Art Week

 A chance for children to explore the world around them using their creative skills.

What is Art Week?

Each year in the summer term we give our pupils the opportunity to express themselves creatively around a different theme. 

Every class is inspired by a different artist. They learn about the work and life of their chosen inspiration, as well as explore the media and messages most common in their work. This results in every children producing their own piece of art.

There is also an opportunity for children to contribute to a whole school piece, again inspired by a famous artist. Artists have included Rana Begum, Hundertwasser and Yayoi Kusama.

At the end of the week, all of the week is displayed in a gallery for the community to view.

Me, Myself and I - Gallery 2021
Gallery (Me, Myself and I - 2021)
I Called Home - Jemma
Jemma - I Called Home (Home, 2020) created during the Covid Pandemic and inspired by the work of Henri Cartier Bresson
With My Family in the Park
Willow - With My Family in the Park (Home, 2020) Year R created pieces inspired by Nick Park and his work on Wallace and Gromit
Arielle - Me, Myself and I
Arielle - Me, Myself and I (Me, Myself and I - 2021) Year 4 created collages to express their personality - winner of RA Young Artists Show
Wren - Think (Raise Your Voice - 2023)
Wren - Think (Raise Your Voice, 2023)
Yusur - Swirling Leaves (Patterns in the Park, 2022) winner of the RA Young Artists Show
Yusur - Swirling Leaves (Patterns in the Park, 2022) winner of the RA Young Artists Show
Leila - Summer Leaves (Patterns in the Park, 2022)
Leila - Summer Leaves (Patterns in the Park, 2022)
Rana Begum - Gallery Visit
Pitzhanger Gallery Visit - Rana Begum (Patterns in the Park, 2022)
Ice Watch
Nightingale Class - Ice Watch (Raise Your Voice, 2023)
Luna - Stik Community
Luna - Community (Raise your Voice, 2023)

Art Week 2023 - Raise Your Voice

This year for Art Week we were inspired by the theme 'Raise Your Voice'. In previous years we have thought about ourselves and the environment, so this year we reflected on how we could use our skills to change the world around us! We looked at artists who use their creativity to advocate for change and thought about causes that were important to us.

Artistic Influences included:

  • Swift: Covid Memorial Wall
  • Swallow: John Sabraw
  • Nightingale: Olafur Eliasson
  • Skylark: Keith Haring
  • Kestrel: Bob and Roberta Smith
  • Kingfisher: Stik
  • Jay: Toyin Ojih Odutola
  • Woodpecker: Jacob Lawrence
  • Cormorant: Andy Warhol
  • Puffin: David Shrigley
  • Raven: Barbara Kruger
  • Swan: Propaganda Posters
  • Owl: Jenny Holzer
  • Eagle: Shepard Fairey

Whole School Piece 2023 - What Are You Doing About It?

Eyes

 

For this year's whole school piece, our school council voted on a cause that was important for them. After consulting their peers, they felt that climate change was what they wanted to raise their voice about.

They were inspired by the work of an artist called Jenny Kendler, specifically a piece called 'Birds Watching'. Her piece curated 100 eyes of birds that will go extinct in the next 50 years as a result of global warming.

Rather than use the eyes of birds, the children drew their own. We thought about how a 'staring' eye makes the viewer uncomfortable. They wanted the viewer of their 420 eyes to feel uncomfortable and question their role in our pupils' future, asking themselves 'what am I going to do about it?'

  • Learn more about the work of Jenny Kendler