FOR a period of 10 weeks at the end of last year, a dozen children from Years 4, 5 and 6 of Newlyn School were involved in a photography project.
The aim of the project - a collaboration between the school and Penwith Family Services - was to recognise and develop the links between children and their community.
And now those photographs, exploring children's thoughts about their local environment, are on exhibition in Newlyn Art Gallery.
Cat Gibbard, the gallery's education officer, said: "Located as it is at the bottom of the hill from Newlyn School, plus the gallery's association with the Newlyn School of Artists -this is the perfect place in which to showcase and celebrate the hard work and creativity of these youngsters."
Learned
From shots of the Newlyn School banner carried proudly in the recent Mazey Day parade, to the school building; from domestic interiors, including family pets, to working exteriors, cows and tractors – the 50 or so photographs that make up this exhibition show that during the run of the project these children not only learned a lot about the use of the camera but also about their families, friends, and their immediate environment.
All 12 contributors to the exhibition – Alfie Brooker, Romi Carbis, Harry Coles, Summer Cooke, Kazia Cripps, Tamara Dixon, Thomas Eddy, Kerry Nicholls, Ashley Parkinson, Indy Robertshaw, John Seed and Charles Williamson – are to be congratulated upon their diligence, skills and talents, in producing such an absorbing exhibition.
Well worth seeing, admission is free, and it is on view in Newlyn Art Gallery, 10am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday, until August 15.
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