George Shaw

George Shaw paints realistic landscapes of the council estate of his childhood. An exhibition of his work is currently featured at The Baltic. These are places that we all recognise and we can imagine the people and lives that take place on these streets. As one pupil said "He's painted Shameless...where's Frank Gallagher?" All our lives can be art.

New Banner !!

Check out our new banner that has been designed by a year 11 pupil called Jason. Thanks for your design and we are hoping to showcase some more designs as the year progresses.

Portraits

A common theme for artwork is portraits and one of our favourite artists is Vik Muniz, an artist from Brazil. Vik has produced large scale portraits of famous icons using unusual materials such as coffee beans,spaghetti and diamonds. Some of our young have in the past created their own portraits using Muniz as a reference.

Sohei Nishino

Sohei Nishino a Japanese photographer will launch an exhibition of diorama maps of famous cities such as Tokyo, Paris and London on the 24th February . They involve over 4,000 photographs selected from 10,000 taken in each city. These are similar to the photomontage pictures pioneered by David Hockney.

The Future is Unwritten

Enjoy the work you see here. The people who created it havn't often had the opportunity to express themselves and in doing so are taking a great leap; exploring the work of artists and their own imaginations. They're 21st century explorers; doing it themselves, doing it about things that matter to them. They're the new punks and like Joe said the future, for them, is unwritten.

Welcome

Hi,

This is the blog for Broom Cottages Creative Studios. We are a Pupil Referral Unit that is responsible for young people who are permanently excluded or are in danger of being excluded in County Durham, England. This is a blog to showcase some of our creative work we have undertaken as part of our creative curriculum.

Mr Woolford