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introduction Rivers of the World is the Thames Festival Trust’s flagship art and education project. Delivered in partnership with the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms, and with support from HSBC Global Education Trust, the project links schools and over 2,000 young people around the world through common river themes. Class groups of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old students from London, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Seoul (Korea), Derry, Londonderry & Donegal (Ireland), Bangkok (Thailand), Washington DC (USA), and Istanbul (Turkey) have worked with artists to create magnificent artworks inspired by the study of their, or their partner city’s, river. The artworks are displayed along the banks of the River Thames as part of The Mayor’s Thames Festival 2011, and will also be enjoyed by millions of people in the coming months as they travel to riverside locations in each of the participating cities. www.riversoftheworld.org
messages from supporters of rivers of the world: hsbc & british council ‘The HSBC Global Education Programme is proud to support the Rivers of the World project. The vibrant artwork shows the exciting results of dialogue between students in seven countries. As the exhibition travels to riverside locations in other participating cities, millions will have the chance to admire the creativity of young people from across the world.’
‘Just like the British Council, rivers connect people and bring them together: to meet, to trade and to learn and create new things. These striking artworks capture young people’s acute understanding of the world around them, and the understanding of each other and of global issues that can be created through international partnerships between schools. Rivers of the World is a lovely example of how education and the arts can combine successfully to help young people in different countries share, explore and learn together. The British Council is delighted to be working with the Thames Festival once again to support this project.’
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78 artists & schools Simon Martin Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC Holdings plc
John Worne Director Corporate HQ, British Council
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artists & workshops A dedicated team of international artists and arts educators, led by Shona Watt, deliver Rivers of the World workshops in school class time. As specialists in the fields of fine art, design, photography, textiles and print-making, they bring a wide range of creative techniques and professional experience into the classroom.
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‘I’ve learnt how to tie nautical knots and how to give them life in just a piece of paper. It’s fantastic how a simple object connects us to the entire world.’ Ezequiel Sureda (pupil) Escuela De Bellas Artes Rogelio Yrurtia, CABA
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1. Colegio Arrayanes, Garin
The students created an art piece using different techniques based on the culture of the city of Buenos Aires and its inhabitants. They worked on the relationship between the Río de la Plata, the Tango and filete (an Argentine drawing technique).
3. Escuela de Educación Secundaria N.º 3, San Clemente del Tuyú 2. Escuela De Bellas Artes Rogelio Yrurtia, CABA
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Students made threedimensional models with different techniques, such as painting, glueing ceramic tiles, and sculpture using art and waste materials, to illustrate the life in the river, which is highly polluted. They took pictures of the artworks and compiled them using Photoshop.
The students worked on the concept of ‘Resourceful River’, making as much use as possible of the rich biodiversity that exists in the area of San Clemente del Tuyú. Pupils worked on an index of the natural species they saw during their visit to the meeting point of the Río de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean. They used several techniques such as collage, pencil drawing and gouache.
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Approaching the theme ‘River City’, the students made a trip to the river to take photographs and collect material. They created three-dimensional models of bridges, houses and buildings that depict the strong link between human beings and their environment. The students’ creations were then placed on colourful handmade cardboard representing the river.
The pupils worked on the concept of pollution through its counterpart: nature as an ideal state. First they produced collages and drawings of what they saw on their day out on the river. They looked at how human presence has affected the river. They then assembled a large piece of work in the classroom using recycled material to represent pollution.
The students’ work is based on the river where they live, Río Carapachay, at the source of the Río de la Plata. They discovered that nautical knots communicate, connect and represent the ‘Working River’ theme. The artwork is a digital collage of river photography, mixed media drawing techniques and scale model boats made by students.
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Working on the theme ‘River City’ and its architecture, the girls created geometric patterns based on the reflections of buildings in one another.
Time and tide wait for no man, and the clocks that keep the city and its connection to the rest of the world are represented with numbers made from the Financial Times and text from poems the students wrote.
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Using the theme of flooding and the influence of the moon on the shifting tides of the river, the girls drew self-portraits surrounded by flowers, referencing Millais’ Ophelia and the notion of a poetic death.
The pupils were shown an animation about the pollution of rivers, and its effect on the fish and the water environment. They created their own fish in a polluted River Thames, adopting a 1950’s pop art style that used paper cut-outs, graphical shapes and strong colours.
