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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

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BTEC Fashion Show and co-curricular art sessions. The experience not only Opposite: Andrew Fraser
introduced a new skillset but has also gone on to
Brilliance Exchange influence the creative direction of some students’ photographed by Will
01 BTEC Fashion Show
This year we ran the Swap Shop events, the GCSE work. 02-03 Hauser and Wirth trip
04 Year 9 felting
brilliance exchange and fashion show. The Sixth
Form only fashion show was held on 31 March
which sold over a hundred tickets, ahead of the Hauser and Wirth trip
clothing exchange the following day. This student- Year 10 students visited the Hauser and Wirth
led event raised around £1,200 for the NSPCC, the establishment in Somerset. We got to look at
majority of the clothing was sold at the event, with the featured art of Phyllida Barlow, an artist who
the remaining clothing and accessories donated emerged during the 1960s, but only gained an
to the local Glastonbury Food Bank. These were international audience in the 2000s. She made
extremely successful events, collaborating with large scale art projects that tended to do with
a variety of students to help make the events furniture that had little bunny statues on top.
possible, like the food technology students serving While we were at Hauser and Wirth, the workers
food outside the event. encouraged us to sketch her work, but from various
angles and perspectives. We got to experiment
with building our own sculptures as well, building
Year 9 Felting with very random and exciting materials that
During the spring term, we were delighted to aren't usually used. When using those funky
welcome a trainee teacher who brought both materials, we also got to experiment with
passion and expertise in the specialist craft of teamwork as we got to make art in groups. This
needle felting. Her enthusiasm was infectious, experience was like no other, and showed a great,
energising the classroom and inspiring students to arty, and fun perspective on Somerset.
fully engage with this intricate and tactile art form.
Her guidance led to a wide range of imaginative
and beautifully crafted outcomes across several
Year 9 and Year 10 classes, as well as in the Year 9

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