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Community Arts Project

01.08.19

Last term the Year 10 Art students participated in a Community Arts Project at Brompton Community Centre. The students painted the stobie poles on each side of the centre. 

The artist coordinating the project, Helen Crawford had collated hand drawn images from the children who attend the centre.These were images derived from well-known books and nursey rhymes. Helen then respectfully organised these images to be transferred onto the stobie poles. It was the role of the Kildare class to replicate these images and keep the integrity of the artwork that had been produced by the artistic children.

Helen visited the College before we started painting to conduct a workshop on what to expect when painting on a stobie pole. The students soon realised that this wasn’t as easy as first thought, the poles are rough and painting vertically has its own challenges.

Over two days the students completed a stobie pole each with great accuracy and care to maintain the childlike images. Helen, the artist was there throughout the day to assist with colour choices and how to best apply the paint to the poles. The stobie poles look wonderful and the Year 10 Art students have left their mark as artists, what an amazing opportunity, thank you Helen Crawford, and congratulations to all who participated, the final paintings are highly polished pieces of art.

Verity Clark

Art teacher

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