mulled wine and carols could also be indulged and enjoyed at the Academy. A huge thank you to all the lovely student’s who helped create individual christmas decorations to be sold at the fayre, your help and enthusiasm was much appreciated!
...Winner!
Well done to everyone involved who took part in the ‘Design a Christmas Card Competition’, a very impressive collection of entries were received. A huge Congratulations to Olivia Vaughan in Year 10 for winning the ‘Design a Christmas Card’ competition last term. This creative christmas design was chosen by Mr Schofield to be sent to important members of the community like our governors and other school heads from local schools. ...Well done Olivia!
Spot The Difference... Congratulations to Ethan Longhurst for being the first student to ‘spot the
difference’ in the previous issue. Although this is just a bit of fun, this article does have real purpose by encouraging you to use you vision, and look carefully for detail. We are after all a visual department!
Can YOU spot the difference?
The picture used for this issue was painted by Callum Finnegan (Braque/Yr7). This is a lovely response to the ‘Other Worlds’ exhibition and will be used to support the exhibition further as it continues its tour across our region.
‘‘Other Worlds’ began in July 2010, it is an insirational community arts project exploring the life and world of a soldier through visual arts. The project has encompassed alot of apsects including: art skills workshops, professional mentoring and exhibition opportunities for active service personnel. A series of unique exhibitions by guest artists explore the theme of conflict, as well as a school’s project called ‘When You Go Away.’ With the ongoing war in Afghanistan, and many soldiers deployed on the frontline, this project has provided servicemen and women; including their families, with the opportunity to use the visual arts to tell their story. This has left a permanent legacy for others to see, giving the general public a window on the world of our service personnel and a greater understanding of their experiences.
‘5 and 20s’ by Joe Heard
‘Trouble at Ponderosa’ By Prudence Maltby
Detail from ‘Block’ by Joe Heard ‘Other Worlds’ is touring throughout the county of Wiltshire, currently placed in our Academy since the beginning of the winter term. This exciting addition to the school can be found next to the library. It has been very interesting to see a range of responses from different departments. In Performing arts, years 9 and 10 carefully looked at the exhibition; then focusing on mood and emotion, created their own dramatic response to the chosen artwork. This caption shows how the student’s really involved themselves within the atmosphere of their focused piece. In an informative assembly, Mr Greenwood outlined the principles and ideas behind ‘Other Worlds’, to inform the student’s of the exhibition’s presence and make everyone aware of this innovative and inspiring portrayal of life through the eye’s of service men and women. Details of this presentation can be found on our department website at www.twava.co.uk. Soldiers creating and responding to their war time experiences...
Knitting Club Mrs Jane Crook who invigilates during the exam season has voleuteered her services to teach any KS3 or 4 students who wish to learn the new skill. She currently runs workshops at local primary schools and the Woman’s Institute.
... My name is Jessica Ruddick and I have been attending knitting club with Mrs Crook and Mrs Ford since September. In knitting club I have been learning how to cast on and off and the basic knitting stitch such as the garter. I have really enjoyed talking and getting to know new people and my knitting has improved. I am now knitting a lot faster than when I first started. Before Christmas I reached my goal of creating a snowman (see picture) and I am now working on a yellow teddy bear. Keep a look out in the next issue for the final product!
Jessica Ruddick & Chandra Limbu
Laurence Dube-Rushby During the October break on Tuesday 23rd October, GCSE and A level textile students had the fantastic opportunity of participating in a workshop with French artist Laurence Dube-Rushby. Laurence is currently based at the River Bourne Community Farm for a year and is working on an installation piece using sheep fleece and natural materials. “A Thousand Sheep” is an attempt to represent the landscape by using its natural resources; the sheep in the fields mark the perspective. They feed off the land and influence its shape. Laurence had previously been working with local primary schools to produce small red wool bundles which our students then used to create and transform into larger bundles that will form the overall structure of the installation. The day was very productive and formative, with students learning new skills such as wool carding by machine/hand and they also had the chance to spin their own wool using a drop spindle.
Aimee Williams & Charlotte Russell “I thought the day was very different because I’d never imagined working with a real artist on her project. I can’t wait to see the finished exhibition!” Lily Spanswick, Yr 9. “I found the day really fun and really enjoyed learning some new skills!” Ruby Macey, Yr 9. “It took a look of skill to make the bundles, because you had to wrap them up really tight, tiring but worth it!” Molly Sanderson, Yr 9. Students set themselves a target of making 100 bundles which at first I thought wouldn’t be possible. But through teamwork, hard work and many red dyed hands I am pleased to announce that they were very successful, reaching a whopping 102 bundles. On reflection the day was enjoyed by all and opened student’s eyes to the work of practicing textile artists and craftspeople.