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Artists: Shona Watt, Chloe Bonfield
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The students went on a metaphorical picnic with Toad of Toad Hall and Three Men in a Boat to produce this artwork of a picnic on the Thames Walk, with drawings, gouache painting and paper cuts.
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‘The project has made me better in art. I have learnt many things about the river and its history and have enjoyed drawing patterns and exploring river themes.’
12. The Elmgreen School
The students took inspiration from the qualities of the river and the statues on Vauxhall Bridge to create heroic self-portraits and commemorative plaques.
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Inspired by the theme ‘River City’, students created a layered collage of papers and paint embellished with hand and machine-stitch work. It depicts the famous walls, notable buildings, bridges and marine life of their city along the banks of the River Foyle.
The pupils explored the history of fishing in the river and learned fly-tying with experienced anglers. They developed their own imaginative flies and created mobiles to display and document them.
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Using ‘River of Life’ as their theme, the pupils looked at the different species of fish that live in the River Foyle. They made drawings and from these created black and white collages of Celtic fish designs.
Artist: Debbie Malcomson
‘The work we created was fantastic. I was amazed at the completed artwork. I am incredibly proud of myself and my classmates.’
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The pupils learnt how water is cleaned naturally by reed beds and willow plantations. They then made a woven willow boat in a traditional manner, its origins drawn from the wooden boat on display at the Lough’s Agency.
5. Crana College
The students started by looking at trade routes. This led them to explore emigration and how Irish culture has been accepted throughout the world. They made panels relating to Irish icons and history.
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Based on research of the River Foyle as a ‘Resourceful River’, the pupils designed and made an individual plastercast of their interpretation of the topic. Each cast was then burnished to give it a bronze effect. All twenty casts were finally grouped together to form a large lowrelief sculpture.
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All cities turn to dust and the students making this artwork based their ink, biro and scrapboard drawings around the plants that always make their first appearance when the bricks start to crumble: ivy and buddleia.
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Students looked at past performances at Wilton’s Music Hall near St Katharine Docks – the oldest surviving music hall in the world – and made miniature toy theatres featuring various stage acts.
10. Alperton Community School
Artists: Shona Watt, Chloe Bonfield
The workshop used the theme of ‘Guilded Life’ to explore the fantastical creatures, imagery and craft that the guilds introduced to the river on their ceremonial barges in the Thames. Pupils formed a guild to research different coats of arms before making their own highly crafted version using origami and paper-cutting.
Artists: Helen Ireland, Pia Randall-Goddard
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The pupils made lino cuts of rope, tea drawings on a lightbox and spice bricks to represent the trade of the East India Docks.
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‘The project has made me view London and art, its buildings and everything in general in a different light.’
11. Frances Bardsley School for Girls
The girls researched the Thames Festival’s Feast on the Bridge. They each designed, drew and hand-painted their own table featuring baroque and extravagant dishes.
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12. St Mary Magdalene Academy
Students looked at pollution in the Thames over time and imagined rubbish in a fossilised state. From drawings, they made pressed metal ‘fossils’.
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Students collaborated to create a montage representing the ecology of the Han River and then individually painted the images of ‘River City’ with acrylic paints on a fabric canvas.
The students researched pollution in the Han River and measured how clean the river is by using traditional Korean paper called Hanji. They then used the paper to make little paper fish.
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Artist: Neungsaeng Park
The artwork is mainly made with photos or photo-related elements and illustrates the ecology of the Han River. Students first spelled out the Korean for ‘Han River’ with their bodies and a photograph was taken. In another workshop, students took pictures of the environment of the river to capture the cultural aspects of the area. Artist: Neungsaeng Park
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Students took photographs which were then merged to make one image of the Han River.
‘I had a lot of fun doing the workshops. Throughout the project, I worked really hard with the members of my group ‘Herbly’. All of us found that the pollution of the river is really serious, but it was surprising that I could grow life out of that polluted water.’
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Artist: Hyunjoo Heaven Baek
Students researched the ecosystem of the Han River and sketched illustrations of it in various ways.
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The students investigated and took water from the Han River, which they used to grow potted plants from seeds. They then took thousands of pictures of these plants to create a piece of artwork.
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The students looked at the theme ‘Resourceful River’ and explored how London would look underwater, disappearing into a whirlpool.
