Residency at Badminton School

Badminton School is a beautiful campus placed in the busy and vibrant city of Bristol, although once in the middle of the campus it was hard to believe that the centre of Bristol was so close!

The art block is one of the best I’ve seen in a school – a huge space and diverse facilities for the students to explore – and the gallery boasts high ceilings with a large glass roof exposing every nook and cranny to the light.

Placed around the floor of the gallery were Dorcas’s detailed animal head sculptures made from reclaimed textiles, and on the walls were my vibrant and colourful circles alongside Abigail’s large scale, monochrome, charcoal and ink drawings. The balance of little and large, colourful and monochrome, worked beautifully from every different level around the gallery.

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“It was wonderful to see the students become so fully involved during Victoria’s residency in trying out her approaches. The studio surfaces seemed to turn into one huge abstract inky mess! The students not only formed an understanding of how to mix and blend colour, but also the importance of controlled experimentation when handling new and exciting media.” - Juliet Wallace-Mason, head of art

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