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Exhibitions

 

The Castle School's new visual arts centre - 'The Octagon'

 
Visit the e-octagon site on The Castle website 

 

A photo of the Castle Gallery in progress.

 A photo of the Castle Gallery in progress. A photo of the Castle Gallery in progress. A photo of the Castle Gallery in progress. A photo of the Castle Gallery in progress.

 
When specialist school status is awarded to an institution, it comes with a lump sum of money which has to be invested in a capital build project.  The Castle School, as part of the bid decided to build an additional art studio which incorporated a gallery space.  The space available for the build was rather limited (it was previously occupied by the schools central heating oil tanks).  In order to make best use of the space an octagonal building was designed and is currently under construction.  It is due for completion in April and an inaugural exhibition of the work of the British based printmaker Trevor Haddrell is due to take place in June.  Details of that and all forthcoming exhibitions (watch out for David Hockney and Peter Blake) will be sent out to schools and other interested parties.

We see the addition as something which will not only raise the profile of the visual arts in the school but which will be a welcome addition to the facilities currently available to the wider community of Thornbury and the surrounding area of South Gloucestershire.

 
View the following PowerPoint presentation to see the progress of the building of the gallery

 

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