SATIPS
National Prep Schools’ Art Exhibition 2016
23 April - 6 May 2016, hosted by
Exhibiting Schools Abingdon Preparatory School Airthrie School Ashfold School Beachborough School Beaudesert Park School Berkhampstead School Birkdale Preparatory School The Blue Coat School Bowbrook House Brambletye Preparatory School Cheam Preparatory School Cheltenham College Preparatory School Christchurch C of E Primary School The Croft School Dean Close Prep School Denstone College Preparatory School
Dormer House School The Downs Malvern Durlston Court School Elizabeth College Junior School Forres Sandle Manor Holme Grange School Kensington Prep Kew Green Preparatory School King’s College Junior School King’s School, Plymouth Kitebrook House Marlborough House School Moor Park School Mount Kelly Prep School Mowden Hall School Notting Hill Prep School Oakham School Oakwood Preparatory School
Packwood Haugh The Richard Pate School The Royal Masonic School for Girls Saints Ronan’s Salisbury Cathedral School Sandroyd School Sherborne Preparatory School St Colombas College Preparatory Dept. St Hugh’s School St James’ C of E Primary St John’s College School St Martin’s, Ampleforth St Martin’s, Northwood St Peter’s Prep School Stormont School Walhampton School Walthamstow Hall Junior School Wetherby Preparatory School
Headmaster’s Welcome It is with great pleasure that I welcome over 50 schools, from all over the British Isles, to the SATIPS National Prep Schools’ Art Exhibition 2016, which we are proud to host for the first time. Staff and volunteers at this year’s Exhibition have been awed by the standard, creativity and breadth of artwork that has been submitted. Thanks must go to the myriad of Art teachers and volunteers at prep schools across the UK for taking the time and effort to select and package their very best pieces of artwork. The variety and talent displayed by these youngsters is an inspiration. It is evident that Art, as a core subject, plays a key role in developing technical skills, creativity and imagination, as well as confidence and self-esteem, in the lives of all pupils. This Exhibition is a credit also to the Cheltenham Prep staff and pupils who have dedicated time and heart in putting it all together, but a special mention must go to Mrs Alayne Parsley. Alayne has been a driving force in delivering this Exhibition, as well as developing and encouraging exceptional artistic talent at Cheltenham Prep. I am certain that many will take great enjoyment from this experience. Mr Jonathan Whybrow, Headmaster
Guest of Honour, Sophie Ryder Cheltenham Prep are truly delighted to welcome Sophie Ryder to SATIPS 2016. Sophie’s statue, The Hare and the Minotaur, takes centre stage on The Promenade in Cheltenham, and so many of us already know and love her work. Sophie was born in London in 1963. She studied Combined Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts where, while obtaining her diploma in painting, she developed the ‘Lady Hare’ as a counterpart to Ancient Greek mythology’s Minotaur. Mystical creatures, animals and hybrid beings made from a wide variety of mediums including sawdust, wet plaster, old machine parts and wire ‘pancakes’, form the heart of Sophie’s art. Working ‘big’ is also a significant feature of her scupltures and Sophie particularly enjoys rising to the constructional and creative challenges that are an inherent part of this process. Sophie’s current exhibition Relationships is on show in and around Salisbury Cathedral. She is an incredibly busy Artist; Cheltenham Prep is especially delighted that she is able to open The SATIPS National Prep Schools Art Exhibition 2016.
Exhibition Schedule Friday 22 April Exhibition Preview for Cheltenham Prep Pupils, Staff and Family 4.00pm - 6.00pm Saturday 23 April Private View for Art Teachers and Head Teachers 11.00am Coffee and exhibition view 12.00pm Opening address, followed by lunch Guest of honour: Sophie Ryder Sunday 24 April Priavte View for Artists, Friends and Families 10.00am - 4.00pm Monday 25 April - Friday 6 May Exhibition open daily for visitors, school groups and workshops (by prior arrangement only)
Abingdon Preparatory School 3D collage by Benjamin Wright, Year 8
Airthrie School Sunflowers, mixed media by Freya Beardshaw, age 8, Erin Jones, age 10
Ashfold School Big Ben, pencil drawing by Abigail Clarke, age 9
Beachborough School Kitty’s Kitty, charcoal and chalk drawing by Kitty Jewson, age 13
Beaudesert Park School Surreal Shoe, acrylic, paper mache, wire, card and tissue paper sculpture by Ginny Lawrence, age 13
Berkhampstead School Pantry Still Life, acrylic on board by James Main, Year 6
Birkdale Preparatory School The Snow Mouse and the Desert Island Mouse, watercolour, pencil and pen, collaborative project by P1L, Year 3
The Blue Coat School Friends in the Snow, mixed media by Eva Porter-Nair, age 5
Bowbrook House Cityscape, acrylic on board by Conor Heathcote, age 8