The pupils visited the Barnes Wetland Centre and studied plant life on the Thames. They drew indigenous plants and flowers and investigated their symbolic meaning. These were arranged with text into the form of a funeral wreath.
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The theme ‘River Culture’ was explored through a quote from As You Like It: “Tongues in trees and books in running brooks...” The students then made collages based on specific visual quotes from Shakespeare’s plays.
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The students researched and wrote their own Good News headlines about the River Thames using a mixture of newspaper letters, calligraphy pens and inks, invented icons and characters.
Artists: Shona Watt, Chloe Bonfield
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The centre of the cholera epidemic was the focus of the artwork, which looks at the transmission of disease through the sewage system and Bazalgette’s grand design solution.
‘An excellent project. Ed and Caroline led an inspiring workshop which clearly linked to our institution and approach to learning. A genuinely invigorating experience for us all! Many thanks.’ Jane Snowsill (teacher) Wren Academy
12. Wren Academy
The pupils were given a choice of cultural sites located along the River Thames: Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Astley’s Amphitheatre, the Festival of Britain and Shakespeare’s Globe theatre. Three-dimensional paper objects were made that conveyed a narrative of the site using folding, paper-cutting and collage techniques, with the final objects creating a theatrical scene.
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Using the ‘Ebru’ technique (a traditional Ottoman marbling technique), the pupils depicted London and the River Thames in a colourful way, leaving a representative image of the River Thames colourfully polluted!
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‘I have improved my ‘Ebru’ technique and knowledge of London via this project. We discussed and brainstormed our different views, thus the artworks were very varied and beautiful. In short, this project was very nice!’ Beyzanur Evrenli (pupil) Eyüp Rami
2. Recaizade Ekrem
Using the millefiori technique, students made motifs using earthy colours from the River Thames. They wrote ‘London’ using cultural symbols. Finally, they created a symbol of the British Flag again using the millefiori technique.
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The students worked very hard to create their image using the theme ‘Working River’. They imagined themselves visiting London on a bus going over Tower Bridge.
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Through their research the students discovered the fantastic story of the Loch Ness Monster. Fascinated by the legend, students used images from the River Thames and London and created a new myth of the River Thames' own monster. They used clay to symbolize the mud of the River Thames.
Students were very much inspired by the London Eye and thus created their design around it. They redesigned the London Eye by using the information they gathered about the River Thames and London.
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Students created this work in the form of a stamp. They thought tourism was an important aspect of the River Thames and London, so they created a stamp that contained images of London and its international inhabitants.
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The boys looked at Byzantine mosaics from Istanbul. They created buildings using paper in the place of real mosaics. The Bosphorus was made from ‘Evil Eyes’, famously used as a protector against evil in Turkey.
Artists: Shona Watt, Chloe Bonfield
Artists: Shona Watt, Chloe Bonfield
Artists: Heather McReynolds, Helen Blejerman
10. Ernest Bevin College
Taking Ottoman Book Art as an inspiration, pupils worked as an Ottoman ‘studio’, collaborating in groups to create an illuminated book page, carpet page or miniatures. Text was the starting point for creating visual designs which were then applied in the style of decorative tiles to create a picture reminiscent of the architecture in Istanbul.
Artists: Caroline Collinge, Edmond Salter
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The boys looked at the potential of oil spills in the Bosphorus and made microscopic slides based on bacteria. They then painted various species in watercolour, imagining what effect oil has on water.
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The students looked at examples of Iznik tiles in the Topkapi Palace on the Bosphorus. Using coloured inks and masking fluid, they made intricate designs inspired by the Turkish ceramics, adding elements of their own culture.
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Students studied the infamous migration of birds over the Bosphorus and made lino prints of birds speaking lines from the famous poem, ‘I am listening to Istanbul’ by Orhan Veli.
Artists: Helen Ireland, Pia Randall-Goddard
9. Northumberland Park Community School
The pupils got very wet making felt! The felt was based on the tradition of carpet-making in Turkey and inspired by Islamic patterns and the symbol of the ‘Evil Eye’.
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Students sketched Big Ben using pencil mixed with watercolour, and used body language to depict the diversity of lifestyles relating to the resourceful River Thames, with the London Eye rotating through the sky.
Artists: Arthit Mulsarn, Chalit Kangvaravoot, Thanom Chapakdee
2. Suankularb School
Students considered the theme ‘River Culture’. The unique culture of river communities was reflected in their picture.
