Lee Miller at Farley Farm Exhibition

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An exciting joint venture between Northgate High School and University Campus Suffolk, we are pleased to be hosting an exhibition of prints by renowned British female photographer Lee Miller. The exhibition is already on display in the foyer of the UCS Waterfront Building where it will remain until 25th March. We hope that during this time many people will be able to take advantage of it.
We are also very excited to be able to offer a small number of seats at a free lecture and slide presentation being given by Lee Miller's grand-daughter, Ami Bouhassane. It is sure to produce a really interesting insight into the life and work of the photographer.

The event will take place in the Main Lecture Theatre in the Waterfront Building, UCS from 4:30pm to 5:30pm on Tuesday 16th March; the lecture will be immediately followed by a private view of the work on display until 7pm.

As places at the talk are limited they will be offered on a first come, first served basis, with RSVP’s by Friday 12th March, please. If you are not fortunate enough to secure a place at the lecture you are still most welcome to the private view of works. Please let Mrs Shouksmith know numbers intending to come to the private view.

We hope to see you there.

Young Artist of the Year prize for Francesca Markot

Congratulations are in line for art student Francesca Markot, who came an outstanding second in a national competition to find 'Young Artist of the Year' for the Clothes Show Live 2009.

Francesca submitted a poster design, celebrating the significance and history of The Clothes Show with the hope of promoting the event amongst schools in 2010. She was one of ten finalists shortlisted out of 1500 entries, invited to attend the award ceremony at the NEC in Birmingham. All winning entrants were directed to walk along the catwalk, parading their design printed on A1 sheets in front of a panel consisting mainly of professional advertisers, who judged work on its marketing potential.

The Art Department and School would like to commend Frankie on her notable achievement.

Art galleries on school website

Three new Art galleries have now been created on the school website, celebrating the work of Northgate art students across the age range. Split into three key stages, they showcase a range of 2D and 3D outcomes, including painting, printing, sculpture, textiles and lens-based responses. Follow these links to view: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, and A Level.

These will be updated reguarly so keep a watchful eye out for your work.

Mr Beattie.

Art residency inspires others

It was great to hear that Jevan's work has inspired an art project at another school, Gisleham Middle, following the presentation at the Head of Art Teachers' Conference in December.
Paul Cope, art teacher at GMS has written about the project he initiated with his pupils. You can read the blog, and view the work at http://paulcope.wordpress.com/.

Artist in Residence

We are very pleased to have our Artist in Residence, Jevan Watkins Jones, with us for a second year. Working across the curriculum between art and science, Jevan has initiated three fantastic projects, and has lead the life drawing classes with the Sixth Form.

The Anatomy of a Playground, an ambitious 3 metre by 5 metre glazed tile mural by Year 7, can be seen in the Lower School. [Photograph by Douglas Atfield.]

The Photogram and Cell Site Year 10 projects are soon to be installed so keep your eye out for those!

National Prizes Awarded for Photography

Lolita Cameron, National winner, 17-18 years category.











Behki Thomas, Joint Regional Runner Up, 17-18 yrs.





Charlotte Anstey, Joint Regional Runner Up, 17-18 yrs.













Jane Power, National Runner Up, 15-16 years category.




Charlotte Segger, Regional Joint Runner Up, 15-16 years category.


















Rebecca Van Slyke, Joint Regional Runner Up, 15-16yrs category.



Winners' photos will be exhibited in the Oxo gallery on the South Bank in London for four weeks over Christmas. A great achievement by all, well done.

Year 12 Amsterdam Trip

A good week was had by all and included activities such as beach art and a sketchbook competition, along with visits to the Stedelijk Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, Foam Photographers Gallery, Boijmans Van Beuningen, and the Kroller-Muller Museum.

Photos from the trip are displayed outside T49, do take a look!

Next year's trip is set for Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th July 2010 and the itinerary details will be available in due course.