Arts Council
Welcome to our Arts Council page! We are a group of Art enthusiasts, driving our passion through school! Every year we visit an exhibition and come back to Bretherton with an exciting project in mind for inspiring our peers.
Our 2021/2022 Arts Council visited the immersive Van Gogh experience at Media City and recreated the interactive sunflower room in our hall with over 200 artificial sunflowers and mirrors. We added music and sweet scents to offer a full 4D sensory experience.
Our 2022/2023 Arts Council attended the Art of Banksy exhibition in Salford and commissioned a Banksy of our own, compiled by every pupil, in our playground. Banksy is a favourite of the Arts Council for using art to raise awareness of injustice and discrimination in the world. See our blogs for more information.
Our 2023/2024 Arts Council went to watch the Diversity dance troupe live at the Lowry in Manchester and also visited Bank Hall, a local Jacobean mansion, for a special tour and chance to sketch the building itself.
Our 2024/2025 Arts Council led our incredible Arts Week in May 2025, setting up an interactive exhibition in the Hall. They also visited Bishop Rawstorne High School to participate in Art lessons alongside Year 7 pupils.
This year's Arts Council are due to visit the David Hockney light experience at Factory International, Manchester during December 2025. Watch this space for our new and exciting interactive experience in school!
Our Arts Councillors for the 2025/2026 year are :
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Faith Townley
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My name is Faith Townley and I am in Year 4. My favourite artists are Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh as I admire their painting style. I love using fineliners to draw with! |
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Ewan Marsden |
My name is Ewan Marsden from Class 3, I am in Year 4. My favourite artist is L.S.Lowry because I think that his work is wonderfully simple and isn't flooded with colour. I prefer to work with pencil over paint. |
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Rudi Fowler |
My name is Rudi and my favourite artist is Banksy because he makes stunning graffiti pictures on walls and sometimes on boats! In my picture I am holding a self-portrait. |
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Casper Magnall |
My name is Casper and I am in Year 5. My favourite artist is Banksy because I love his spray paint style of art. My favourite media to work with is paint and pencil. |
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Poppy Thomas |
My name is Poppy and I'm in Year 6. My favourite artists are Jean-Michel Basquiat and Banksy. I love them both because they are very unique. I love doing art at home and learning about different techniques. |
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Theo Warren |
My name is Theo and I'm in Year 6. My favourite artist is Pablo Picasso because his art is very different to all the other artists. I love drawing in fineliner pen and using Posca pens to add colour. |
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Martha Bee |
Hello, my name is Martha and I am in Year 6. My favourite artist is Picasso because I like how his art is not sterotypical like other artists. I also loved trying to recreate Hannah Hoch's newspaper collage style in class with Miss Hymers. My favourite media is pencil as I love shading. |
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Henry Strath-Billington
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My name is Henry and I am in Year 6. My favourite artist is Banksy. I also love Hannah Hoch because I enjoy cutting out colours and placing abstract, random items to create an image. I like to use time and strategy before completing my artworks. |
