Met with Loz Wilson (Assistant Headteacher and Head of Creative Arts) from Kingswood College. The school is involved in a number of interesting projects and Loz seemed very proactive in creating opportunities for students to collaborate with other students and institutions outside of the school.
For example Kingswood worked with Hull Truck to put together a number of plays one of which was premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
http://www.wearekingswood.co.uk/news.php?sid=28
Students have also worked with sculptor Saffron Waghorn on stone carving. Some of the results can be seen as permanent stone sculptors placed outside the entrance to the school.
The school has a learning centre and partners with Hull University and Hull college to deliver a number of course for adults as well as "fun activities ranging from Jewellery Making to Dress Making, Gymnastics, Streetdance, Dance Classes and Musical Theatre."
The school also hosts an annual event called K-fest on site with bands such as The Good Shoes and Sunshine Underground.
http://kfesthull.wordpress.com/
In the gallery area the current exhibition is a series of photographs taken by young people across Bransholme. The project was lead by Wayne Woolen from Bransholme Community Arts Enterprise.
Loz is also one of three founders of art collective 10 x 4. There are currently 32 members. The group hosts exhibitions on a bi-annual basis in the schools gallery and in Pave a bar on Princes avenue.
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