TWENTY TWENTY
THE HEWETT ACADEMY CREATIVE ARTS DEPARTMENT PRESENTS
TWENTY TWENTY A CELEBRATION OF ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY
A CELEBRATION OF ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY
“CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE”
THANK YOU TO THE INSPIRATION TRUST, THE HEWETT ACADEMY, AND THE FRIENDS OF HEWETT WHO GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED THIS CATALOGUE. TO THE FANTASTIC YEAR 11 ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
THE HEWETT ACADEMY Norwich
F E AT U R I N G T H E W O R K O F Y E A R 11
ART
AND
PHOTOGR APHY GCSE STUDENTS
CL ASS OF 2020 CASEY AMES
SOPHIE HANNANT
GABRIELLE BARTON
ERIC HOGG
SOPHIE BLACKWELL
TEGAN JACKSON
JACOB BROWN SABRINA BUDHOO SANDRA CIFRE MALDONADO ELLIE DAVIES THOMAS FROST FRONT COVER CREDIT: KACPER MAILITA
JOHN JAMES HUMAYRA HUSSAIN STEVEN JOHNS DYLAN JOHNSON
ROSIE JONES
JADE SHORTT
ELLIE KENYON
RYAN SIMPSON
KACPER MALITA
CAMERON SMY
KAMIL MALITA GEORGE MARCH MOLLY-JAY MEREDITH
NAURIS URBANAIC ROBERT VOITIUKEVIC DENBY WARE
AARON PETLEY KODY PRITCHARD SHAWYAR SALAH
STEENWYCK’S ‘VANITAS’ TRANSCRIPTION BY by ELLIE Steenwyck ‘Vanitas’ transcription EllieKENYON Kenyon
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CASEY HAS DEMONSTRATED INTEREST AND SKILL WHEN WORKING WITH OIL PASTELS. SHE HAS PARTICULARLY ENJOYED WORKING ON A1 ENLARGEMENT MACRO STUDIES OF FRUIT FROM A CLASS PHOTOSHOOT. CASEY ENJOYS DRAWING ON A RANGE OF SURFACES AND IN A RANGE OF MEDIA. SHE IS INSPIRED BY THE CHARCOAL PORTRAITS OF SCOTTISH ARTIST DOUGLAS MCDOUGALL. CASEY IS CONTINUING WITH HER ART STUDIES AT CITY COLLEGE, WITH HER SIGHTS SET ON BECOMING AN ART THERAPIST.
CASEY AMES
GABBY HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIA AND HAS ENJOYED LINO PRINTING HER FRIENDS’ PORTRAITS. GABBY HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY CANADIAN MIXED MEDIA ARTIST DEB WEIERS AND THIS IS EVIDENT IN HER INK AND COLLAGE SELF PORTRAITS. MOST RECENTLY GABBY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY CHINESE ARTIST YUE MINJUN AND THE GRAPHIC DESIGN OF PLAYING CARDS. SHE HAS ADAPTED MINJUN’S APPROACH OF CAPTURING PEOPLE IN SPONTANEOUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS LAUGHING, YAWNING AND SNEEZING. GABBY ENJOYED THE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP TO LONDON THE MOST DURING THE GCSE COURSE.
GABRIELLE BARTON
SABRINA HAS DEMONSTRATED A PASSION FOR WORKING WITH BOLD COLOURS AND A RANGE OF TEXTILE PROCESSES. SHE IS PARTICULARLY INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF MALAYSIAN EMBROIDERY ARTIST SHEENA LIAM. SABRINA HAS DEVELOPED HER SKILLS IN HAND STITCHED PORTRAITS. SABRINA PARTICULARLY ENJOYED THE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP TO LONDON AND PARTICIPATING IN THE VARIOUS WORKSHOPS WITH VISITING ARTISTS. SABRINA IS PLANNING TO STUDY CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION AT COLLEGE.
SABRINA BUDHOO
SANDRA IS SKILLED IN OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING AND INTAGLIO PRINTING. SHE ENJOYS DRAWING PORTRAITS & PLAYING WITH THE FORM AND COMPOSITION OF FACES. SANDRA IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST WHO IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRED BY ARTISTS WHO HAVE SURREAL AND UNUSUAL APPROACHES TO ORDINARY SUBJECT MATTER.
