Dulwich College Prospectus
There is no house style here; we want students to create their own style. Our role is to encourage independent thinking and to help boys engage with the problem-solving creative process, to ask the question ‘what if?’ and ‘how, why and where?’ Boys visit the department in their free time to work on existing projects and develop ideas – teachers are always on hand to help. Our bespoke exhibition space, The Store, is a contemporary venue to display some of the work created at the College.
Art
Robert Mills
Dulwich Creative
Studying and engaging in the Arts is a vital part of the College’s philosophy and we encourage a continued and enthusiastic, life-long love of the Arts in every Alleynian. It is this commitment that inspired Dulwich Creative, a week-long initiative that brought Art, Drama, Music and Design Technology in a series of events and activities to draw out and showcase boys’ creative talents. Every pupil in the school, from the Kindergarten to Year 13, was involved in sculpting, drawing, hearing and seeing artists at work. There were music recitals, public rehearsals, dramatic performances, poetry readings and fascinating expeditions which engaged the whole College community.
Observe. Experiment. Explore. Do it more than once. Make mistakes. Don’t use your first idea. Change things. Have an opinion. Process rather than outcome. Edit. Slow down. Speed up. Question. Collaborate. Take risks. Repeat yourself. Allow accidents to happen. Imitate.Trust your instinct. Do it more than once. Creativity is not device dependent. Do something. Getting it wrong is getting it right.Work on three things at once. Beg, steal and borrow from other ar tists. Act don’t react.
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