Paris is close and easy to get to; it’s the most visited city in Europe and one of the most…
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Sixth Form Art Tour to Paris
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Art Workshop Afternoon
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Last week, Lower Fifth artists enjoyed an afternoon of sustained art-making as part of their year 10 GCSE course. Working…
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Print and Sculpture Workshops for visiting Year 6 Artists
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This Autumn we have enjoyed two afternoons of workshops for Year 6 pupils and we were delighted to welcome Highfield…
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Upper Fifth Artists Visit to Chichester Galleries
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On Tuesday 24th September, Upper Fifth artists travelled to Chichester to view artwork in two contrasting venues. Pallant House Gallery…
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Exhibition Opening
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Our annual A Level and GCSE Art exhibition opening was held just before half term with 17 Upper Sixth and…
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Art School Places won by A level Artists
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We are delighted that five Upper Sixth Form artists are off to art school next year, and feel this reflects…
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Lower Sixth View Maverick Artists
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Last week, Lower Sixth artists travelled to Tate Modern to view exhibitions by Franz West and Dorothea Tanning. The visit…
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Lower Sixth Form Mid Year Exhibition 2019
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The 2019 Lower Sixth Form mid-year exhibition opened this week with work from the first six months of the A…
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Lower Fifth artists visit Tate Modern
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Lower Fifth artists had a fantastic time on a trip to Tate Modern this week. The curation of Tate Modern’s…
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Lower Sixth Artists Projection Workshop
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On Tuesday 5th February, artist Rebecca Loweth led a workshop for our Lower Sixth artists all about projection. Using imagery…
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New Project Research Trip: Upper Fifth at the V&A
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For an exam art project, it’s always good to look widely for inspiration and the Victoria and Albert Museum, where…
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Researching Contemporary Artists
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Last week, Upper Sixth Form artists travelled to two London galleries in order to research and be inspired by seeing…
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Lower Fifth Art Workshop
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Lower Fifth artists recently enjoyed an afternoon of sustained practical work in the Woodyer Studios, working in all four of…
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Prep Schools Art Workshops
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The art department was delighted to welcome an enthusiastic and skilful group of Year 6 pupils from both Pennthorpe School and…
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Upper Fifth Artists Journey to Tate Britain
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This week the Upper Fifth artists visited Tate Britain to spend time looking at artwork first hand. Sketching and note…
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A Level and GCSE Art Exhibition Private View 2018
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The 2018 exhibitions of A Level and GCSE artwork opened on Thursday 24th May with a busy private view as…
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Classic and Contemporary on Lower Sixth Gallery trip
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During the last week of term, Lower Sixth artists had a fantastic day in London visiting Tate Britain’s All Too…
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Lower Sixth Mid-Year Exhibition
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Parents, staff and fellow pupils all enjoyed the opening viewing of the Lower Sixth mid-year exhibition in the Woodyer Studios…
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Lower Fifth Artists Inspired by Tate Modern
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On Tuesday this week, 45 Lower Fifth artists travelled with their teachers to Tate Modern to view the collection displays.…
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Five – Art Department Staff Exhibition
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Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, collages, and a dress are being exhibited in the Emms Centre auditorium this week. Five members…
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Artists in Amsterdam
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For this year’s Gallery Tour, our lucky Sixth Form got to experience the wonders of Amsterdam and The Hague. We…
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Big Draw Workshop 2017
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The Big Draw is a national initiative held every October to encourage everyone to make art and get drawing. For…
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Prep School Art Workshops
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The Woodyer Art Studios hosted another successful Prep School Art Workshop this week. Pupils from Highfield School and Danes Hill…
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Exploring British Art
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Upper Fifth artists travelled to Tate Britain on Tuesday to explore the British Art Collection, looking in depth at works…
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Prep School Art Workshop
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Young artists from Aldro and Edgeborough Schools attended the first of an afternoon of workshops in the Art department last…
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Royal Academy Online Exhibition Selection
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Congratulations to Caroline Zoet whose photograph “The Physical Connection Between Backs and Mountains“ has been selected for exhibition in the…
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Opening of A Level and GCSE Art Exhibitions
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The Woodyer Art Studios have never looked better as 5 studios were used to display work from our 58 GCSE…
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Between Figure and Abstraction
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Lower Sixth artists travelled to see two current exhibitions in London last week: David Hockney’s retrospective, at Tate Britain, and…
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Woodyer Art Studios Opened
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Cranleigh’s new Woodyer Art Studios, named after Henry Woodyer, the School’s original architect, were opened by award-winning Architect and Old Cranleighan…
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London Galleries
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Lower Fifth artists took the whole of Tuesday out this week to visit the National Portrait and Courtauld Institute Galleries…
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Sky Arts Competition Success
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Very many congratulations to Harry Wills ( North UVIth), who was selected to compete in a heat of the 2017…
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Exploring Art
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Upper Fifth artists visited the British Museum this week to research their GCSE exam theme ‘ Beginning and/or end’. The…
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Art and The Bigger Picture
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Lavinia Harrington, Art Historian from ‘The Bigger Picture’, inspired our Lower Sixth artists and Classicists in a lively workshop this…
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Artists Tackle the Diversity of Art
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Upper Sixth artists had a busy day in London this week visiting four varied and, at times, difficult exhibitions. First visit…
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Art and Design tour to the Galleries and Museums of Berlin
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Perhaps in the Berggruen collection we started with too many greats! For here was Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Giacometti in plenty,…
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Artists Enjoy Big Draw Workshop
Last Wednesday the Lower Fifth (Year 10) artists worked at a variety of activities as part of our involvement in the…
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Artists Inspired
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Upper Fifth (Year 11) artists travelled to Bankside and Tate Modern this week as part of their themed work on…
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Outstanding Art Exhibition
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The recent private view of artwork by Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth students impressed all who came. A smaller than…
