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Highly Commended Entries 2002
The entries of 17 schools were Highly Commended in the 2002 Artworks Awards:
Working with Artists
BRYNMAWR SCHOOL, GWENT
Age range: 11-18
Teacher: Siān Burns
Pupils worked with artist-in-residence Stephanie Roberts to design mosaic panels for a newly pedestrianised area in the town.
The Judges were impressed by the ownership pupils had over the process of installing a piece of public art, and their real
investigation into the feeling of the community.
KING EDWARD VI HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BIRMINGHAM
Age range: 14-16
Teacher: Olga Terry
Pupils worked with sculptor Gwen Heeney to create a pathway to her Millennium Brick Sculpture 2000-2001.
The project was focused, well-planned and ambitious, bringing together the School and local community in partnership
with an artist.
SUMMERFIELD COMBINED SCHOOL, MILTON KEYNES
Age range: 7-9
Teachers: Graham Ellis and Tracy Fielding
Pupils explored the environment around the School and subsequently worked with three local artists to create their own
landscapes. The Judges commended the project for its modest theme, explored with rigour. The storyboard photographs
showed evidence of pupils who were highly engaged and enthused by the work.
SUTTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, MERSEYSIDE
Age range: 16-17
Teacher: Derek Boak
Pupils developed On the Carpet as a collaborative piece of art work which engaged non-art students and staff with
contemporary art practice. The Judges felt this was an exciting and innovative introduction to contemporary art for the
whole School.
WILLOWS HIGH SCHOOL, CARDIFF
Age range: 11-14
Teacher: Jan Berry
Pupils worked with ceramic and textile artist Alison Mercer to explore colour, and to learn how sketchbook studies are used
as the foundation for creating works of art. The Judges remarked on the strong skills development evident in this project.
THE WOODROFFE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, DORSET
Age range: 16-18
Teacher: Dorothy Wood
Pupils worked in 3D, using found objects inspired by the work of Nick Evans and Naomi Vincent. The Judges were impressed
that the pupils engaged with the artists' professional practice and used it as a springboard for their own work. This in-depth
involvement of the pupils as 'assistants' was evidently a source of great energy and motivation to the project as a whole.
Working with Galleries
THE ABBEY SCHOOL, FARNHAM
Age range: 13-14
Teacher: Penny Adams
At Chawton House in Hampshire, pupils explored the concept of found objects and the stories they tell. In response, they
made their own artefacts and hid them, indicating how they might be discovered. The Judges felt that the project was
ambitious in being both tangible and conceptual.
ALL SAINTS V.C.P. SCHOOL, BURY ST EDMUNDS
Age range: 7-9
Teacher: Vivien Ford
Pupils visited a Nigel Henderson exhibition at a local gallery and incorporated this experience into the classroom.
The Judges were impressed by how the teacher's flexibility and the pupils' experience genuinely influenced the scope
and ambition of a classroom project.
HAUGHTON SCHOOL, TELFORD
Age range: 5-11
Teacher: Jenny Mahoney
Pupils visited exhibitions at Rowley House and created their own work in response which was subsequently displayed at the
Gallery. The Judges were impressed that the children's responses to work by contemporary artists were encouraged and
supported by skilled artists and gallery educators.
THE LONDON NAUTICAL SCHOOL, BLACKFRIARS
Age range: 13-15
Teacher: Lisa Wilson
Pupils worked with the Hayward Gallery and photographic artist Anthony Lam. They explored issues of photography through
working with Lam, and as gallery guides at the Brassai exhibition at the Hayward. The Judges were impressed by the creative
opportunities the project afforded.
PENT VALLEY SCHOOL, FOLKESTONE
Age range: 12
Teachers: David Froude and Claire Smith
Pupils discussed the issues faced by refugees, and made clay and plaster casts of 'suitcases' containing pressings of their
most valued possessions. These were then displayed at the Metropole Gallery. The Judges found it heartening to see sensitive
issues being tackled through contemporary art.
ST NINIAN'S HIGH SCHOOL, GLASGOW
Age range: 16-18
Teacher: Maggi McNeill
Pupils curated an exhibition of Scottish prints at the Hunterian Gallery. The Judges were impressed by the extent of the
pupils' involvement in the whole process of curating and marketing an exhibition.
Working with Resources
ISIS CE MIDDLE SCHOOL, OXFORD
Age range: 9-12
Teacher: Susan Jameson
Local artist Emma Raynard worked with the School to celebrate and mark its history prior to the School's closure in 2003.
The Judges were impressed by the project's clear focus, while allowing for individual self-expression.
NEWICK HOUSE SCHOOL, BURGESS HILL
Age range: 9-11
Teacher: Chris McLellan
Take a Seat, an exploration of the chair. The Judges remarked that the project was unpretentious and inventive, linking
reality with the fantastic, and that it effectively extended the horizons of the pupils involved.
REDESDALE FIRST SCHOOL, WALLSEND
Age range: 3-4
Teacher: Christine Birtwistle
The Rising Sun woodland pre-school project enabled children to engage with the natural world and investigate elements
of that world in the classroom. The Judges remarked that the project was a great example of a child-led project involving
very young children.
ST MARY'S CE INFANT SCHOOL, MARLBOROUGH
Age range: 5-6
Teachers: Sandra Jones and Jill Andrews
Pupils explored sculpture and the work of Andy Goldsworthy. They worked with a variety of media culminating in a group
sculpture. The Judges were impressed by the integrity of the outcome - pupils retaining their own ideas as well as a shared
belief in the project as a whole.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KENT
Age range: 16-17
Teachers: Justine Head and Joy Riggs
The Shelters project enabled pupils to work on a large 3D scale, having been inspired by a natural object that looked like a
kind of shelter. The Judges were impressed by the processes of the project and the high quality of the sketchbooks.
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