FREELEARNING WEEKS
In November 2014, Dulwich was ‘hijacked’ by the creative arts for one unforgettable week called Dulwich Creative . The initiative brought together Art, Music, Drama and DT in a series of events and activities around the campus. The aim was to celebrate all that we do creatively at the College by drawing out and showcasing boys’ creative talents and sharing these with the wider community including parents, OAs and pupils from other schools. Every pupil, from DUCKS to Year 13, was involved in drawing and sculpting and hearing or seeing artists including Craig Wylie, Christiaan Nagel and Ben Woodeson at work. Older boys learned about careers in the creative arts, hearing from speakers including photographer David Clerihew, production designer Patrick Watson, Academy Award-winning producer of Shakespeare in Love David Parfitt, and Technical Director of the National Theatre Katrina Gilroy.
Code-crackers hijack the timetable during Dulwich Inventive.
Mad mushrooms magically sprouted on The Clump, igloos were constructed out of discarded milk bottles and boys engaged on a collaborative venture between the Geography and Art departments in exploring the wonders of Kew Gardens. ‘It was a really interesting afternoon, it was amazing to see what an OA who had only recently left had managed to achieve in the world of design.’ Jim Bannister, Year 10 There were a series of events on the ‘hijack’ theme. Spaces, objects, and the College intranet was hijacked. Even the timetable was hijacked when boys collectively created a piece of art for a whole-school exhibition to which every Alleynian contributed. Each boy also created a clay portrait which formed part of a massive art installation. At the end of the week 1,600 clay portraits were collectively displayed in The Store, a room hijacked as a new exhibition and performance space.
There were music recitals, public rehearsals, dramatic performances, poetry readings, artistic
A creative approach to DNA construction.
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