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‘Greater civilization leads to the problem of pollution.’ The students used a variety of techniques to illustrate this topic such as drawing, painting, clay sculpting and collage.
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Students used watercolour, pastel, acrylic and mosaic techniques in the artwork to illustrate the concept of ‘River City’, signifying the modern lifestyles of Londoners influenced by the river.
5. Satri Si Suriyothai School
The artwork shows the River Thames and other important and interesting landmarks in London. It shows how well British people preserve their cultural heritage.
The students used papier-mâché techniques to demonstrate the idea of peaceful living and working along the famous River Thames.
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The pupils explored the aquatic world of flora and fauna associated with the Chao Phraya. Utilising images from the Wellcome Foundation, a range of both two- and three-dimensional objects evolved. A variety of techniques and materials were employed including recycling found objects, crocheting, origami and tin modelling.
Inspired by old maps of Siam that showed the past trade and development of the river, pupils re-interpreted these images to show a contemporary map of the city along the river using paper quilling techniques. The final pieces formed a paper patchwork.
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The boys invented mythical animals based on the legends of the Himmapan forest and used traditional Thai patterns to make trees and clouds.
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The pupils based their artwork on the endangered animals of Thailand whose habitats are encroached upon by rice fields. Kites, part of Thailand’s rich culture, were used to display the animals.
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The girls looked at the tradition of shadow puppets in Thailand. They made paper-cuts based on the theme ‘Working River’, creating vignettes of daily life on the Chao Phraya.
‘This project taught me a lot about art and festivals. I have learnt many different ways of making my art look better and more interesting. The artists were so nice and friendly. I had so much fun and I hope I can do this again.’ Ellie Bull (pupil) Grey Court School
12. Grey Court School
Students learned about the Loy Krathong festival which is celebrated at the full moon by making an offering to the river. They made three-dimensional flowers from paper which were combined with pressed metal to illustrate the temples along the Chao Phraya.
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After learning about the Great Stink of 1858, students compared and contrasted engravings of life on the Thames by James Whistler and street art by Banksy. They created their own mixed-media piece inspired by the famous ‘Silent Highwayman’ Punch Cartoon.
2. Bell Multicultural High School
Students read a poem about Nathaniel Bentley, an infamously grubby Londoner who is said to be the inspiration for Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The students created cut-stencil screen prints of ordinary household items, then used ink pens and charcoal to add dirty details like cobwebs and tarnish. 3
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The students learned about the history of Liberty of London and their influence on the textile market. After viewing samples of famous Liberty patterns, the students created their own vibrant “scarves” inspired by the originals using decorative paper, reflecting and rotating their designs to create symmetry.
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‘I never thought rivers were so important to their community’s wellbeing. They are true lifelines to all the people that live near them and survive because of them.’
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The students investigated different types of plants found at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Inspired by the garden’s history of science and medicine, they created their own botanical illustrations in the style of educational chalk plates. 6
Students were intrigued by the story of Lion Tower, home to the Royal Menagerie from 1235 to 1828. They created photo transfers of zoo animals and embellished them with colourful designs. Digitally, they placed their images in frames, creating their own royal photo wall.
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Students researched the history of sugar refineries on the Thames and used the iconic Lyle’s Golden Syrup tin to create a repeating pattern featuring everyday uses for the product. Pen and ink drawings were scanned and digitally coloured.
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The pupils made paper-cuts based on indigenous flora and fauna from the Anacostia. They studied the craft of quilt-making and used it to inform their design, incorporating stars and stripes from the American flag.
The pupils made paper silhouettes inspired by historical and contemporary pictures of the Anacostia river landscape. They combined the pre-industrial picturesque landscape along the river within pupils’ portraits as a way of remembering the ‘forgotten river’.
8. Maria Fidelis Convent School
The girls created a mixed media nocturnal cityscape based on images of the Anacostia neighborhood. Each illuminated window tells a story, adding a rich narrative dimension.
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The boys learned about the Naval Yard on the Anacostia River, and designed stencils based on the ‘Dazzle’ camouflage pattern used to disguise warships in WW1.
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Students looked at the tobacco plantations around the Anacostia River and designed pipes using American iconography. These were then made into lino prints and laid text.
