Once again, St Peter’s was selected to be the School in Residence at the Allen Gallery in Alton. This programme offered pupils the chance to engage with all aspects of the gallery, including the art studio, over a period of six weeks.

The twelve children from Year 4 & Year 5 visited on a weekly basis to use the studio, explore the exhibitions, and create an Easter project, which was then dispalyed in the gallery at the end of their residency.

Their Easter project consisted of decorated real eggs, in and Eastern Eurpean style, an oil and chalk pastels drawing of decorated eggs and a decoupage spring themed tile. The work was exhibited in the main hall during the Easter weekend, with their real eggs forming the Allen Gallery Easter Egg Trail that ran throughout the Easter holidays.

We do hope you managed to see it in person, if not, here are some photos below.

It was highly successful, and the children benefited immensely from the experience.