Brambletye Preparatory School Daisy, acrylic on canvas by Emma Clark, age 12
Cheam Preparatory School Goblin Sculpture, mixed media by Harvey Day, age 13
Cheltenham College Preparatory School Aztec, lino reduction print by Evie de Quincey Adams, Year 6
Christchurch C of E Primary School Mixed media collage by Anya Bolton, Thea Killacky Wheeler, Peter Allen, Julius Grzelak, Minnie Franks, Klaudia Bochniak, Nataly Lukacova, Jasmine Stanley, Joesef Seabright, Honorata Modrzejewska, Be D’Souza, Evie Barker, Nina Crofton, Joshua Finch and Molly Leeson, Year 6
The Croft School Shakespeare in Blue, collaborative group painting, Year 5
Dean Close Preparatory School Gotham City, acrylic on canvas by Ethan Bareham, age 13
Denstone College Preparatory School Macaw, chalk pastel drawing by Charlie Gear, age 8
Dormer House School Cockerel, watercolour and tempera by Maisie-Anne Chatterton, age 8
The Downs Malvern Colourful Cow, acrylic on canvas with sound button by Sam Ingram, age 10
Durlston Court School Fish, handmade felt by Kiyo Ciaputa-Weaver, age 8, and Jacob Cross, age 9
Elizabeth College Junior School Hedgehog Wakes Up, chalk and pencil drawing by Holly Steele, age 5
Forres Sandle Manor Penguins, collage by Florence Bestford and Toby Smith, age 10
Holme Grange School Shell, poster paint by Gemma Harling, age 13
Kensington Preparatory School The Sun on a Mountain, print by Olivia Gibbs, age 9
Kew Green Preparatory School Fauvist Style Still Life, mixed media on watercolour paper by Lucy Bishop, age 10
King’s College Junior School Family x 3, ceramics by George Lovett-Turner, Year 3
King’s School, Plymouth Spring Falls on the Water, silk painting by Sophie-May Marchbank, age 11
Kitebrook House Tudor Self Portrait, mixed media by Tabitha Moore, age 10
Marlborough House School This Is Me, collage by Jonathan Bickersteth, age 12
Moor Park School Pencil drawing by Ellie Corbett, Year 7
Mount Kelly Preparatory School Tree Frog, lino print by Joseph Du’Gay, age 13
Mowdon Hall School Pineapple Tops, mixed media by Heather Colbourne, Year 6
Notting Hill Prep School Abstract, mixed media by Caspian Smulders, Year 2
Oakham School In the Sea, ceramics by Florence Verdun, age 12
Oakwood Preparatory School Chimpanzee, pencil drawing by Sofia Alvarez-Vasquez, age 9
Packwood Haugh Gaudiesque Building, glazed buff clay by Sebastian Marmont, age 11
The Richard Pate School Fish, ceramic by Edward Deacon, age 11
The Royal Masonic School for Girls Cupcake, textile work using collage and fabric paint by Lexie Crabtree, age 11
Saint Ronan’s School Saint Ronan’s School, watercolour and mixed media by Ollie de Winton, age 12
Salisbury Cathedral School Toadstool, ceramics by Anna Staines, age 10
Sandroyd School Lion, soft pastels on paper by Oscar Welchman, age 11
Sherborne Preparatory School Birds, watercolour by Yilin Wan, age 10
St Colomba’s College Preparatory Dept. African Gazelle, mixed media by Matthew Smith ana Dylan Sydenham, Year 4
St Hugh’s School Water Droplets on Leaves, poster paint by Frankie Rinfret, age 12
St James’ C of E Primary Desert Sunset, collaborative felt piece, Years 3 and 4
St John’s College School A Treasure Casket, clay by Pippa Watkins, age 11
St Martin’s Ampleforth Still Life, acrylic painting by Lauren Connor, Year 6
St Martin’s School Masks, sculpture by Jenson Avery, age 11
St Peter’s Prep School Silver Birch Wood, watercolour painting by William Olney, Year 6
Stormont School Pen and ink drawing by Isabella, Form 3
Walhampton School Animal Portrait, mixed media by Amber Arnison Newgrass, Year 7
Walthamstow Hall Junior School Stitched sampler by Julia Vines, Year 4
Wetherby Preparatory School Hundertwasser Landscape, coloured pencil crayon and pen drawing by Maximilian Gardner, age 10
Acknowledgements As the curtain goes up on this year’s SATIPS National Prep Schools’ Art Exhibition, I look at the wonderful array of children’s work and am reminded of how many kind and dedicated people it has taken to put this all together. I should like to thank them all: Mr Jonathan Whybrow for his enthusiasm and faith in me, and Mr Alec Synge of SATIPS. Miss Lesley Southgate, Miss Juliet Wallace–Mason, Mrs Deborah Bond, Miss Chloe Shelborne- Ralph and Miss Debbie Anderes, for their support, creativity and commitment. Steve, John, Mike, Brian and all the Estates team, as well as Mrs Fiona Matthews, Miss Sue Kent and all the ladies in the Office. The Catering and Housekeeping teams at The Prep, Ms Catherine Coleman-Jinks at Twinnings Tea for their kind sponsorship and to all my friends and colleagues, who have supported the whole event in so many different ways. And finally to Team Parsley, who haven’t questioned a single extra hour I have put in. Thank you, I hope you enjoy the colour and fun. I’m looking forward to next year already! Mrs Alayne Parsley, Head of Art
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