These kids are incredible!

I went to Godalming College exhibition of student art for probably the 4th year running today.  Once again I was simply stunned by the quality of the work.  I can’t remember when I last went into a professional gallery and enjoyed myself or the work as much.    The level of creativity, inventiveness and sheer quality is incredible.  There were rows of life sized bodies & head casts in fibre glass (it turns out my son was the model), cling film babies, wire models of dinosaurs, A whole shed decorated with graffiti and words, some fabulous animations (my son’s brilliant effort is here.)  You can see some of their work here (though this hardly does them justice!)

As I said, 4 years running I have been almost moved to tears by the work they create and wonder what happens to all this talent, creativity and inventiveness when they arrive in the workplace.  Do we encourage and harness it or bury it?  I feel sure that given the right encouragement and teachers, the kids we keep hearing about wielding knives on London’s streets are no less capable of this kind of creativity.

What do we need to change to make the best of them and their talents?

Tags: art, creativity, kids

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