New Wokingham art exhibition arrives at the Mall Gallery
Visitors to Wokingham Borough Council’s Mall Gallery can enjoy an exhibition of paintings this month (November), produced by young people from the Berkshire Adolescent Unit.
The Wokingham exhibition opens today (November 4) and is a celebration of work produced by young people from the Berkshire Adolescent Unit during the summer. They worked one day a week, throughout August, with visual artist Karen Greville-Smith, who lives within the borough. A well known local artist, Karen had one of her paintings accepted for this year’s summer show at the Royal Academy, where it was sold.
During the first session she introduced them to the work of artists Terry Frost, Barnett Newman, Ellsworth Kelly and Patrick Heron as a starting point for inspiration. In response, the young people produced a series of canvasses using acrylics. The next session they worked with rectangles of water-colour paper and Japanese paper to create patterns using coloured inks, water-colour pastels and oil pastels.
At the third session Karen gave the young people circular and square canvas boards on to which they could collage or paint using a variety of media, and at the last session they used small pieces of mounting board which they painted with acrylics and imitation gold leaf. They also used texture paste into which they pressed different materials to create different textured surfaces.
During the four week session the young people worked together as a group to produce a triptych, a panel painting which is divided into three sections, that forms the centrepiece of the exhibition.
The exhibition is a joint project between Berkshire Adolescent Unit, Wokingham Borough Council and Maiden Erlegh Specialist Arts College.
And to mark the young people’s achievements a private view event will take place on Tuesday November 11 at 6pm, which will be attended by Wokingham Borough Council Mayor Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons. She said: “Over the past year, the Mall Gallery has hosted a number of exciting and unique exhibitions and this latest show of artistic talent is truly wonderful. The exhibition runs until November 20, so I do hope that many local people will take the time to come and view it.”
Karen Greville-Smith said: “It was a privilege to be invited back again into the unit this summer. The young people have created beautiful pieces of artwork, of which they should be justifiably proud of this exhibition.”
This free Wokingham exhibition is running until Thursday November 20 and is open for the public to view 8.30am to 5pm every weekday. The Mall Gallery is located in the Civic Offices at Shute End and is sponsored by The Cultural Partnership.
The Wokingham exhibition opens today (November 4) and is a celebration of work produced by young people from the Berkshire Adolescent Unit during the summer. They worked one day a week, throughout August, with visual artist Karen Greville-Smith, who lives within the borough. A well known local artist, Karen had one of her paintings accepted for this year’s summer show at the Royal Academy, where it was sold.
During the first session she introduced them to the work of artists Terry Frost, Barnett Newman, Ellsworth Kelly and Patrick Heron as a starting point for inspiration. In response, the young people produced a series of canvasses using acrylics. The next session they worked with rectangles of water-colour paper and Japanese paper to create patterns using coloured inks, water-colour pastels and oil pastels.
At the third session Karen gave the young people circular and square canvas boards on to which they could collage or paint using a variety of media, and at the last session they used small pieces of mounting board which they painted with acrylics and imitation gold leaf. They also used texture paste into which they pressed different materials to create different textured surfaces.
During the four week session the young people worked together as a group to produce a triptych, a panel painting which is divided into three sections, that forms the centrepiece of the exhibition.
The exhibition is a joint project between Berkshire Adolescent Unit, Wokingham Borough Council and Maiden Erlegh Specialist Arts College.
And to mark the young people’s achievements a private view event will take place on Tuesday November 11 at 6pm, which will be attended by Wokingham Borough Council Mayor Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons. She said: “Over the past year, the Mall Gallery has hosted a number of exciting and unique exhibitions and this latest show of artistic talent is truly wonderful. The exhibition runs until November 20, so I do hope that many local people will take the time to come and view it.”
Karen Greville-Smith said: “It was a privilege to be invited back again into the unit this summer. The young people have created beautiful pieces of artwork, of which they should be justifiably proud of this exhibition.”
This free Wokingham exhibition is running until Thursday November 20 and is open for the public to view 8.30am to 5pm every weekday. The Mall Gallery is located in the Civic Offices at Shute End and is sponsored by The Cultural Partnership.
Wokingham Borough Council
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