‘The project showed me how art represents everything and how you are able to express yourself in lots of different ways. I learnt many facts about the River Anacostia and the history of the tobacco industry.’ Anthony Niguas (pupil) St Thomas More Language College
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Students looked at the meaning of animal totems in Native American Indian Culture. They each created a threedimensional dreamcatcher based on their initial drawings made with compasses and a spirograph machine.
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Ireland
Dara Hand St Columb’s College
Debbie Malcomson St Joseph’s Boys’ College
Emma Berkery Royal and Prior Comprehensive School
Shona Watt & Chloe Bonfield
UK
Frankie Creith Hill
Coombe Girls’ School / Crown Woods School / Ernest Bevin College / Frances Bardsley School for Girls / Grey Court School / La Retraite RC School / Northumberland Park Community School / Notre Dame RC Girls School / Sacred Heart High School / Salesian College / St Aloysius’ College / St Mary Magdalene Academy / St Thomas More Language College / Stepney Green College / The Bridge Academy / The City Academy, Hackney / The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls / Wanstead High School
Caroline Collinge & Edmond Salter Bentley Wood High School / Globe Academy / Kingsbury High School / Langdon School / Mulberry School for Girls / Wren Academy
Oakgrove Integrated College
Sinead Smyth Foyle and Londonderry College
Teresa Poyntz Crana College
Korea
Wonchon Middle School / Yong Gang Middle School
Hyunjoo Seo
Heather McReynolds & Helen Blejerman
Jungwon Girls’ Middle School / Sinseo Middle School
Clapton Girls’ Technology College / Maria Fidelis Convent School / The Elmgreen School / Twickenham Academy
Neungsaeng Park Seoul Girls’ Middle School / Yunjung Middle School
Helen Ireland & Pia Randall-Goddard Alperton Community School / Buxton School / Cardinal Pole RC School / Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy / Hatch End High School / St Dunstan’s College / The Sacred Heart Language College
Hyunjoo Heaven Baek
Thailand
Arthit Mulsarn, Chalit Kangvaravoot & Thanom Chapakdee Matthayomwatnairong School / Sainampeung School / Satri Si Suriyothai School / Sirirattanathorn School / Suankularb School / Yothinburana School
Holly Dinsdale Tiffin School
Turkey Argentina
A√a∑i Dudullu / Cengelkoy 4 Murat Ilkö∑retim Okulu / Eyüp Rami / Münevver Ωefik Fergar Ilkö∑retim Okulu / Recaizade Ekrem / Üsküdar Altunizade Hafize Özal
Carmen Rocher Colegio Arrayanes, Garín / Secundaria Básica N.º 46, Tigre
Gabriel Glaiman Escuela de Educación Secundaria N.º 3, San Clemente del Tuyú / St Anthony’s College, CABA
USA
Escuela De Bellas Artes Rogelio Yrurtia, CABA / Escuela Secundaria N.º 3, Ensenada
rivers of the world
Abigail Byrd & Dylan Byrd Bell Multicultural High School / Duke Ellington School of the Arts / Hardy Middle School / Lincoln Multicultural Middle School / Sousa Middle School / Winston Education Campus
Mariano Ferrante
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Barı Karayazgan
ARTISTS & SCHOOLS
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Rivers of the World 2011 thanks:
Contact:
Simon Martin Paul Sinclair Lorraine Thomas Olga Stanojlovic Reena Johl Kate Joyce Andy Hansen Neil Williams Rebecca Picton Elizabeth McCallion Clem Harcourt Matumon Katerenchuk Pasiwat Sutthirak Nitta Hopkins John Bramwell Semra Yal癟覺n Hande Diker Alison Corbett Aaron Fettgather Hyunjung Oh Agustina Odella Deborah Gadd Claire Faithorn Noelle McAlinden Ralph Genang Alan Hayward Shaheena Pooloo Barry Field Design Museum Tate Modern The London Eye Coin Street Community Builders Southwark Council More London
Kate Forde Programme Manager
Thanks to all the artists, teachers and pupils involved for their support and enthusiasm for the project!
Design by Why Not Associates
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rivers of the world
Mallside, The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London, SE1 9PH Tel: 020 7928 8998 k.forde@thamesfestival.org
Rivers of the World is a Thames Festival project delivered in partnership with the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms and with support from HSBC Global Education Trust.