The Art
& Photography Department have reason to be pleased as last year’s Y13
student, Miriam Trabold won the prestigious Ipswich
Art Society Award at the Anna Airy Award ceremony 2014. This is the third
year in a row Northgate have been lucky to win the accolade. The exhibition is
organized by the society and hosted at the UCS Waterfront Gallery overlooking
Neptune Quay. The long-established exhibition is renowned for showcasing the
talents of young artists aged 16-20 from all around the county. Indeed, all the
Northgate entries that were submitted were short-listed from a huge entry of
student work from the Ipswich area and beyond.
The Ipswich
Mayor (Cllr Bill Quinton) and the Mayoress were honorary guests and commented
on the high level of work on show and in particular the technical skill and
creativity displayed within our students’ work.
The Award,
set up in 1965 in memory of Anna Airy, had more significance this year as it
was the centenary year of the start of the Great War. To commemorate this there
was an exhibition of Anna Airy’s running parallel, drawing wider attention to
the artistic contribution of her work as an official war artist. This was a
rare opportunity to view works that are usually to be found in many national
collections including those of the British Museum, the V&A and the Imperial
War Museum.
Miriam
Trabold was awarded the prize for a large oil painting that she had been working
on throughout her A Level coursework. The subject was our very own Steve
Hawksley who was happy to sit and be photographed for the project. It proudly
exhibits Steve in his natural habitat, his workshop amongst his tools and
personal belongings and bares a real resemblance. Steve has been the subject of
more than one student’s work as pupils really appreciate the lengths he goes to
help realise some of their ambitious projects and for many years has been a
real asset to the department.
Congratulations
must also go to the other art students Andreaa Stanuta (Y12), Tallulah Smith
(Y11), Eye Suriyanon (Y13) and Charlotte Simpson (Y13), whose work was awarded
commendation certificates. All the work
looked stunning within the space and was admired by fellow students, family,
teachers and artists of all ages. The open exhibition was well-attended and the
work was on show to the public for a further two weeks.
