Memorial - Aviva Hurn
Solo Exhibition The Cab Gallery Creative Arts Block, Coopers School Opens 6th February 2018 Private view 6th February 2018 6:00pm - 7:30pm You are all cordially invited to attend our Holocaust Memorial Commemoration Event on Tuesday 6th February at 6pm in the Creative Arts Block. We are fortunate to exhibit art work by Aviva Hurn, the daughter of a Holocaust Survivor, kindly loaned to us by June Hurn. Plus guest speakers: Anita Peleg (Dauter of Holocaust surviver Niomi Blake) and Joanna Friel (The Chiselhurst Society). Holocaust Memorial Day is commemorated each year on 27 January. This is a day where we remember the 6 Million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust, along with others that suffered in Nazi occupied Europe. We also commemorate those who have been murdered in subsequent genocides in the 20th Century, along with the genocide that is still happening today. |
Arena Four - Requiem
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 29th June 2017 - 25th September 2017 Private View 29th June 5pm - 8pm Open Wednesday - Friday 10am - 4pm You are cordially invited to Arena Four - Requiem, our fourth annual group exhibition featuring a selection of Fine Art & Textiles work by Year 13 students. Please join us in celebrating our students' incredible achievements this year. Complementary refreshments and entertainment will be available. Poster designed by Joseph Ashenden (Yr 13 FA) |
Printworks #1
Group Exhibition Lobby Space, Coopers School Opens 26th September 2017 It gives me great pleasure to announce our first group exhibition in the Lobby Space at Coopers featuring selected prints and flat work from Yr 10, 11, 12 and 13 Fine Art students. The exhibition was curated by Abigail Walker and Edward Pond (Yr 13 FA & TX) and featured artwork by Edward Pond (Yr 11 FA), Laura Smith (Yr 11 FA), Abigail Walker (Yr 11 FA), Ronnie Newman (Yr 10 BTEC), Rob Tracy (Yr 12 FA), Louis Holdsgrove (Yr 12 FA), Sydney Fowler (Yr 12 TX) and many more. |
Group #2 (On Landscape)
Group Exhibition The Cab Gallery Creative Arts Block, Coopers School Opens 26th September 2017 It gives me great pleasure to announce our second group exhibition in our new gallery in our brand new Creative Arts Block. A cross discipline exhibition featuring selected works from Fine Art, Textiles & Photography students responding to the theme Landscape. The exhibition was curated by Ashlea Hutchinson (Yr 12 FA). |
Arena Three - Swarm
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 05 July 2016 - 25th September 2016 Private View 05 July 2016 5pm - 8pm Open Wednesday - Friday 10am - 4pm You are cordially invited to Arena Three - Swarm, our third annual group exhibition featuring a selection of Fine Art & Textiles work by Year 13 students. Please join us in celebrating our students incredible achievements this year. Complementary refreshments and entertainment will be available. Poster designed by Elliot Jeffries (Yr 13 FA) |
Group #1
Group Exhibition The Cab Gallery Creative Arts Block, Coopers School Opens 26th September 2015 It gives me great pleasure to announce our first group exhibition in our new gallery in our brand new Creative Arts Block. A cross discipline exhibition featuring selected works from Fine Art, Textiles & Photography students that include Edward Pond (Yr 11 FA), Laura Smith (Yr 11 FA), Abigail Walker (Yr 11 FA), Hannah Brown (Yr 11 FA), Ronnie Newman (Yr 10 BTEC), Rob Tracy (Yr 12 FA), Louis Holdsgrove (Yr 12 FA), Harry Edmonds (Yr 12 PT & TX), Hollie Moore (Yr 12 FA), Sydney Fowler (Yr 12 TX), Georgia Ablett (Yr 12 TX), Tayjvon Dhana (Yr 11 FA), Sameen Khan (Yr 11 FA). The exhibition was curated by Abigail Walker (Yr 12 FA & TX). |
Arena Two
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 26th June - 26th September 2015 Private View 26th June 5pm - 8pm Open Wednesday - Friday 10am - 4pm You are cordially invited to Arena Two, our second annual group exhibition featuring a selection of Fine Art, Textiles and Photography work by Years 11, 12 and 13. Please join us in celebrating our students' incredible achievements this year. Complementary refreshments and entertainment will be available. Poster designed by Louis Holdsgrove (Yr 13 FA) |
The Coop - Open Studios #2
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 17th-28th November 2014 8:30-4:30pm The Coop Gallery presents its second official Open Studios displaying works in progress by Year 12 and 13 Fine Art and Textiles students. Staff and students have open access to the Coop studio, with the opportunity to talk to the artists and get involved in the making of their work. Poster designed by Louis Holdsgrove (Yr 12 FA) |
Arena One: The Body Electric Closing Event & Open Studio
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 27th September 2014 8:00-1:00pm As a part of this year's Big Draw and coinciding with Coopers Open Day, The Coop Gallery staged an Open Studio featuring student led workshops and a participatory video installation led by Year 13 artist, Crystal Matarira. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the workshops and video piece and look forward to screening the work in the near future. Thank you again to all the artists featured in the Arena One: The Body Electric exhibition. It was a huge success, attracting lots of attention and praise from inside and outside Coopers. |
Arena One: The Body Electric Exhibition
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 27th June - 26th September 2014 Private View 26th June 5pm - 8pm Open Wednesday - Friday 10am - 4pm You are cordially invited to Arena One: The Body Electric featuring a selection of Fine Art and Photography work by Years 11, 12 and 13. This first end-of-year exhibition also marks the launch of The Coop, our new multi-disciplinary art gallery and studio. Poster designed by Oliver Onley (Yr 13 FA) |
Abbie Mills: When Serra Met Sara # 1-6 2014
Solo Show - Lobby Space, Coopers School Private View 26th June 5pm - 8pm Open Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm “For my Landscape brief I wanted to work sculpturally with natural materials but avoid making anything that could be referred to as natural form. In homage to the works of Richard Serra and Sara Barker, I produced a series of assemblages that echo both the natural and manufactured world and sit uncomfortably somewhere between the aesthetic of folk and corporate art.” Abbie Mills - Year 13 Fine Art |
Arena One: The Body Electric Preview
Group Exhibition The Coop Gallery, Coopers School 2nd April - 8th May 2014 Private View 2nd April 4 - 6pm Open Wednesday - Friday 10am - 4pm You are cordially invited to Arena One: The Body Electric - Preview to celebrate the launch of The Coop, our new multi-disciplinary art gallery and studio featuring a selection of Fine Art and Photography work by Years 12 and 13. Poster designed by Oliver Onley (Yr 13 FA) |
Mina Fouladi: In Fragments 2014
Solo Show, Corridor Space, Coopers School Spring Term 2014 Open Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm Mina Fouladi's In Fragments 2014 is a response to the Year 13 brief Landscapes. Inspired by Mondrian, the original painting was constructed from fragments of the landscape around her and painted directly onto the wall of The Coop. The wall was then taken down and cut into fragments making a collection of 10 compositions displayed in the corridor space adjacent to The Coop Gallery. |