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Artistic Success at RGSAO

RGS Worcester & The Alice Ottley School recently celebrated modern art in a lavish and popular Art Show.

The showcase offered three exhibitions of contemporary art by the schools GCSE, AS and A2 Art and Design Students within their new specialist Art Block.

Around 100 people enjoyed the vivid displays on the night, which included a selection of video and sound by Matt Ward, sculpture by Ed Matthews, photography by Tom Hill, as well other intriguing painting and collage pieces.

The fantastic displays of pupils Emily Connell, Harriet Sheppard and Katie Green were of a particular talking point to visitors with the trio also winning leading art prizes.

“The quality and quantity of work this year has been extremely high,” commented Emma Dukes, Head of Art at RGSAO Worcester.

“The extensive range of multimedia work is particularly powerful and rarely seen in schools. Many visitors commented on how edgy and intellectual our pieces are.”

Further information –
GCSE consists of three projects. The first is an exploration of a colour of their choice, the second is based on a trip to St Ives where the students visited The Eden Project, Tate St Ives and The Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden. The third project is their exam with the title ‘Me, Myself, Mine.’

AS students worded for their first project on the theme of ‘Location’ and the second is their exam with the title ‘Sanctuary.’

A2 students also worked on the theme of ‘Location’ for their first project and their exam title was ‘Discord.’

Both AS and A2 students visited the Tate Galleries in London and The Saatchi Contemporary Art Gallery as an integral part of their work.