Local school children make their mark on art

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Local school children make their mark on art

Shared Art Gallery Experiences, 1-19 May

[image right, School children at The Harley Gallery, courtesy of Mervyn Mitchell]

Visit the Harley Gallery, Worksop from 1 - 19 May and discover the gallery through local school children's eyes, with special exhibition 'Shared Art Gallery Experiences'.

Nottingham based photographer Mervyn Mitchell has been working with The Harley Gallery to take 7-11 year olds from four schools in north Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire on a journey to explore art at galleries near and far.

The children have visited The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, New Art Exchange, Hyson Green, Nottingham, and Nottingham Contemporary; galleries with very different artistic approaches and culturally diverse locations. They have worked with Mervyn to document their travels, taking digital photos and recording sound clips which have been used to make photofilms (still images with audio) and photographic mosaics.

The project gave 100 students the opportunity to visit art galleries, many of these children had not visited galleries before. Visit the Harley Gallery from 1- 19 May to see the children's exhibition of photographic mosaics and watch their photofilms. Listen to the children's wonderful insights into the experience as they describe their likes and dislikes at each gallery.

The Harley Gallery is on the Welbeck Estate, on the A60 between Mansfield and Worksop. The Gallery is free to enter and open every day, 10 - 5(4.30 Sunday).

The project is supported by Arts Council England.

Opportunity: Join the Harley Studios

NEWS UPDATE
Opportunity: Join the Harley Studios

A studio is now available to rent at The Harley Foundation Studios, and applications are welcomed from artists and makers.

The Harley Studios are a community of 24 workspaces, nestled into the countryside of the historic Welbeck Estate.

The available studio is one of our 'East Workshops' designed by John Outram, well suited to groups or those using large scale machinery. The Welbeck Estate is approximately an hour drive from Nottingham and Sheffield, conveniently situated close to both the M1 and A1.

Studio artists benefit from private surroundings within a thriving creative community, in an idyllic and unusual working environment.

The Harley Foundation was set up in 1977 by Ivy, Duchess of Portland, to 'encourage creativity in all of us' and in working towards this aim provides subsidised studio spaces and runs the Harley Gallery.

For further information, please visit our website or contact:

Lisa Gee
Director, The Harley Foundation and Gallery,
Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3LW
lgee@harleygallery.co.uk 01909 501 700 www.harleygallery.co.uk