Invitation to the IB Visual Arts Exhibition 2018

This years Visual Arts Exhibition will be open at the following times:
 Friday 16th March at 4.30-6.30pm

 Monday 19th March from 9.00am-6.00pm
  Exhibiting as part of their final assessment are:

      Imogen Barrett

     Pauline Darcis

  Emily Miller

           Sophie Hollaender

         Skye Page Croft.

The girls work is stunning and they are delighted to have the opportunity to share it with you. You are all warmly welcome to visit them in The Art School and see their exhibition.

Japanese Pattern Cutting Workshop

A Level Students took part in an exciting Japanese pattern cutting workshop with atelier Bobbie Seagroatt. She focused on the ancient art of forming geometric shapes from nature in order to produce sculptural clothing, inspired by the work of Tomoko Nakamichi. By the end of the day, students had made two garments from calico, changing their preconceptions and perceptions of form.

6th Form at The Tate Modern

On 28th November, 6th Form Art students took at trip to the Kabakov and Modigliani exhibitions at The Tate Modern. Students were able to examine a range of painting styles to inform their own work and were greatly inspired by the pictoral and sensitive paintings of Modigliani. As a direct contrast, students entered the fantastical world of the Kabakovs, pioneers of installation art who critique the conventions of art history and draw upon the visual culture of the former Soviet Union.

Balenciaga at The V & A

6th Form Fashion students were treated to a design trip to the V & A Museum in London this January, to see the work of Couturier, Cristóbal Balenciaga. He was the most exclusive and expensive atelier in Paris for over three decades, introducing the baby-doll dress, the sack dress and the balloon hem, which changed the way women dressed. In the exhibition, single-seam coats, ballooning skirts and one eye-catching green dress and cape resembling a stack of three green pompoms still look like clothes for a more elegant, adventurous woman of the future.


Students spent the morning sketching his designs and then headed into Soho to visit the many fabric shops in search for inspiration for forthcoming projects.