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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
The NorthWall Gallery
By Adam Hahn, Head of Art
Most artists would love to exhibit their
work in a public space; few get the chance.
The North Wall allows our pupils a fantastic
opportunity to do just that. Acting as a shop
window for the talents of our art and design
pupils, the Gallery is a wonderful place in
which to show off their work to the wider
community. Twice a year, visitors are able
to see the best work from Shells, GCSE,
A Level and IB pupils in the mixed years’
exhibition. In the IB-curated exhibition
and Leavers’ Show, they can take in the
top level of artwork created in School.
The teachers in the Art Department are
all exhibiting artists who have also been
delighted to show their work at The
North Wall.
In the last ten years, over 2,000 pupils
have shown their work in the Gallery. OSE
George Lloyd-Jones, Nettle Grellier, Billy
Lloyd and Arabella MacRitchie had their
first shows at The North Wall, so who
knows how many future artists’ careers
will be launched in coming years?
Boonrig, the mobile gallery-cum-home owned by OSE artists George Lloyd-Jones and Nettle Grellier.
Adam Hahn
Pupils also occasionally exhibit work at the Aidan Meller Gallery in central Oxford. Pictured at the most
recent show in January are, left to right, Aidan Meller; Georgia Heath (
Repton, Dubai
), winner of the Aidan
Meller prize; and Cicely Vane (
Mowden Hall
) and James Cox (
Prior Park
), runners up.
The All Years Mixed Show is in The North
Wall Gallery from 14th – 25th March.
Watch
a film about the
Art Department at
Teddies by former
pupil, Celia Hodgson,
onTeddiesTV
www.stedwards
oxford.org