Artclub visit to Stanhope Community Centre to see paintings

On Thursday July 11th the children who are in the artclub invited their families and friends to come and see their completed paintings.  They are on display at Stanhope Community Centre, where they have been designed for.

The artclub was asked by Claire Hogg, who is a Community Outreach Worker based at the Children's Centre in Lofthouse to make some artwork to brighten up the walls as they were bare.

As the community centre hosts a toddler's breakfast group we thought that large brightly coloured fruits would be simple and effective.  The idea developed into mosaics and mixed media paintings were the outcome.

We used the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" as inspiration for the paintings and we created our own version of each of the fruits he eats.  The caterpillar makes an appearance in each of the paintings too.



All the children had their picture taken for the Rothwell Record in front of one of the paintings.

They all agreed they looked great in situ and showed their friends and families which part of the paintings they had done.

Everybody enjoyed looking at the artwork and hopefully all those people who visit the community centre will do too.

Our Visit to the Civic Hall, Leeds.

On Monday 1st July Isabelle, Jayden and myself headed into Leeds to go to the Civic Hall.
We were going to see our pom-pom owl which is on display in the Ante Chamber.  When we arrived we were met by our Chair of Governors, Councillor Lisa Mulherin who then introduced us to the Lord Mayor. 

We posed for some photographs and Isabelle and Jayden answered lots of questions about how we had made the owls. They were then each given an owl brooch to keep.

We were lucky enough to have a tour of part of the building.  We saw lots of gifts from people who had come to visit Leeds.  We saw where all the Councillors sit to debate important issues in Leeds and the Banqueting Suite where functions are held.

 The Lord Mayor showed us his office and also the Lady Mayoress' Room.  Here, Isabelle and Jayden sat in the very same room as the Queen sat when she visited the Civic Hall.

From this room we were able to stand on the balcony and look out into the street below and to Millennium Square on the left.

When we arrived back to the Ante Chamber there were many people who were asking questions about how we had made the owl and they all agreed how fascinating it is. Isabelle said that answering the questions was one of the best things of the day.

We just checked the owl over before we left, where it will be on display until 2nd September.
It was a fabulous visit and thankyou very much to everyone at the Civic Hall for welcoming us so warmly.