Take one picture
Some exciting news to share with you all! Please see the press release below. We’re immensely proud of our pupil’s creativity and of Jessica and Ernie who feature in the video!
Artwork from pupils at Quay Academy on display at the National Gallery
++ East Riding school are finalists in ‘Take One Picture’ project ++
Over 300 schools took part in the ‘Take One Picture’ project, submitting work inspired by Henri Rousseau’s ‘Surprised’ of a tiger, painted by the artist in 1891 and one of the Gallery’s most visited paintings. Quay Academy is one of fifty schools whose art was chosen for the exhibition.
Quay Academy’s school art club, led by Adele Wilde, produced artwork which represented wild animals in captivity, meaning they named their submission ‘Captivity’. The work that will be included in the exhibition includes the physical artwork made by the pupils on display in a gallery, a digital display of the work undertaken by all the pupils in the school and a video of Quay Academy pupils being interviewed.
There will be a private viewing to open this exhibition and celebrate the children’s work on the 1st August, before the art goes on public display until the 1st of September. Quay Academy will hold a special exhibition of their pupil’s work in July.
Adele Wilde, creative art and DT lead said about the art:
“The children thought about the picture very carefully and came up with their own ideas and interpretations. This became a theme about animals in captivity, with the children deciding what mediums they wanted to use to represent their ideas. I am exceptionally proud of the work produced by our pupils.”
Karen Chapman, Vice Principal of Quay Academy said:
“I am immensely proud of our children - this is a huge achievement and we are extremely proud that the children’s creative work will be displayed in the National Gallery.
“The children spent a lot of time thinking about how they would interpret this picture and to their credit, they have been selected as exhibitors.”
Simon Rose, Director of Primary Education at DRET said:
“Many congratulations to Quay Academy pupils whose artistic creations have all been chosen as part of this national exhibition.
“We are thrilled that our pupils are able to experience such a wide range of enrichment by attending our schools and proud that 3 of the schools chosen to exhibit their art are DRET schools.”
Pupils are hoping to visit the exhibition with their families in the summer to see their work on display. This year the exhibition space will be displayed inside the Gallery and outside into Trafalgar Spare, as part of the Free Festival of Art, made by children for children, to create their own art outside the National Gallery to take home.
