A Place for Art & Design

The Art Department at Eastbrook are PROUD to present our Year 7 Art Workshop and visit to an exhibition called 'My Place' in collaboration with Barking and Dagenham's own Eastbury House.

Year 7 were rewarded with the opportunity to attend an art workshop and exhibition at this historical site within our own town and county. The My Place Our House exhibit explores what living in Barking & Dagenham means to young people through their own expression and creative work and how the Our House programme will support more young people across the borough over the next two years.

Year 7 began their visit with a collaborative drawing task which explored automatic drawing, using our senses to create art, even going as far to create ingenious drawing tools. They then were welcomed to the My Place exhibition where they experienced everything this programme has to offer. Year 7 finished the day by reflecting on coloured cards that we hung from the gardens of Eastbury on what art means to them, rounding of the day by creating an environmental art piece by tying coloured strings around the fauna and guiding each other around the landscape by touch.

Well Done Year 7 Artists!