Students make their own emergence exhibition

The Children of St Ignatius High School year two,
proudly display their own sculptures that they made
from material they found in the wake of Ivan

Harry Kinch with his impressive sculpture ‘Starblaster’

Wednesday,  February 9, 2005

The National Gallery’s current exhibition of sculptures, made from materials that have been found since Hurricane Ivan, has displayed the work of some of the Cayman Islands’ leading artists, as well as some newcomers to the art world. It has however also been very inspirational to those who have seen the exhibition.

A party of students from St Ignatius’ High School’s Year Two were so inspired when they visited the exhibition, they decided to turn their hands to sculpture and have a go at their own pieces.

After visiting the National Gallery and seeing all of the different art work on display at ‘Emergence’ exhibition, the students decided to make their own ‘Emergence’ pieces, out of things that they had found since the hurricane.

The students all visited the exhibition as part of the National Gallery’s educational programme which is overseen by Nickola McCoy, the Gallery’s Education and Outreach facilitator and clearly the programme is having a very positive impact. 

The nature of the emergence exhibition, sculptures made with found material - make it accessible as a teaching resource.

“There have been over 50 school tours of the Emergence exhibition,” Ms McCoy said. 

“We wanted to see if they could make their own artwork,” Ms McCoy said, “The children looked at the emergence exhibition, and did some sculptures with materials that they found lying around. As you can see, the results have been very impressive.”

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