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CPRE Children's Art Exhibition
26 June 2004
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The Council for the Protection of Rural
England (Cookham and Bisham Branch) in conjunction with the
Stanley Spencer Gallery asked Cookham Schools if they would like to be
involved in an art exhibition.
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And which one did you do? (with thanks to David Pinnegar for the photo) |
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| The theme was Flowers and Landscapes to complement the Spencer Gallery Summer Exhibition which in turn was linked with the bi-centenary celebrations of the Royal Horticultural Society. It was also to celebrate British Landscape Week. | ||
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The schools involved were Cookham Rise,
Herries and Holy Trinity and the work was done by children aged just
3-11 years old. The standard was exceptional with a myriad of different
materials used.
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Robert Oliver's Study in Green |
There were particular flower themes based
on Spencer's paintings. A whole panel had been given over to poppies
which appeared to be a favourite with visitors. There was also on a
panel of sunflowers. In addition there was a fantastic selection of
other flowers to look at.
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A selection of flower exhibits |
People were so impressed with the quality
of the paintings that there was a discussion about taking some of them
and making notelets.
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A Particular Favourite for a Notelet |
There was a continuous stream of visitors
of all ages, many of whom had been walking down Cookham High Street and
just happened to see that the exhibition was on as they passed the
entrance to Ovey's Farm.
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A Stream of Visitors |
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Never too Young to Enjoy Art |
People had left their comments on Post-Its
by the entrance and everyone was extremely complimentary about the
enormous effort that had gone into the exhibition and also the pleasure
it had given to the visitors.
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Compliments Galore |
Timmy Mallett had also got involved and
had helped the children to use acrylics. Was it Timmy's idea or the
children's to have paintings of trains? They must be boys!!
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The Marlow Donkey |
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