Megan Kirwan
London Photography Trip... At the end of last year, Mrs Furnell, Miss Smith and Mr Greenwood took 34 of our year 10, 12 & 13 students to London. We visited both the National Portrait Gallery and The Photographers Gallery in central London. Students had the chance to view work 1st hand from a range of past and present photographers.
Chloe Bland, Donica Collinson & Hope-Marie Lillywhite There were two major exhibitions that the students studied during the day. ‘The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize’ at the National Portrait Gallery and ‘SHOOT! Existential Photography’ at The Photographers Gallery. Alongside this there were a number of interactive resources available to them in the galleries. It was a pleasure to take our Photography students and it is exciting to see a number of our students now working on projects as a direct response to the work they saw that day. Trips like this are invaluable to our students, look out for details of our next Visual Arts trip.
Competitions... In December last year, 14 of our very talented photographers entered the RIBI Young Photographer competition, run in association with Marlborough Rotary Club. We had entrants in two categories, both intermediate and senior. A team of highly talented external judges judged the students work at the Academy during the last week of term. They were extremely impressed with the quality of our student’s work and how they had each creatively and uniquely responded to the theme ‘Peace’. The judges offered invaluable comments and praise to all of our students. Joyce Seabrook (intermediate) and Megan Halden (senior) were selected as club level winners; their entries will now move on to be judged at District level, prior to the National competition in the spring. This is the first year the Academy has entered the competition and hopefully, following our success, it will be the first of many more. A massive congratulations to all those students involved. Well done!
Alix Williams
Laura Wynne Tom Goddard
Harry Syred
Winners...
Senior Winner Megan Halden
If you feel inspired to take part in a photography competition, here’s another to get involved with!
Intermediate Winner Joyce Seabrook
Danielle Butcher
Grace Craig
KS3 Gallery
Zoe Sheppard - Matisse
Caitlin Reynolds - Chirico
Jordan Leigh Brown - Duchamp
Lauren Underwood - Chirico Nicola Mitchell-Ansell - Matisse
Millie Richards - Matisse
Elizabeth Williams-Matthews
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KS4 Gallery
Brooke Peters - Lloyd
Caitlyn Hill - Ofili
Donica Collinson - Lloyd
Olivia Vaughan - Ofili
Jessica Hobbs - Greenberg
Ben Robbins - Testino
Olivia Burden - Testino
Chloe Bland - Ofili
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KS5 Gallery
Anna Stanton - Bailey
Ben Greening - Bailey
Claudia Wentzel - Bailey
Callum Smiles - Daniels
Shannen Walsh - Coles
Megan Halden - Darwell
We’re changing lives... THE WELLINGTON ACADEMY, TIDWORTH, WILTSHIRE, SP11 9RR t: 01264405060 e: admin@thewellingtonacademy.org.uk
Links & Events... Here in the visual art department at Wellington Academy, our aim is to inspire you to produce art in a variety of mediums to the best standard that you are capable. Within the classroom setting you are shown a range of techniques and skills to help you develop your ideas. If you enjoy being creative and like to use your creativity and imagination out of lessons, there are many opportunities available to you... ...Here are some links, events and other competitions that may appeal to you.
www.art.lookandlearn.com A free personal gallery for every child, including chnaces to win competitions and take part in creative events. www.misterriggs.com A site full of everything relating to Art and Design. Tips, tricks and handy worksheets/ activities to download and use. www.twava.co.uk Access a wealth of resources to support your learning, quick links to the departments many online social spaces and gallery, and rss feeds with all the latest news. A bespoke built learning site to support your visual arts learning experience. www.tiki-toki.com Create beautiful timelines. Tiki-Toki is web-based software for creating beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the internet.
www.mainada.net/comicssketch Design, sketch and write your own comics.
www.snapseed.com Free image editor. Apply cool effects and tweak your photo’s on your desktop or via phone/tablet APPs.
We’re changing lives... THE WELLINGTON ACADEMY, TIDWORTH, WILTSHIRE, SP11 9RR t: 01264405060 e: admin@thewellingtonacademy.org.uk