Young curators programme

Two of our talented sixth formers took part in the Young Curators Programme as part of the Young London Print Prize.
Submissions to the Young London Print Prize were judged by a team of Young Curators. These are sixth form students from across London. This year, two of our sixth formers took part in the programme. Across five weeks, they engaged in a series of workshops that looked at art and what it means, explored jobs in the creative industries, as well as making their own artworks. They picked a winner from every school and curated the exhibit, to be showcased at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair alongside world-renowned artists.
The first workshop was at The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA). Here, the young curators heard from a panel of creative professionals, including the artist Oliver Chan, who has autism and has found his passion in art, painting professionally for many years.
The second workshop was held at Queer Circle in the Creative District, North Greenwich. Here, the young curators explored ecological art, visited the gallery on site and went on an art trail along the River Thames, before coming back to base to judge the Young London Print Prize!
The third workshop was at Make Ready, the world's largest dedicated silkscreen studio for fine art! The young curators were given a tour of the studio, spying some prints by Ai Weiwei along the way! They then had the opportunity to design and make their own screen prints.
The fourth workshop was based at Woolwich Works, where the young curators toured the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair while exhibits were being installed! They heard advice about curating from the directors and co-founders of the WCPF, then worked together to decide how the Young London Print Prize should be exhibited.
On the fifth and final day, they started the morning at Willow Dene, looking back at their experience and creating their own zines and digital prints using photos they had taken during the programme. They then went to Woolwich Works to visit the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair on the opening day, seeing the exhibit they had curated up on display and making monoprints to take home.