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Art News

Artists Tackle the Diversity of Art

2nd December 20162nd December 2016 | Art

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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Artists Visit Chichester Sculpture Park

28th September 201223rd February 2017 | Academic

On Tuesday 25 September UVth artists, as part of their research work for their current art project “the Environment”, visited…
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Big Draw Workshops

18th October 201223rd February 2017 | Academic

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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Top Art Exam Result

19th November 201223rd February 2017 | Academic

Henry Taylor (Loveday, 2012) has received recognition from Cambridge International Examinations to acknowledge his outstanding performance, achieving D1 in Fine…
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Sixth Form Artists Visit Tate Galleries

28th November 201223rd February 2017 | Academic

Sixth Form artists had a lively visit to Tate Modern and Tate Britain, using the Tate Boat service between the…
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Art Trips to London

8th February 20138th February 2013 | Art

On their return from their Mock exams UVth artists were given their exam project starting point – ‘Force’. So on…
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LVIth Artists Hit the Streets

14th February 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

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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Rhodes Centre Art and Design Exhibitions

7th June 201323rd February 2017 | Art

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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Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition Shortlisting for William Stocks

17th June 201317th June 2013 | Academic

Many congratulation to William Stocks having his animated art work ‘The Journey‘ on display in the shortlisted category of the…
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Student Sculpture Adorns School Lawn

22nd June 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

L5th student Charlie Johnson, studying for her Art GCSE, stands next to her magnificent oak horse, created this year and…
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U5th Artists Brave the Rain

18th September 201323rd February 2017 | Art

Upper Fifth artists enjoyed a day viewing art at two venues. The groups were split in two with one group…
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Lower Sixth Artists Enjoy a Day in London

14th October 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

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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Big Draw for Artists

15th October 201315th October 2013 | Academic

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 Fifth Artists Go Natural!

18th January 201423rd February 2017 | Academic

First hand research for the new Lower fifth art project theme of ‘ Natural Forms’ was the purpose of a…
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Cranleigh Matters Explores the Art Department

20th January 201423rd February 2017 | Art

The Michaelmas Term 2013 edition of Cranleigh Matters ventured into the Art Department to take a closer look at what…
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L6th Mid-Year Art Exhibition

14th February 201423rd February 2017 | Art

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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Exploring The London Galleries

14th February 201423rd February 2017 | Art

The art department has led three recent trips to London Galleries.  The upper fifth visited Tate Britain to gain inspiration…
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Exploring Art History

18th March 201423rd February 2017 | Art

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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Art and Design Students In The Limelight

23rd May 201423rd February 2017 | Art

The private view of the Art and Design exhibitions took place on Thursday evening. The studios were buzzing as the…
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Art Work Shortlisted for Royal Academy Online Exhibition

13th June 201423rd February 2017 | Art

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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Artists Explore Drawing

21st September 201423rd February 2017 | Art

‘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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Upper Vth Artists Draw As They Walk

3rd October 201423rd February 2017 | Art

The afternoon sunshine made the Upper Fifth trip to Tate Modern as pleasurable as it could have been, helped by…
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Purvis Society: The Secrets of ‘Guernica’

4th October 201423rd February 2017 | Art

 A large audience of Cranleighans trooped into the ALT on Thursday evening, not at all sure what to expect. Many…
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Big Draw for LVth Artists

9th October 201423rd February 2017 | Art

The lower fifth artists spent the afternoon of Wednesday 8 October developing work with a particular focus on drawing. The…
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Museum and Gallery Tour to Paris 2014

1st November 201423rd February 2017 | Art

Four intense days of art and culture from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October for 17 Sixth form artists along…
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U6th Artists see Turner and Kiefer

21st November 201423rd February 2017 | Art

On Tuesday November 18th, the Upper Sixth artists went on a gallery trip to London to visit the Late Turner…
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Artists Seek Inspiration

30th January 201523rd February 2017 | Art

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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Art Exhibition Opens Its Doors

6th February 201523rd February 2017 | Art

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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LVth Artists on a Headhunt

