The natural earth comes to the Wokingham civic offices
n art exhibition showing the marvels of the natural earth has gone on show at Wokingham Borough Council’s civic offices.
Arena for the Arts is an annual celebration of visual art by children and young people from the Wokingham Borough and was officially unveiled by Wokingham Borough Council’s Mayor Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons. The exhibition, a joint project between the borough council and local schools, is based on the theme ‘The Natural Earth.’
Wokingham Artwork has been created using a variety of media including painting, photography, collage, sculpture, pottery and textiles. Pupils have focused on a whole range of aspects of the earth including buildings, the environment, insects and bugs to name just a few, and some of the artwork has been based on famous artists’ work, namely Georgia O’Keefe and Richard Long.
The Coombes Infant and Nursery School looked at landscape and used clay from their own grounds to illustrate their work. Schools from the south west of the borough* have created ceramic flocks of sheep which are being exhibited on the back lawn at the civic offices in Shute End, Wokingham.
Jane Clark, arts development officer, said: “This exhibition symbolises the spirit of the earth and highlights how precious it is. The pupils have created such wonderful pieces of art – it’s a true inspiration.”
For the past two terms, hundreds of pupils from primary and secondary schools across the Wokingham borough have been busy exploring their creativity. Schools taking part this year are: Arborfield, Newland and Barkham Junior*, Bulmershe, Colleton Primary, Farley Hill Primary*, Gorse Ride Junior, Grazeley Parochial Primary*, Hawkedon Primary, Hillside Primary, Loddon Primary, Maiden Erlegh, Robert Piggott Infant, Shinfield Infant and Nursery*, Shinfield St Mary’s CE Junior*, South Lake Primary, St Teresa’s RC Primary, The Coombes Infant and Nursery*, Waingels College, Wescott Infant School, Whiteknights Primary, and Winnersh Primary.
Arena for the Arts is an annual celebration of visual art by children and young people from the Wokingham Borough and was officially unveiled by Wokingham Borough Council’s Mayor Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons. The exhibition, a joint project between the borough council and local schools, is based on the theme ‘The Natural Earth.’
Wokingham Artwork has been created using a variety of media including painting, photography, collage, sculpture, pottery and textiles. Pupils have focused on a whole range of aspects of the earth including buildings, the environment, insects and bugs to name just a few, and some of the artwork has been based on famous artists’ work, namely Georgia O’Keefe and Richard Long.
The Coombes Infant and Nursery School looked at landscape and used clay from their own grounds to illustrate their work. Schools from the south west of the borough* have created ceramic flocks of sheep which are being exhibited on the back lawn at the civic offices in Shute End, Wokingham.
Jane Clark, arts development officer, said: “This exhibition symbolises the spirit of the earth and highlights how precious it is. The pupils have created such wonderful pieces of art – it’s a true inspiration.”
For the past two terms, hundreds of pupils from primary and secondary schools across the Wokingham borough have been busy exploring their creativity. Schools taking part this year are: Arborfield, Newland and Barkham Junior*, Bulmershe, Colleton Primary, Farley Hill Primary*, Gorse Ride Junior, Grazeley Parochial Primary*, Hawkedon Primary, Hillside Primary, Loddon Primary, Maiden Erlegh, Robert Piggott Infant, Shinfield Infant and Nursery*, Shinfield St Mary’s CE Junior*, South Lake Primary, St Teresa’s RC Primary, The Coombes Infant and Nursery*, Waingels College, Wescott Infant School, Whiteknights Primary, and Winnersh Primary.
Arena for the Arts was founded by Wokingham Borough Council in 2003 and every year, hundreds of children take part in the event with workshops in schools and youth centres throughout the borough.
Wokingham Borough Council
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