News Release
Frontline
5 - 28 June 2015
MK Gallery Project Space / Admission free
Preview: Thursday 4 June 2015 at 5pm / All welcome
Work by pupils from four local secondary schools - MK Academy, The Hazeley Academy,
Oakgrove School and Lord Grey School – features in the exhibition Frontline, at
MK Gallery Project Space this June. The exhibition is part of Great War MK, an Arts and
Heritage Alliance MK project marking the centenary of WW1.
Since November 2014, artists Teresa Paiva and Alicja Rogalska have been working with
Key Stage 3 pupils from each school to explore how the visual arts have been used by
artists to depict and interpret military conflict. Through practical workshops and a research
visit to the Imperial War Museum London, students have explored the art and ideas of a
range of artists, and been encouraged to present their own varied ideas in different media,
including sculpture, painting and photography.
By participating in this project with MK Gallery pupils have also had the opportunity to
achieve their Bronze level Arts Award. Arts Award is a scheme that inspires young people to
grow their arts and leadership talents, and enables them to gain a nationally recognised
qualification which is accredited on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).
Speaking of the exhibition, Victoria Mayes, Head of Learning at MK Gallery said:
“This project presented a fantastic opportunity for MK Gallery to develop strong relationships
with the four participating secondary schools. We’ve been impressed by the journey that the
students have undertaken under the creative guidance of our appointed lead artists Teresa
Paiva and Alicja Rogalska and look forward to hosting the final exhibition.”
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Related Events
Other Great War MK events taking place at MK Gallery include:
The Great War Remembered:
An evening of live music and film
MK Gallery / Friday 29 May / 7pm / Free but pre-booking required via
www.mkgallery.org
Enjoy a re-telling of the local story of WW1 through an evening of
live performances and film screenings, the culmination of a six month
project between Living Archive MK and young local songwriters,
musicians and film-makers. This is an AHA-mk Great War MK project
funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund.
Entertainment on the Home Front
An evening of street performances, film screenings plus live score
*Bookings
via www.mkgallery.org
or call 01908
Margaret Powell
Square and MK Gallery
Events558318
Space
Friday 19 June / From 6.30pm / Free*
At 6.30pm and 9.30pm watch The Best Company, a comic street
theatre performance which charts the trials of taking a WW1 tank into
battle. Set in a full-size WW1 tank made by carnival arts company,
Festive Road, this event is suitable for all the family and themed
refreshments will be on sale. No booking required.
From 6.45pm enjoy a rolling programme of short dramas, archive
footage and comedies made in 1914 and 1915, followed at 7.30pm
by a screening of Judith of Bethulia (1914) with special live score from
pianist Mary O’Connor.
*Screenings are free but pre-booking is required for the live score
event at 7.30pm via www.mkgallery.org
Frontline is part of Great War MK, a project led by Arts and Heritage Alliance MK, supported
by the Heritage Lottery Fund. For fuller details of the Great War MK season of events
please contact Project Manager, Lallie Davis on email: aha-mk@Milton-keynes.gov.uk
MK Gallery receives core funding from Milton Keynes Council and Arts Council England
Press Contact: For further information or images please contact Katharine Sorensen,
Communications Director, MK Gallery on 01908 558318 or email ksorensen@mkgallery.org
Ends / Date of issue 21 May 2015