Preparing for A-Block show next Wednesday

The excitement is mounting! Things are really hectic getting ready for our big show next week- sourcing lampshades, writing the programme, buying the prizes for the alTURNERtive prize, organising our fab judges - artist Laura Green and Deputy Director of Chisenhale Gallery Dierdre Kelly, building our confessional style boxes for our Art translator....amongst many many other things. As we get out the rollers and into our painting overalls, many students are mucking in transforming the OBIE theatre into an art show alongside the fantastic technical theatre team who've built our gallery.

Here's a selection of the work in progress:

More images can be found on our flickr account here


Year 13 student Jake Roberts is combining graphic, painting and assemblage techniques for his entry for the alTURNERtive prize

Grainne Mears-Bullen (above)Year 13 is exploring memory and perception visually using contemporary oil painting techniques.

Helena Dillon (above) is exploring themes of mortality exploring traditional techniques in oils on paper for the alTURNERtive prize

Luke Jonas, Year 13 is exploring contemporary culture and issues of race in his piece for the alTURNERtive prize.

Year BTEC First ART and Design students are working on their built environment installation inspired by the Psycho Buildings exhibition at the Hayward earlier this year.

Rebecca Pillans is exploring issues of the body and age for her Year 12 BTEC National Diploma outcome for the show.

Crockery is arriving and becoming part of a big cafe-tea room installation that the Year 13s have organised. The audience will be having tea and cakes and reading their graphic novels.

With most of the painting of white walls and plinths unexpectedly completed today, Monday and Tuesday as a team of staff and students start early and finish late hanging the show....and in between get baking cakes too.