Finding Joy at the Whitechapel Gallery

09 Mar

Year 10 GCSE Photography students visited the Whitechapel Gallery this week to view the significant exhibition of work by the world-renowned artist Joy Gregory, one of the UK’s most innovative artists working with photography today.

Spanning four decades, this landmark exhibition brings together over 250 works encompassing photography, film, installation and textiles, all of which showcase and celebrate Gregory’s inventive, culturally resonant and materially rich practice.

As a bonus surprise, some of our students were treated to an encounter with the artist, who had come into the gallery for a meeting. She was really grateful that we had taken an interest in her artwork and encouraged the students to work hard in their studies!

Learning from this exhibition, our students will be creating an exhibition inspired by Gregory’s work, focusing on self-portraiture and notions of identity and representation – so watch this space.

Eastbrook School is an Ofsted rated Good, all-through school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and is part of the Barking Abbey family. Founded in 1933, Eastbrook has a well-established history of serving the local community, with many generations of families attending as students and even joining as staff. The primary school opened in 2016 and is growing in size year on year. The secondary school transferred into new, state of the art buildings in 2017, benefiting from purpose-built specialist learning environments with industry level resources and outstanding access to green outdoor spaces.

Eastbrook is a thriving and growing community school, welcoming students from a broad range of backgrounds, culturally, economically and in terms of need.

Eastbrook School: PROUD TO BE