SANDRA CIFRE - MALDONADO
ERIC IS A HIGHLY CREATIVE, AMBITIOUS AND ANALYTICAL ARTIST. ERIC IS PROGRESSIVE IN HIS APPROACH TO ART MATERIALS AND PROCESSES AND HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH SCALE THROUGH YEAR 11. ERIC’S DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN DRAWING, STITCH AND PRINT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT HIS PORTFOLIO DUE TO HIS COMMITMENT TO THE SUBJECT. ERIC’S LOVE OF WALBERSWICK IS A DOMINANT THEME IN BOTH INTAGLIO AND WOODPRINTING. ERIC WILL BE STUDYING 3D SPATIAL DESIGN AT CITY COLLEGE, NORWICH WITH ASPIRATIONS TO WORK IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY.
ERIC HOGG
HUMAYRA IS PARTICULARLY ABSORBED BY PRINTMAKING AND HAS MULTIPLE EXPERIMENTS IN INTAGLIO AND MONOPRINTING FORMATS. SHE ENJOYS LAYERING HER IMAGES WITH PATTERNS, OFTEN ON A LARGE SCALE. SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY USED THE ENTIRETY OF A TWO PERSON DESK AS A BASE FOR HER WORK! HER RECENT TEXTILE EXPLORATIONS USING THE HEAT PRESS HAVE RESULTED IN DEVELOPMENTS IN SURFACE DESIGN. HUMAYRA PARTICULARLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ART TRIP TO THE LONDON GALLERIES AND THE NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (NUA). HUMAYRA HAS ACCEPTED A PLACE AT CITY COLLEGE, NORWICH TO STUDY ART AND FASHION.
HUMAYRA HUSSAIN
KEEN MUSICIAN AND SKATEBOARDER, STEVEN HAS USED HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OF HIS SUBJECT MATTER. STEVEN PARTICULARLY ENJOYED THE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP TO LONDON AND WAS HYPNOTISED BY THE VIBRANT SOUTHBANK. STEVEN WAS INSPIRED BY THE PORTRAITURE OF NORWICH BASED DEAN KHALIL AND THE PATTERN WORK OF BRITISH ARTIST, SONIA BOYCE.
STEVEN JOHNS
ELLIE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY VIEWING CONTEMPORARY ART WORK FIRST HAND, PARTICULARLY THE BP AWARDS AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN LONDON. SHE ESPECIALLY LOVES THE WORK OF THE POLISH PAINTER ANNA BOCEK AND AMERICAN PAINTER RACHEL RICKERT. THIS HAS INSPIRED HER TO EXPERIMENT WITH A BROAD RANGE OF TECHNIQUES INCLUDING PALETTE KNIVES. ELLIE ENJOYS LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILE SHE PAINTS. SHE IS PLANNING TO STUDY FINE ART IN FURTHER EDUCATION.
ELLIE KENYON
KACPER HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EXPERIMENTING WITH LAYERING AND SURFACES DURING HIS ART GCSE. HIS RECENT WORK HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY AMERICAN ARTIST SHELLEY CASTILLO GARCIA, ALTHOUGH HE IS STILL FASCINATED BY THE MAP WORK OF ED FAIRBURN.
KACPER MALITA
MOLLY-JAY HAS DEVELOPED MULTIPLE PROJECT STARTING POINTS INTO INTAGLIO AND DIGITAL PRINTING ONTO A RANGE OF SURFACES. MOST RECENTLY MOLLY-JAY HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF AMERICAN ARTIST CLIFTON KARHU AND ALSO THE COLOURS AND PATTERNS OF GUATEMALAN TEXTILES.
MOLLY-JAY MEREDITH
AARON HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN PRINT MAKING AND A LOVE FOR PRODUCING ORIGAMI CREATIONS. AARON ENJOYS PAPER SCULPTING IN BOTH HIS ART PROJECTS AS WELL AS IN HIS SPARE TIME. HE IS MOST INSPIRED BY THE GRAPHIC ART OF ELISE DODGE AND HER USE OF BOLD AND COLOURFUL GEOMETRIC SHAPES. AARON EXPERIMENTS WITH A MULTITUDE OF SURFACES IN HIS EXPLORATIONS WITH PRINT MAKING. AARON HAS MOST ENJOYED PARTICPATING IN THE MULTIPLE PRINT WORKSHOPS OFFERED BOTH IN SCHOOL AND THROUGH NEACO INCLUDING INTAGLIO, LINO AND MONO PRINTING.