13th February 201523rd February 2017 | Art

The LVth Artists travelled to London on Tuesday to investigate artists work under their new theme of ‘Heads and Hands’.…
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Tate Modern and Saatchi

9th March 201523rd February 2017 | Art

Lower Sixth artists had a challenging day confronting contemporary artwork at Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery. The main show…
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Art History Abroad

16th March 201523rd February 2017 | Art

A soporific Friday afternoon towards the end of a tiring tem may seems like the very worst time to spend…
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Art and Design Exhibitions

1st June 201523rd February 2017 | Art

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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Artists and Classicists Join Forces

18th September 201523rd February 2017 | Art

Lower Sixth Artists and Classical Civilisation students joined forces for an exciting History of Art Workshop earlier this week. Alexandra…
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A Study of ‘Places and Spaces’

2nd October 201523rd February 2017 | Academic

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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Madrid Galleries and Museums Tour

2nd November 201523rd February 2017 | Art

“I have had the best time in Madrid – going to another country and exploring their galleries and art instead…
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We will remember them…

9th November 201523rd February 2017 | Art

Poppies adorning the Quad this week to mark the 200 Old Cranleighans who lost their lives in WW1; more will…
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Artists Explore

28th January 201623rd February 2017 | Art

The extraordinary, diverse and wonderful artefacts of the British Museum made it a natural destination for our GCSE Artist to…
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20th Century Masterpieces

29th February 201623rd February 2017 | Art

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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Outstanding Art Exhibition

8th June 20168th June 2016 | Art

The recent private view of artwork by Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth students impressed all who came. A smaller than…
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Artists Inspired

23rd September 201623rd September 2016 | Art

Upper Fifth (Year 11) artists travelled to Bankside and Tate Modern this week as part of their themed work on…
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Artists Enjoy Big Draw Workshop

10th October 201610th October 2016 | Uncategorised

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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Art and Design tour to the Galleries and Museums of Berlin

3rd November 20163rd November 2016 | Academic

Perhaps in the Berggruen collection we started with too many greats! For here was Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Giacometti in plenty,…
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Art and The Bigger Picture

17th January 201717th January 2017 | Art

Lavinia Harrington, Art Historian from ‘The Bigger Picture’, inspired our Lower Sixth artists and Classicists in a lively workshop this…
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Exploring Art

26th January 201726th January 2017 | Art

Upper Fifth artists visited the British Museum this week to research their GCSE exam theme ‘ Beginning and/or end’. The…
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Sky Arts Competition Success

26th January 201726th January 2017 | Art

Very many congratulations to Harry Wills ( North UVIth), who was selected to compete in a heat of  the 2017…
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London Galleries

2nd February 201723rd February 2017 | Art

Lower Fifth artists took the whole of Tuesday out this week to visit the National Portrait and Courtauld Institute Galleries…
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Woodyer Art Studios Opened

16th February 201728th April 2017 | Art

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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Between Figure and Abstraction

16th March 201716th March 2017 | Art

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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Opening of A Level and GCSE Art Exhibitions

1st June 20171st June 2017 | Art

The Woodyer Art Studios have never looked better as 5 studios were used to display work from our 58 GCSE…
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Royal Academy Online Exhibition Selection

12th June 201716th June 2017 | Art

Congratulations to Caroline Zoet whose photograph “The Physical Connection Between Backs and Mountains“ has been selected for exhibition in the…
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Prep School Art Workshop

26th September 201728th September 2017 | Art

Young artists from Aldro and Edgeborough Schools attended the first of an afternoon of workshops in the Art department last…
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Exploring British Art

29th September 20172nd October 2017 | Art

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 Workshops

13th October 201713th October 2017 | Art

The Woodyer Art Studios hosted another successful Prep School Art Workshop this week. Pupils from Highfield School and Danes Hill…
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Big Draw Workshop 2017

18th October 201718th October 2017 | Art

The Big Draw is a national initiative held every October to encourage everyone to make art and get drawing. For…
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Artists in Amsterdam

31st October 201731st October 2017 | Art

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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Five – Art Department Staff Exhibition

