POP-UP EXHIBITION JULY 2025

As part of the Petworth Festival, the Young Arts Committee were delighted to showcase a wonderful range of art work from  nineteen of our local schools. The artwork from children as young as four through to A level students formed an amazingly creative display of talent which attracted over 700 visitors.

A successful bid from the Patricia Faye Fund enabled the Young Arts team to organise workshops in six of our local primary schools. Maureen Wells, our inspirational arts educator, used the work of Yayoi Kusama  the Japanese Contemporary Artist, as the inspiration for these mixed media workshops. The resulting artwork formed a major installation at our exhibition.

YaYoi Kusama

Kusama inspired art work

Young Artists creating their own installations

Rebecca Egan with her painting ‘Mixed Feelings’.

We were very pleased to have a visit from Rebecca Egan and display her self portrait, “Mixed Feelings’’ which was runner up in the National Arts Society prestigious A level competition.

More fantastic artwork from Pop Up 25 can be seen in the gallery below.

SUMMER 2025 - EXPLORING PETER IDEN AT CHAMPS HILL

Children from St James Primary school in Coldwaltham enjoyed a visit to Champs Hill to view the special Peter Iden exhibition whose paintings were inspired by the South Downs and his beloved West Sussex. Under the guidance of our arts educator, the children studied the paintings and on returning to their classrooms, inspired by Peter Iden’s work created their own South Downs landscapes.

Y5&Y6 children enjoying the Peter Iden exhibition at Champs Hill.

Moonlightlight on the south Downs

SPRING 2025 - THE ARTS SOCIETY NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR “A” LEVEL STUDENTS.

We are thrilled that a student at Farlington School, Rebecca Egan, who we put forward for the Arts Society ‘A’ Level Art Competition was selected as the runner up with her exceptional piece - ‘Mixed Feelings’.

Mixed Feelings, Rebecca Egan

AUTUMN 2024 - VOICES IN NATURE SOUNDSCAPE PROJECTS

The Art Society West Sussex Young Arts  were delighted to welcome back Antosh Wojcik to work with fourteen of our local schools on our Voices in Nature project.

Using our beautiful natural environments, Antosh inspired the children and students to take a fresh look at nature as the advent of Autumn changed the landscapes. 

The children wrote and proudly performed some wonderful poetry, a small selection from each school  is captured in this Voices in Nature Soundscape.

Alternatively the children's work maybe read in a digital anthology.