Pupils from Quay Academy, in Bridlington, part of the David Ross Education Trust, are celebrating this week as they discover their art work will go on display at the National Gallery, in London.
Quay Academy Students being filmed for the event. Photo: Submitted/ Echo Media Group.
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 only 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:“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 added:“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.”
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 Square as part of the Free Festival of Art.
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