AARON PETLEY
SHAWYAR HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY IN LONDON AND OBSERVE THE PAINTINGS FOR HERSELF. SHE SAW THAT THESE IMAGES WERE MORE VIBRANT AND DETAILED THAN SHE HAD IMAGINED AND THIS DIRECTLY INFLUENCED THE WORK THAT SHAWYAR PRODUCED IN HER ART GCSE. HER LOVE OF PATTERN WAS EVOKED FOLLOWING THE STUDY OF SONIA BOYCE. SHAWYAR HAS PLANS TO DEVELOP HER CREATIVITY THROUGH THE STUDY OF HAIR AND BEAUTY AT CITY COLLEGE.
SHAWYAR SALAH
ROBERT ENJOYS SKATEBOARDING, DRAWING AND STOP-MOTION ANIMATION. HE ENJOYED THE NEACO ART WORKSHOPS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO EXPERIMENT WITH TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS WITH LOCAL PROFESSIONALS. DURING HIS ART GCSE ROBERT ENJOYED THE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP TO THE LONDON GALLERIES WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO COLLECT RESOURCES TO USE IN HIS ART PROJECTS. ROBERT WILL BE GOING TO CITY COLLEGE WHERE HE PLANS TO STUDY FOR A LEVEL 3 BTEC IN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.
ROBERT VOITIUKEVIC
DENBY HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY STREET CULTURE, AND ARTISTS SUCH AS ANDY WARHOL, SHEPARD FAIREY, AND THE BRIGHT DOODLES OF GRAFFITI ARTIST, VEXX. HIS LOVE OF SKATEBOARDING AND STREET ART HAS INFLUENCED THE STENCIL & GRAFFITI EXPERIMENTATION THAT HE HAS ENJOYED THROUGHOUT HIS GCSE ART COURSE. DENBY PLANS TO GO TO COLLEGE WITH AMBITIONS TO BECOME A BARBER.
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GABBY ENJOYED THE “MAN MADE STRUCTURES” PROJECT IN WHICH SHE EXPERIMENTED WITH ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE MANIPULATON WHICH SHE TRANSFERRED ONTO A RANGE OF SURFACES (INCLUDING BRICKS, EGGS AND MIRRORS). GABBY HAS ACCEPTED A PLACE AT CITY COLLEGE, NORWICH TO STUDY A LEVEL 3 BTEC IN CHILDCARE.
GABRIELLE BARTON
SOPHIE‘S PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE PORTRAITURE OF BRITISH ARTIST DAN MOUNTFORD. SHE IS INTERESTED IN CREATING MULTIPLE EXPOSURE IMAGES BOTH IN THE DARK ROOM AND IN DIGITAL FORMS. SOPHIE ENJOYED THE PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP TO GREAT YARMOUTH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE NEW PLACES. SHE REMEMBERS HER FIRST PORTRAITURE PHOTOSHOOT MOST FONDLY. SOPHIE PLANS TO GO TO CITY COLLEGE, NORWICH TO STUDY A BTEC IN CHILDCARE.
SOPHIE BLACKWELL
JACOB HAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN PORTRAITURE AND MANMADE STRUCTURES. HE ENJOYS EXPERIMENTING WITH DIGITAL MANIPULATION USING THE ADOBE PROGRAMMES AS WELL AS ALTERING LIGHT SOURCES FOR DRAMATIC IMAGES. HE IS INSPIRED BY THE PORTRAITURE OF SINGAPOREAN PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN CLANG. JACOB HAS ENJOYED LEARNING HOW TO CREATE GLITCH PHOTOGRAPHY AND USE DARK ROOM SKILLS. JACOB IS GOING TO NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL TO STUDY GEOGRAPHY, ENGLISH LITERATURE AND PE AT SIXTH FORM. HE IS THANKFUL THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE GAVE HIM TIME TO FOCUS ON EXPERIMENTATION AND EXPLORATION.
JACOB JA C O B BBROW ROWN
SANDRA IS REMARKABLY MOTIVATED TO RESEARCH AND EXPLORE A RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS HOPING TO REPLICATE THEIR SKILLS AND APPROACHES. SHE IS MOST INFLUENCED BY BARCELONA BASED JORDI PUIG WHO USES CREATIVE TRICKS TO ALTER PERSPECTIVES. SANDRA ALSO ENJOYS USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO EXTEND THE MANIPULATION OF HER OUTCOMES. SANDRA IS TAKING A LEVELS IN FRENCH, SPANISH AND SOCIOLOGY WITH AN AMBITION TO BECOME A TEACHER.
