Regents Review Winter '17

The Regents Review Winter 2017

Creative Arts DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Arts Mark Gold Award We are delighted to inform you that Regents Park Community College has been awarded an Artsmark Gold Award! The Artsmark Journey – Regents Park Community College.

a willing and positive staff, a hands-on governing body and students who relish new and creative opportunities. We now have established links with sixth form colleges, theatres and galleries in our local community and we work closely on projects that celebrate the art and culture in our city of Southampton. ‘Challenge, excitement, new experiences, and passion for the arts’ all count towards an enriched understanding of what you are capable of and this mantra plays a huge part at Regents Park Community College. We look forward to developing the opportunities for our young people and strengthening their enjoyment and talent in the arts. Mrs H Freeman Creative Arts & DT

We started our Journey in November 2015 and received our Gold Arts Mark in October 2017. Although it was a long road from the Statement of Commitment to the Case Study the process was fulfilling and positive. Until you really look at what you do with the ‘Arts’ in school you do not realise how creative your students and staff are. We are incredibly lucky at Regents Park to have Art GCSE Art with Southampton City Art Gallery This term saw our dedicated GCSE Art students spend some of their well-earned half term break furthering their artistic talents and interests with the ‘Make Your Mark’ workshop held at Southampton City Art Gallery. Working closely with artist Alistair Eales, our students practised a range of various drawing techniques, learned about how galleries are curated and run, and got to have an access all areas tour of their extensive archives – even seeing a genuine Michael Craig Martin painting, an artist they are studying closely at the moment.

Here’s what some of our pupils had to say about the experience: “We saw £200,000,000 worth of work in the vault – It was so fun!” – Cora Byrne, Year 10 “We did a variety of Art activities with charcoal to music, developing our drawing skills. All of this is going towards an Art award and I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone.” – Konur Bilgic, Year 10. “We got to learn and investigate about famous artists and got to see a Michael Craig Martin original painting which was super cool! I really enjoyed it.” – Yaz Simmons, Year 10.

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