5th December 20175th December 2017 | Art

Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, collages, and a dress are being exhibited in the Emms Centre auditorium this week. Five members…
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Lower Fifth Artists Inspired by Tate Modern

8th February 20188th February 2018 | Art

On Tuesday this week, 45 Lower Fifth artists travelled with their teachers to Tate Modern to view the collection displays.…
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Lower Sixth Mid-Year Exhibition

14th March 201814th March 2018 | Art

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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Classic and Contemporary on Lower Sixth Gallery trip

22nd March 201822nd March 2018 | Art

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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A Level and GCSE Art Exhibition Private View 2018

1st June 20181st June 2018 | Academic

The 2018 exhibitions of A Level and GCSE artwork opened on Thursday 24th May with a busy private view as…
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Upper Fifth Artists Journey to Tate Britain

28th September 201828th September 2018 | Art

This week the Upper Fifth artists visited Tate Britain to spend time looking at artwork first hand. Sketching and note…
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Prep Schools Art Workshops

4th October 201812th October 2018 | Art

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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Lower Fifth Art Workshop

9th October 201812th October 2018 | Art

Lower Fifth artists recently enjoyed an afternoon of sustained practical work in the Woodyer Studios, working in all four of…
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Researching Contemporary Artists

7th November 20187th November 2018 | Academic

Last week, Upper Sixth Form artists travelled to two London galleries in order to research and be inspired by seeing…
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New Project Research Trip: Upper Fifth at the V&A

29th January 20197th February 2019 | Academic

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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Lower Sixth Artists Projection Workshop

13th February 201913th February 2019 | Academic

On Tuesday 5th February, artist Rebecca Loweth led a workshop for our Lower Sixth artists all about projection. Using imagery…
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Lower Fifth artists visit Tate Modern

15th February 201915th February 2019 | Academic

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 Form Mid Year Exhibition 2019

18th March 201918th March 2019 | Academic

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 Sixth View Maverick Artists

27th March 201927th March 2019 | Academic

Last week, Lower Sixth artists travelled to Tate Modern to view exhibitions by Franz West and Dorothea Tanning. The visit…
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5 Students have won places at Art School in 2019

Art School Places won by A level Artists

20th May 201922nd May 2019 | Academic

We are delighted that five Upper Sixth Form artists are off to art school next year, and feel this reflects…
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Exhibition Opening

3rd June 201931st May 2019 | Art

Our annual A Level and GCSE Art exhibition opening was held just before half term with 17 Upper Sixth and…
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Upper Fifth Artists Visit to Chichester Galleries

25th September 201930th September 2019 | Academic

On Tuesday 24th September, Upper Fifth artists travelled to Chichester to view artwork in two contrasting venues. Pallant House Gallery…
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Print and Sculpture Workshops for visiting Year 6 Artists

7th October 20197th October 2019 | Art

This Autumn we have enjoyed two afternoons of workshops for Year 6 pupils and we were delighted to welcome Highfield…
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Art Workshop Afternoon

18th October 201918th October 2019 | Academic

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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Sixth Form Art Tour to Paris

4th November 20196th November 2019 | Art

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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Lower Sixth Trip to Tate Modern

26th November 201912th December 2019 | Academic

Lower Sixth Students enjoyed an inspirational array of contemporary and modern art on a recent visit to Tate Modern. Arriving…
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GCSE Artists Visit London Museums

10th February 202010th February 2020 | Art

Year 11 artists travelled to the British Museum to begin investigating their GCSE exam project theme of ‘Event’. The museum…
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Bright Young Things: National Portrait Gallery Competition Success

25th June 202024th June 2020 | Academic

Congratulations to Sophie Roome, who has won second prize in the schools category of the Bright Young Things Photography Competition…
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Lower Sixth - The Merz

The Merz

17th December 202017th December 2020 | Art

Please enjoy this time-lapse film of The Merz, our Lower Sixth artists’ three-dimensional response to the theme of ‘Montage’. Students…
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Nabil Nahar Memorial Art Piece

18th January 202118th January 2021 | Academic

Old Cranleighan Artist, Kimi Zoet, has been chosen as the recipient of the Nabil Nahar commission to produce a memorial…
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