Success in the making

Hackney’s here!

July 1st, 2010 with No Comments

Children from six Hackney schools have collaborated during June and July with six visual artists to create gigantic works of art for the exhibition Hackney’s Here!

Exploring scale and what it means to live in Hackney in 2010, children and artists have been challenged to fill the 4,300 sq ft outdoor courtyard at SPACE with works of art which will demonstrate the ambitions and achievements of Hackney’s young school pupils.

Children aged 3 to 9 from Berger, Lauriston, Morningside, St Dominic’s and Orchard primary schools, and Wentworth nursery have worked together with artists Chila Burnman, Polly Brannan, Helen Marshall, Leslie Kulesh, Harold Offeh and Charlie Woolley at SPACE to realize large scale art works. These  range from large concertina photo albums and costumes based on local buildings to enormous bunting and huge collages. Hackney’s Here! presents a celebration of Hackney’s creativity.

The exhibition will run until July 3. For more information click here.