Art & Design News

Student Artist of the Month

Every year we ask our younger KS3 students to create a shield all about them for the front of their books. This shows us what they're interested in and what art skills they have so far that they're proud of. We are so impressed with all the students that have created such amazing artwork, well done Year 7 & 8. This shield we feel deserves our title of artist of the month. Well done Nicole J, 8LWE!

Art club

It's been lovely meeting new students but we're looking to meet even more!

We have a number of activities going on in art club such as:

• Creating entries for the Young Artists' Summer Show | Royal Academy
• Creating outfits for Junk Kouture: Youth Sustainable The World's First Sport for Creatives for Schools!
• Creating competition entries for one of the Children’s Art Competitions in the UK 2024-2025 | MoMa UK
• Creating props and scenery for our school show - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
• Creating individual pieces to develop skills and just enjoy the process of being creative.

If you just want to pop down and say hello you can do that too and on a Thursday break 2 you can even learn to juggle!

Art Competition

The adverts have started on television and mince pies are in the shops so it must be that time of year again! Please get your Christmas card designs to Mrs McGarvey in T22 by Monday 4th November.

Looking forward to seeing you soon, Mrs McGarvey and the Art Team

HAC Christmas Community Exhibition Callout!

This December, HAC (Harrow Arts Centre) are going to host a ‘Christmas Community Exhibition’ in their main Gallery space, collating artwork from professional and amateur artists of all ages. The exhibition will be held from Wednesday 4th December – Monday 6th January (excluding their Christmas closure period). It is free to apply, and free to view!

Our students have been invited to submit a piece of artwork to their Box Office by Monday 25th November. They accept the following:

Framed drawings and paintings

• Canvas-based drawings and paintings
• Small sculpture/ceramics

Please include the following with your submission:

• Artwork title
• Artist Name
• Contact email or phone number for parent/ school to collect after exhibition
• Medium used

Artwork does not need to be ‘Christmassy’, and there is no theme as such, so long as it is family friendly. The opportunity is also open to teachers and parents!

More information is on their website here.

AQA Festive e-card competition

Entries are now open.

AQA are excited to launch their festive e-card design competition – an opportunity for our learners to showcase their creativity and design a piece of work to feature on AQA holiday communications sent to all their schools and colleges in December.

The winner will receive a framed copy of the final artwork and a £50 voucher. As well as seeing their work in their holiday communications, it’s a great opportunity for the winning student to put their accomplishment on their CV.

Theme for artwork submissions: ‘A festive winter image’

Closing date for entries is midnight on Friday 11 October. Check you’re eligible to apply by reading the full Terms and Conditions.

The winner will be announced on Monday 25 November.