SANDRA CIFRE - MALDONADO
ELLIE PREFERS TO SHOOT WITH AN ANALOG CAMERA. SHE ALSO ENJOYS EXPERIMENTING WITH THE ADOBE DIGITAL SUITE OF PROGRAMMES. ELLIE HAS EXPLORED A RANGE OF APERTURES & SHUTTER SPEEDS WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS. SHE IS INSPIRED MOSTLY BY THE WORK OF RANKIN AND PLATON. ELLIE PLANS TO TAKE THREE A LEVELS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, P S Y C H O L O G Y & SOCIOLOGY. SHE HAS ASPIRATIONS TO WORK IN EITHER THE MEDIA OR THE MEDICAL SECTOR.
ELLI E DAVIE S
TOM ENJOYS TAKING NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SETTING. HE WAS EXCITED TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO BOTH PERSONAL PROJECTS AND GCSE WORKS. TOM REALLY ENJOYED THE PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP TO GREAT YARMOUTH WITH PROFESSIONAL NORWICH BASED PHOTOGRAPHER JEREMY WEBB. HERE HE WAS ABLE TO GRASP COMPLEX COMPOSITIONAL AND FRAMING TECHNIQUES FROM A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST. TOM HAS A PLACE AT CITY COLLEGE TO FURTHER HIS SKILLS WITH A LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
THOMAS FROST
SOPHIE IS INTERESTED IN THE ALTERATIONS AND EXPLORATIONS OF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. SOPHIE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN STEZAKER AND AMERICAN DAVID SAMUEL STERN. THEIR USE OF WEAVING AND LAYERING HAVE INFLUENCED THE DIRECTION OF HER INDEPENDENT STUDIES. SOPHIE WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF ONLY 4 STUDENTS FOR A COVETED WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT AT THE SAINSBURY’S CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS (SCVA) IN NORWICH. SOPHIE IS GOING TO STUDY A LEVELS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND MEDIA STUDIES AT CITY COLLEGE.
SOPHIE HANNANT
ERIC EARNED A WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT AT THE SAINSBURY’S CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS IN NORWICH. HE WAS PRESENTED WITH AN ARTS AWARD FOR HIS INPUT ACROSS THE INSTITUTION. ERIC IS INSPIRED BY L.A ARTIST JAMES FREDE AND HIS LANDSCAPE ALIGNMENTS. ERIC’S PHOTOGRAPHY IS AMBITIOUS WITH ONE PANORAMIC COURSEWORK PIECE MEASURING FIVE METRES IN LENGTH.
ERIC HOGG
TEGAN IS INTERESTED IN THE WORK OF THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHER UTA BARTH FINDING THAT HER USE OF LIGHTING CREATES A MOOD THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE INTO HER OWN WORK. TEGAN PARTICULARLY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES. SHE ASPIRES TO BECOME A TEACHER OR A SOCIAL WORKER AND PLANS TO STUDY ENGLISH LITERATURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND PSYCHOLOGY AT A NORWICH SIXTH FORM COLLEGE.
TEGAN JACKSON
JOHN HAS MOST ENJOYED THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHERS STEPHANIE JUNG AND RAY DEMSKI. JOHN HAS RELISHED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PHOTOGRAPH ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SETTING. HE WILL BE GOING TO UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (UTCN) TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
JOHN JAMES
DURING THE GCSE COURSE, STEVEN HAS ENJOYED THE DIGITAL MANIPULATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. HE IS INSPIRED BY SKATE PHOTOGRAPHY AND RANKIN’S DESTROY PROJECT. HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYS THE LAYERING OF PROCESSES SUCH AS PAINT AND PRINT TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL OUTCOME. STEVEN HAS ACCEPTED A PLACE AT CITY COLLEGE TO STUDY BARBERING.
STEVEN JOHNS
DYLAN HAS ENJOYED THE PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE TWO YEAR GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE. HE HAS ENTHUSED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MANIPULATE HIS IMAGERY. DYLAN HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH TEA STAINING, BURYING AND LAYERING HIS IMAGES. HE HAS ALSO ENJOYED THE SKILLS LEARNED IN THE DARK ROOM. HE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE PANORAMIC IMAGES OF AMERICAN ARTIST DAVID HILLIARD. DYLAN IS STUDYING BRICK LAYING AT CITY COLLEGE.
DYLAN JOHNSON
ROSIE OFTEN USES P H O T O G R A P H Y AS A WAY OF EXPLORING HER SURROUNDINGS. SHE ENJOYED THE SCHOOL TRIPS TO LONDON AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND IS INSPIRED BY THE SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER, DAVID HILLIARD. ROSIE PLANS TO STUDY LAW IN HER FURTHER EDUCATION.
