Exciting Work from Lower School Students

Our Lower School Art room has had a recent injection of colour from Mrs Hornet's year 7 and 8 groups. Using a variety of skills and tecniques final pieces have been made from clay, cardboard, wood and mod-roc.

Year 7 students studied masks from around the world and this display shows a variety of work
made in lesson and for homework in an extened task.

This term Yr 8 students looked at Mythical Creatures as the theme and we chose to look at Gargoyles.

Students studied gargoyles from round around Europe and then had to design their own. Large drawings of these designs were completed in charcoal and chalk. Students then developed their Three dimensional clay construction skills and used their knowledge of Gargoyles to design their own characters using clay.

 

 

Environmental Photographer of the Year

"Now open for entries, the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year competition is an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography and film. Honouring amateurs and professionals of all ages, it provides an opportunity for photographers to share images of environmental and social issues with international audiences, and to enhance our understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change and social inequality."

The competition is free to enter and you may upload up to 10 digital images. 
The prize for under 18 year olds is £1000!
There is lots more information and previous enteries to explore on the site here.

Good luck!

Win Apple iPad for Travel Photos

A nice quick competition for any budding photographers.  Simply enter your three best photographs under the title "Travel", and you could be in with a chance to win your very own Apple iPad mini 16GB worth £299!! Second and third prizes are memory stations and flash drives.

It is free to enter and closes 28th Febuary.

For more information and uploading please click here.

Create a Picture Book Competition

Reading Zone have launced a new competition to create a picture book for World Book Day. The winner will receive 50 printed copies of the winnng book, £100 worth of books for your library, plus a free visit by an author or illustrator!

The competition is now open for ages 4-18 so all year groups at Northgate can submit, closing date is 25th April 2014. The winners will be announced in June. Author and illustrator Guy Parker-Rees (illustrator of Giraffes Can't Dance) will select the winning entries.
Your picture books can be done in groups or individually in any media with up to 24 pages in length. There is also Achievement Award which will be given for the most enthusiastic 'behind the scenes' activities that have gone into making the picture book entries, such as the whole school getting involved, groups working well together or entrants sharing their picture books with other children

For more information, tips and template, please visit the website here
Good luck!!

Sixth Form Photography at Ipswich Hospital

Before Christmas Ipswich hospital got in touch with us asking if we would like to exhibit some of our student's work. We happily took up this opportunity and pulled together a selection of inspiring and interesting images to fill one of their glass cabinets. Whilst installing the work, many passersby stopped and complimented the work on show. The feedback was so good that they asked us to fill the cabinet next to it. For this we decided to put some more photography up from current student, Jodie Mortimer, and ex-pupil Ben Warner. Both focused on digital manipulation which was a nice contrast from the more traditional work in the opposite cabinet. The cabinets are located by the main hospital canteen, so if you would like to see them in situ, ask for directions to that.

Exhibiting Success

Congratulations go to former Year13 Art and Photography student Henry Curtis-Williams for winning the prestigious Ipswich Art Society Award at the Anna Airy Award Exhibition 2013. The exhibition was 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 Open Exhibition was well-attended by family and friends, fellow students, teachers, artists and the mayor who was amazed at the high quality of work on show. The winning work was a series of digital photographs inspired by the work of Tim Walker.

Congratulations must also go to the other Art students whose work received a certificate of commendation. This included a textile installation by Juanita Richards, oil paintings by Bethany Woodhead and Emily Weston, drawings by Sophie Bale and an acrylic study of findings on a beach by Charlotte Simpson. The Saatchi Gallery online is also exhibiting some of our students who are mentioned above. To view their work please visit the site here.

If you are an A Level student doing Art or Photography and would like to be considered for entry to the Schools Art Prize then please get in touch with Mr Beattie ASAP. 

Amnesty International Youth Awards

Last years' runner up and winner for Secondary Schools.

Amnesty are about to launch this years Youth Awards to creatively engage with human rights. They have five categories in which you can enter: Reporter, songwriter, photographer, campaigner & fundraiser. The entry deadline is 17th February 2014. There will be National prizewinners in all categories with celebrity judges. For more information and to submit your entry head over to their website here.