THE SUMMER 2012 - Millthorpe School York

ART OFF THE WALL
A group of Year 11 GCSE Art & Design students
celebrated the end of the course by decorating our
local Scarcroft Allotment hut with their work inspired
by a ‘Local Natural Environment’ theme.
The selection of art work included ceramic sheds,
paintings, drawings, mixed media pieces & dry point
prints created during a print workshop at Bar Lane
Studios, Micklegate.
The exhibition complimented an open air dramatic
performance at the allotments one evening in
mid-May. The exhibition allowed Year 11 to thank
Scarcroft Allotment Association for kindly allowing
the Art Department to visit their site to generate
ideas and undertake personal photographic studies.
The originals of the art work displayed formed part
of final GCSE assessments in May! Watch this space
for more outdoor art exhibitions from Millthorpe
students.
CREATIVE LANDSCAPES
A rare sunny day in June saw next year’s GCSE Art and Design students visit Whitby. Forty seven Year 9
students toured the Whitby town and harbour taking photographs for their first coursework project based
on a ‘Seaside’ theme. A student’s account, “The sun shone as our group leader guided us around Whitby har-­‐
bour, helping us to find ‘artistic’ shots of the boats, shop displays, seagulls, buildings and later on, Whitby
Abbey. Mr Gowland spooked his group with a Dracula inspired tale as they sat in the graveyard! It was nice
to spend time with Year 9 friends and help one another take photographs. At lunchtime, everyone met up at
the bandstand on Pier Road to eat their favourite seaside foods. Delicious fish and chips and ice creams gave
us the energy to climb back up the steps to Whitby Abbey. From this high vantage point we gained excellent
views of streets in the old town and the harbour. After smelling the kippers, our group walked along
Henrietta Street to see the oldest traditional smokehouse in Britain. By two o’clock it was time to return to
the coach with our sweets and photographs. Everyone enjoyed the visit and completed a personal
photographic study to prepare for their GCSE coursework. Some students will have over two hundred
photographs to choose from in September!”