ROSIE JONES
ELLIE HAS ENJOYED EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITES OF STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE USE OF LIGHTING TO CREATE MOODS AND ATMOSPHERES. SHE HAS RELISHED THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MANIPULATE HER IMAGERY, EXPERIMENTING WITH KINETIC ORIGAMI, SCULPTURE AND TRANSFER TECHNIQUES. ELLIE ENJOYS USING PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING HER CREATIVE CONCEPTS AND ARTWORKS.
ELLIE KENYON
KACPER HAS REALLY ENJOYED THE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS WITH NORWICH BASED PHOTOGRAPHER JEREMY WEBB, WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO EXPLORE BOTH HIGH KEY AND LOW KEY LIGHTING. KACPER WAS DELIGHTED TO GO TO LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PHOTOGRAPH THE ARCHITECTURE WHICH FEATURED SO HEAVILY IN HIS COURSEWORK STUDIES.
KACPER MALITA
KAMIL HAS BEEN MOST INSPIRED BY THE ACTION AND ADVENTURE CAPTURED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CANADIAN BORN PHOTOGRAPHER, RAY DEMSKI. KAMIL HAS ENJOYED LEARNING HOW TO COMPOSE A STUDIO PHOTOSHOOT AND HOW TO MANIPULATE IMAGES IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. KAMIL IS GOING TO CITY COLLEGE TO STUDY FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE.
KAMIL MALITA
GEORGE HAS BEEN MOST INFLUNCED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF LONDON BASED DAVID GUTTIEREZ AND SWISS ARTIST MAUREEN BRODBECK. HE HAS ADOPTED THE CUT OUT AND BLOCK COLOUR STYLES PRESENT IN THE WORK OF THESE ARTISTS. GEORGE HAS ENJOYED LEARNING HOW TO MANIPULATE IMAGES WITH BOTH DARK ROOM SKILLS AND ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. GEORGE’S KEEN INTEREST IN FOOTBALL AND THE OUTDOORS HAS INSPIRED HIM TO EXPERIMENT WITH PHOTOGRAPHING FOOTBALL CROWDS. GEORGE WILL BE GOING TO CITY COLLEGE TO STUDY OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP.
GEORGE MARCH
MOLLY-JAY LIKES TO TAKE NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS, BOTH IN LESSONS AND AT HOME. SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO GO TO GREAT YARMOUTH AND LONDON WHICH ENABLED HER TO CAPTURE A RANGE OF CONTENT WHICH WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO HER WITHIN THE SCHOOL CONTEXT. MOLLY-JAY IS GOING TO TAKE A BTEC IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE AT CITY COLLEGE, NORWICH AND PLANS TO CONTINUE WITH HER PHOTOGRAPHY.
MOLLY-JAY MEREDITH
INTERESTED IN BOTH GLITCH AND COLLAGE IMAGERY, KODY ENJOYS EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH PROPS. HE TAKES HIS INSPIRATION FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES INCLUDING HORROR MOVIES. KODY HAS ENJOYED ALL OF THE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY TRIPS AND WORKSHOPS. HE WILL BE GOING TO CITY COLLEGE IN PURSUIT OF A QUALIFICATION IN MEDIA STUDIES.
KODY PRITCHARD
JADE ENJOYED TAKING PART IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY TRIPS TO GREAT YARMOUTH AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (NUA) WHICH ENABLED HER TO CREATE A PORTFOLIO OF VERY STRONG IMAGES. JADE HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE COMPOSITION AND APPROACH OF MAGRITTE AND BALDASSARI. JADE HAS ACCEPTED A PLACE AT CITY COLLEGE TO STUDY A LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
JADE SHORTT
RYAN HAS ENJOYED LEARNING HOW TO USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO EDIT AND MANIPULATE HIS PHOTOGRAPHY PIECES. HE HAS BEEN INSPIRED TO CREATE GLITCHED AND DISTORTED WORKS INFLUENCED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN-GERMAN ARTIST UTA BARTH AND ALSO BY RANKINS DESTROY PROJECT. RYAN IS AN AVID FOOTBALL PLAYER AND SUPPORTER WHO PLANS TO GO TO CITY COLLEGE IN ORDER TO STUDY SPORT. HE ASPIRES TO WORK IN THE SPORTS INDUSTRY.
