Freedom to Create
31 August 2022–06 September 2022, 10:00 am–6:00 pm
An exhibition celebrating the centenary of A.S. Neill’s Summerhill School.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Claire Robins
Location
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Art, Design and Museology studios, Level 8 (Core B)IOE20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0AL
The exhibition honours the creative, artistic work of ten former Summerhillians who attended the school between the 1930s and the 1990s. It is also a celebration and promotion of school children everywhere having the freedom to create, a central part of Neill’s philosophy and still the practice of the school today.Â
The Summerhill School alumni, or their families/estates, have said their education at Summerhill set them on course for their later successful careers in the arts.
The exhibition features work by:
- John Burningham (1936-2019) - children’s author and illustrator,Â
- Peter Chadwick (1948)Â - artist and photographer,Â
- Keith Critchlow (1933-2020) - artist, lecturer, author, sacred geometer and Professor of Architecture,Â
- Mikey Cuddihy (1952) - artist and author,Â
- Gus Dudgeon (1942-2002) - music producer,Â
- Roger Dwek (1962) - ceramic artist,Â
- Ishbel McWhirter (1927) - artist,Â
- Nao Matsunaga (1980) - artist and sculptor,Â
- Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013) - graphic designer and music video director,Â
- Evelyn Williams (1929-2012) - artist.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in art education, alternative schools and democratic education.
Freedom, Community and Democratic Education
The exhibition marks the launch of a term-long programme of events on this theme. The series will include a broad variety of ideas and practices around art education, creativity and democracy within different educational settings, past present and future.
Related links
- Art, Design and Museology
- Department of Culture, Communication and Media
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
Image
K k KING (mixed media) by John Burningham. The original illustration for 'John Burningham's ABC', first published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1964. Reproduced with kind permission of the John Burningham Estate.Â