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WELCOME TO THE SAATCHI GALLERY
The Saatchi Gallery is specifically geared towards introducing a younger audience of art students and enthusiasts to work at the cutting edge of contemporary art. The facilities - at the Gallery, via the website and in the Gallery classroom for schools - endeavor to ensure that teachers receive the best on-site and outreach support possible for their students.
ADMISSION TO THE GALLERY IS FREE
Group visits to the gallery are free, with free guided tours provided if booked via the Education Department. To download a booking form for school visits and tours click here.
EDUCATION PACKS AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Education Packs are available online for every show and provide a useful guide for schools on key works and themes in exhibitions. Click here to download an Education Pack for the current show Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture.
If you are bringing a group of ages 6-12 years, click here to download an Activities Booklet for kids.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
ABSTRACT AMERICA: NEW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
A radical new generation of American abstract painters has emerged at the start of the new century. In these shifting times artists reach for different materials and uncover surprising sources. The daring of this next wave is thrilling. Painted loops, reminiscent of Jackson Pollock in full action, are revealed to be the skid marks of motorbikes across hundreds of boards set out on the floor of a massive industrial space, so bringing new meaning to the idea of abstract expressionism.
The sculptural objects presented are derived from every conceivable material and vary from abstract arrangements to re-configurations of everyday forms in magnificent transformations of the mundane, such as giant electric sockets, to the recurring theme of the human body.
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, provides a view into some of the most interesting and exciting artists working in New York and Los Angeles today. Their work, like the work of the Post-World War II American artists known as Abstract Expressionism, can be described as spontaneous and rebellious. However, the works in this show vary from the Abstract Expressionist art movement in that they include the use of a wide variety of materials, including everyday and discarded objects. The work is also whole heartedly of our time, influenced by recent events and current issues: the environment and recycling, globalization, digital culture and the Internet.
Click here for exhibition images
THE SAATCHI ONLINE/SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ART PRIZE FOR SCHOOLS
The Saatchi Online/Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools has also been launched, and is open to all schools around the world. A panel of art critics will choose their favourite works each year. A first prize of £10,000 will be awarded to the winning school's art department. A further £2000 will be given to the winning pupil to be spent on computer and art equipment. There will be two runner-up prizes of £5000 each awarded to the second and third place schools with a further £1000 to each of the winning pupils.
Throughout the year, a selection of work entered will be displayed in the new Saatchi Gallery . A panel of art critics will judge the three winners of the competition.
Click here to go to Saatchi Online/Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools.
EXHIBITIONS IN THE SAATCHI ONLINE ART PRIZE GALLERY
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Ruth Mostyn Dignan (13 yrs), Highgate Wood School and Nicole Riley (17 yrs), Northampton Academy.
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Maria Marshall (10 yrs), Upton House School and Sophie Gladstone (13 yrs), Highgate Wood School.
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Maria Marshall (10 yrs) Upton House School, Sophie Gladstone (13 yrs) and Ruth Mostyn Dignan(13 yrs), Highgate Wood School.
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Lauren Green and Charlotte Fox (17 yrs) Northampton Academy.
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Jordan Lofting (17 yrs) Northampton Academy.
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Maria Marshall is a pupil at Upton House School and is taught by Mark Wilson who submitted her work. Sophie Gladstone and Ruth Mostyn Dignan are pupils at Highgate Wood School and are taught by Haf Stephens and Eileen Murray who submitted their works. Nicole Riley, Jordan Lofting Lauren Green and Charlotte Fox are pupils of Northampton Academy and are taught by Rob Hunter who submitted their works.
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EDUCATION ROOM
The school currently exhibiting in the Education Room are Highgate Wood, Holy Trinity and Northampton Academy.
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Holy Trinity Art Club (7-10yrs), Holy Trinity.
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Taylor Grant, Baran Bolat and Alex Furby (12-13 yrs) Highgate Wood School.
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Louise Roberts (17 yrs), Northampton Academy.
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Dylan Walker and Hashim Rahman (11 yrs) and Louise Marsden and Daniel Blackburn (15 yrs), Kelvin Hall School.
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Three collaborative works by Natasha Fairclough, Ella Krikler, Rachel Adesola, Garbiz Kocamaz, Charlie Luxford, Max Milligan, Siidomar Mahamed, Akiha Kuniyoshi, all in Year 8, led by the artist Julie Beech, Highgate Wood School
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Holy Trinity Year 5 (8-9yrs) and Holy Trinity Art Club (7-10yrs), Holy Trinity School.
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Pupils at Holy Trinity School are taught by Laura Winter and Deborah Lloyd who submitted these works. Pupils at Northampton Academy are taught by Rob Hunter who submitted these works. Pupils at Kelvin Hall School are taught by Marisa Cunningham and Gary Sturgess who submitted these works. Pupils at Highgate Wood School are taught by Eileen Murray and Haf Stephens who submitted these works.
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VISITING THE SAATCHI GALLERY WITH STUDENTS