RYAN SIMPSON
CAMERON WAS INSPIRED BY THE MOODY ATMOSPHERES CAPTURED BY AMERICAN PHOTGRAPHER, LEWIS BALTZ. HE ENJOYED MANIPULATING PHOTOS BOTH DIGITALLY AS WELL AS IN THE DARK ROOM. CAMERON ENJOYS WATCHING HORROR FILMS IN HIS SPARE TIME AND HOPES TO REFLECT AN UNCOMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITIN HIS IMAGERY. HE HOPES TO CONTINUE HIS LOVE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY BY INCORPORATING FILM STUDIES INTO HIS FURTHER EDUCATION.
CAMERON SMY
NAURIS IS INSPIRED BY FILM, DRAWINGS AND NIGHTMARES. HE IS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK OF AMERICAN VISUAL ARTIST BRENDON BURTON WHOSE IMAGERY CAPTURES VACANT, DECAYING SPACES AND MAKES CONNECTIONS TO ISOLATION. HE PARTICULARLY ENJOYED LEARNING NEW PHOTOSHOP DIGITAL PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES DURING THE TWO YEAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE. NAURIS HAS SHOWN A FLAIR FOR DIGITAL EDITING. NAURIS HAS APPLIED TO COLLEGE WITH ASPIRATIONS TO WORK FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE.
NAURIS URBANAIC
...AND...AND A FINAL A FINAL WORD WORD FROMFROM US U AMY LEE
ART TEACHER AND HEAD OF FACULTY THE TRANSFORMATION IN YOUR WORK, ATTITUDE & APPROACH IS IMPRESSIVE. I AM FILLED WITH PRIDE FOR THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE APPROACHED THE ART COURSE OVER TWO YEARS. YOU HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO TEACH, KNOWING WHEN TO MAKE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD AND WHEN TO KNUCKLE DOWN. YOU HAVE CREATED AMAZING WORK AND IMPROVED BEYOND MEASURE. I HAVE LOVED OUR WORKSHOP DAYS AND WATCHING YOU GROW IN CONFIDENCE WITH NEW PROCESSES AND MEDIAS. OUR LONDON VISIT WAS JOYOUS. I WILL MISS YOUR HUMOUR, KINDNESS, COMPANY AND CREATIVE OPEN MINDS.
BECCI HILL ART TECHNICIAN
FRIDAY AFTERNOONS WITH YEAR 11 ART STUDENTS HAS BEEN THE VERY BEST PART OF MY WORKING WEEK. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO ASSIST YOU IN DEVELOPING BOTH YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS AND ARTISTIC SKILLS. THE REALISATION THAT YOU CAN ALL ‘DO’ ART HAS MOVED ME. THE CLASSES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO INTERESTING & DIVERSE AND THIS WAS, IN PART, BASED ON YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND PERSONALITIES. THE INTAGLIO WORKSHOPS WERE REALLY FANTASTIC AND THE LEVEL OF CLASS FOCUS AND MATURITY ENABLED YOU ALL TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENT OUTCOMES. FRIDAYS WILL NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU ALL.
FRANCESCA CANT PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHER
I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED TEACHING YOUR YEAR GROUP AND CLASS. I PARTICULARLY LOVED THE TRIPS TO GREAT YARMOUTH AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS. THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THESE TRIPS WERE OF SUCH A HIGH STANDARD. YOU MET THESE DAYS WITH ENTHUSIASM AND PROFESSIONALISM. I FELT SO PROUD OF YOU ALL. I CANNOT FORGET JACOB’S RENDITIONS OF GEORGE EZRA SONGS! I HAVE BEEN MOST INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OF LEWIS BALTZ THIS YEAR AND HIS REDUCTION OF ARCHITECHTURAL FORMS TO GEOMETRIC SHAPES. I CONTINUE TO DRAW, SCULPT AND PHOTOGRAPH IN MY OWN ART PRACTICE.
EVIE DURANT PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHER
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I BEGAN WORKING WITH YOU ALL WHEN YOU WERE IN YEAR 8! YOU ALL HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE PERSONALITIES AND I HAVE HAD FUN BOTH ASSISTING YOU AND THEN TEACHING YOU IN YEAR 11. I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO YOUR INTELLIGENT CONCEPTS AND ALSO SUPPORTING YOU WITH YOUR EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES. IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO TEACH YOU AT THE END OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND I KNOW THAT YOUR TALENT AND CREATIVITY WILL TAKE YOU FAR. WHILE 2020 DID NOT END AS WE HAD PLANNED, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THE FUTURE AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY!
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT: JOHN JAMES
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