Bristol Cathedral School’s new Head, Mrs Anne Davey,
said: “I would like to give my wholehearted congratulations
to Sophie, Tom and Tim. I know the whole art department are
thrilled. They are a very talented trio and thoroughly deserve
their success.”
In her prize-winning piece, 18-year-old Sophie, of Redland,
used items including newspaper cuttings featuring herself
taking part in a fashion show and the programme of a play
in which she took part at the National Theatre.
When she finishes school, she hopes to go on to study at
the world-famous Courtauld Institute of Art in London. “I
think art will always be an important part of my life,” she
said.
Lower sixth-former Tom, 17, who also lives in Redland, was
very surprised to take the number one award: “I didn’t
really know which medium to use – I chose pastels,
even though I had only started using them this year.”
Bristol Cathedral School, which has a co-educational sixth
form, recently announced it will begin welcoming girls as
well as boys from the age of 11 in September this year.
Its Head of Art, Mrs Anita Kipling arrived at Bristol Cathedral
School last term with a remit to expand the subject at the
independent school as it prepares for the arrival of the
younger girls. “We are planning to do more 3D work
and more art involving textiles, as well as generally increasing
the size of the artworks our students produce,” she
said. |