Partnerships and Outreach

Coming back to the Crypt from 12-20 July is the exhibition, depARTment. This exhibition brings together the creative work of the Norwich School Art and Design staff. The pieces on display are a selection of outcomes that we undertake alongside our teaching, something we consider vital in supporting both our pupils and our own creative integrity. Within this exhibition you will encounter artwork which could be considered our main individual creative practice alongside more experimental approaches, work out of discipline and also work in progress. As a department we teach our pupils across a wide range of media and disciplines; the work on display echoes this approach. Opening times: 12 - 20 July Monday - Friday, 12:00 - 17:00 Saturday - 10:00 - 17:00 Closed Sundays. Free admission. Poster design - Liza Goian

In the penultimate weekend of school, we hosted our annual Charity Fashion Show in Blake for the first ever time (previously we have held this in The Open and The Space - bespoke studios). It proved to be a real success, with Sacha Burke (a returning leaver from 2016) joining us hot off London Fashion Week to make the event as professional as it possibly could be. Hosting it onsite not only enabled us to raise so much more for the chosen charity, Street Child, but also enabled our very busy pupils to be able to partake in the many other rehearsals/commitments they had on the same day! This event could not have been possible without the incredible support of the Charities Committee, notably Mia Scarborough who led on this event with such commitment and passion alongside Boo Harrad, our Chair for this year who also was so positive about the whole event throughout. Alongside them, many other committee members, plus those from the wider advisory group and pupils from the textiles departments also helped to get this show off the ground. This being the final event of the year for Charities Committee. Here are a few words from Mia: "It was amazing to see all our hard work from over the last month come together on Friday evening; the show itself was so much fun and I want to do it all over again. A big thanks to all the models, dancers, comperes, designers and to those who bought tickets. We really appreciate all the support we received from staff at school too. We couldn’t have done it without you all!" And from Anna Lloyd who works for Street Child: "On behalf of everyone at Street Child, we would like to extend an enormous thank you to yourself, the charity committee and everyone involved in Friday’s fashion show for Street Child. It was a truly inspiring, impressive and fun event – and clearly a lot of hard work and talent had gone into making it so! From the incredible dance performances to the hospitality, production, raffle, and runway choreography, the whole event ran seamlessly. We hope that the committee are incredibly proud of their efforts, with the knowledge that all funds raised will go towards making a real and tangible impact in the lives of their peers around the world."