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20th Century Masterpieces
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The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome back Professor Anthony Slinn last Friday to deliver another of his thought-provoking and…
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Artists Explore
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The extraordinary, diverse and wonderful artefacts of the British Museum made it a natural destination for our GCSE Artist to…
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We will remember them…
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Poppies adorning the Quad this week to mark the 200 Old Cranleighans who lost their lives in WW1; more will…
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Madrid Galleries and Museums Tour
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“I have had the best time in Madrid – going to another country and exploring their galleries and art instead…
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A Study of ‘Places and Spaces’
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The British Sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s exploration of interior spaces was the main attraction for the Lower Fifth’s recent trip to…
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Artists and Classicists Join Forces
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Lower Sixth Artists and Classical Civilisation students joined forces for an exciting History of Art Workshop earlier this week. Alexandra…
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Art and Design Exhibitions
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The opening of this year’s Art and Design Exhibitions were as busy as ever as staff, friends and families of UVIth, LVIth and UVth…
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Art History Abroad
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A soporific Friday afternoon towards the end of a tiring tem may seems like the very worst time to spend…
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Tate Modern and Saatchi
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Lower Sixth artists had a challenging day confronting contemporary artwork at Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery. The main show…
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LVth Artists on a Headhunt
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The LVth Artists travelled to London on Tuesday to investigate artists work under their new theme of ‘Heads and Hands’.…
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Art Exhibition Opens Its Doors
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Our mid-year exhibition of work by Lower Sixth artists opened on Friday 30 January. The evening was well attended by…
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Artists Seek Inspiration
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Monday saw the UVth artists spend an enjoyable few hours drawing and taking photographs amongst the treasures of the British Museum,…
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U6th Artists see Turner and Kiefer
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On Tuesday November 18th, the Upper Sixth artists went on a gallery trip to London to visit the Late Turner…
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Museum and Gallery Tour to Paris 2014
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Four intense days of art and culture from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October for 17 Sixth form artists along…
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Big Draw for LVth Artists
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The lower fifth artists spent the afternoon of Wednesday 8 October developing work with a particular focus on drawing. The…
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Purvis Society: The Secrets of ‘Guernica’
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A large audience of Cranleighans trooped into the ALT on Thursday evening, not at all sure what to expect. Many…
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Upper Vth Artists Draw As They Walk
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The afternoon sunshine made the Upper Fifth trip to Tate Modern as pleasurable as it could have been, helped by…
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Artists Explore Drawing
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‘Narrative’ is this year’s starting theme for our Lower Sixth artists and to support their studies a trip to the…
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Art Work Shortlisted for Royal Academy Online Exhibition
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Congratulations to Ellen Farrington (LVIth South) for having her painting ‘Strangers’ short-listed for the Royal Academy A Level online exhibition 2014.…
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Art and Design Students In The Limelight
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The private view of the Art and Design exhibitions took place on Thursday evening. The studios were buzzing as the…
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Exploring Art History
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It’s a Friday afternoon and our Lower Sixth artists are confronted by the bubbling enthusiasm of Alexandra Fielding, from ‘Art…
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Exploring The London Galleries
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The art department has led three recent trips to London Galleries. The upper fifth visited Tate Britain to gain inspiration…
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L6th Mid-Year Art Exhibition
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A small private view was held on Monday February 3rd for a two-week exhibition of work by Lower Sixth artists. …
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Cranleigh Matters Explores the Art Department
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The Michaelmas Term 2013 edition of Cranleigh Matters ventured into the Art Department to take a closer look at what…
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Lower Fifth Artists Go Natural!
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First hand research for the new Lower fifth art project theme of ‘ Natural Forms’ was the purpose of a…
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Big Draw for Artists
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Wednesday 9 October 2013 Lower Fifth artists joined the Big Draw month with a series of workshops through the afternoon.…
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Lower Sixth Artists Enjoy a Day in London
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Lower Sixth artists enjoyed a whole day in London viewing art. The first stop was to see the extraordinary varied exhibits of…
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U5th Artists Brave the Rain
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Upper Fifth artists enjoyed a day viewing art at two venues. The groups were split in two with one group…
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Student Sculpture Adorns School Lawn
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L5th student Charlie Johnson, studying for her Art GCSE, stands next to her magnificent oak horse, created this year and…
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Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition Shortlisting for William Stocks
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Many congratulation to William Stocks having his animated art work ‘The Journey‘ on display in the shortlisted category of the…
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Rhodes Centre Art and Design Exhibitions
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The Thursday before Long Leave saw staff, parents, family and friends enjoy an evening viewing of GCSE and UVIth Pre-U art and GCSE,…
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LVIth Artists Hit the Streets
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Texts from the book ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italo Calvino have been the starting point for this year’s work with LVIth…
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Art Trips to London
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On their return from their Mock exams UVth artists were given their exam project starting point – ‘Force’. So on…
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Sixth Form Artists Visit Tate Galleries
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Sixth Form artists had a lively visit to Tate Modern and Tate Britain, using the Tate Boat service between the…
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Top Art Exam Result
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Henry Taylor (Loveday, 2012) has received recognition from Cambridge International Examinations to acknowledge his outstanding performance, achieving D1 in Fine…
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Big Draw Workshops
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On Wednesday, L5th artists enjoyed an afternoon of artistic endeavour focused on drawing as Cranleigh’s contribution to the National Big…
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Artists Visit Chichester Sculpture Park
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On Tuesday 25 September UVth artists, as part of their research work for their current art project “the Environment”, visited…
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