The final stage of Generation ART: Young Artists on Tour will tour to Quay Arts and be displayed in The West Gallery from 19th March to 7th May 2016.
The exhibition includes a total of 40 artworks by children and young people ages 5 to 18-years-old, 4 of whom are from the Isle of Wight; William John Morris, Oliver Bonner, Megan Smith and Max Snudden.
Generation ART opened at Turner Contemporary, Margate alongside Grayson Perry’s Provincial Punk show, has had a highly successful run at Walk Museum and Art Gallery and Soft Touch Arts, Leicester and now heads to Quay Arts.
The aim of Generation ART is for children and young people to be involved in a high quality exhibition at every stage, as curators, artists, audiences and champions. By profiling high quality artwork by children and young people, Generation ART strives to raise the aspirations of schools, teachers, children and young people, and inspire them to create excellent artwork.
Throughout March and April Quay Arts will host a series of free family drop-ins and workshops for schools across the Island inspired by Generation ART: Young Artists on Tour, encouraging local audiences, especially families, to get involved. More information will be available via the Quay Arts website www.quayarts.org.
In addition, Quay Arts has commissioned visual artist, Lisa Traxler to create a new exhibition titled ‘Cloud Collecting‘ in The Curve Gallery inspired by the touring show and young people’s work. The commissioned artwork will open at the same time as the touring exhibition on Saturday 19th March. After which, St George’s School will create a new ‘response’ exhibition in The Curve Gallery with Island artists Hannah George and Ian Whitmore, which will open on Saturday 23rd April. Coinciding with this, Red Tie Theatre group will perform a new piece of live theatre to celebrate the Generation Art project.