• Theme: Making Your Mark
  • Venue: Platform (they have moved across the road from the previous venue, into a larger building). This is a much bigger venue than last year but the wall area for each year group is similar to last year. In terms of displaying children's work, it was agreed that the flow and journey from Nursery through to Year 12 was enjoyable and effective.
  • Date: similar time to last year - please see Key Dates tab
  • Comms: we will communicate with you all via email but will also have a link to the website we used last year
  • Judges & Prizes: follow similar process to last year, but also include 'Highly Commended', as recommended by staff at schools when they submit the artwork, if a pupil has worked especially hard or overcome barriers in order to complete their final piece. 
  • Inclusion: where possible, staff will select new artists for this year's exhibition. We will also try and accommodate an interactive creation, which allows all visiting pupils to 'make their mark' on a collaborative piece of work during the school visits. 

Theme: Making Your Mark

We're inviting you to produce artwork which celebrates creative expression through art, and the opportunity for our children to make their mark. 

You are free to choose a subject or medium, or convey a message or create something unique in 3D etc. Remember - we keep the theme as open as possible to allow schools to select pieces that are being generated through set topics, or, you can organise additional art clubs or projects if you wish. We can't wait to see how our young artists choose to make their mark!

Central Marketing Team

Please contact your allocated exhibition team member with any queries:

Wistaston, Wheelock, Leighton, Shavington, SWS, UTC, The Oaks James Routs jrouts@tlptrust.com
Egerton, Knutsford, Castle, Dove Bank, Black Firs, Daven, CHS Esther Higgs ehiggs@tlptrust.com

 

 

 

Venue: Platform (former Burtons shop) in Crewe town centre

We are reuniting with Jamie Chalmers and the Crewe Makes team, in their new venue opposite last year's gallery. Platform is a community space for artists and creative projects to share their work with the public. Our exhibition will be on display for approx. 6 weeks.

Here is a plan of the new venue, Platform, showing the proposed layout of the exhibition and wall space available for each section:
 
 

School type

  

Dimensions

Max. number of pieces per year group
Single Form Primary & Nursery* - all year groups Castle, Daven, Dove Bank, Egerton

A4 - A2*

 2 - 3
Double Form Primary & Nursery* - all year groups Black Firs, Leighton, Shavington, Wheelock, Wistaston A4 - A2* 4 - 5
Secondary Years 7, 8 & 9 Congleton, Knutsford, SWS, The Oaks A4 or A3 4 - 5
Secondary Year 10 Congleton, Knutsford, SWS, The Oaks, UTC A4 - A2 5
Sixth Form Year 12 Congleton, Knutsford No fixed size No fixed number

Sculpture, 3D or over-sized installations

  • We would like to encourage more schools to submit and will confirm in due course how many can be provided once we have assessed the space available.
  • Please let the central team know in advance if you wish to submit 3D pieces (or books) so we can organise their display. Please also let us know if you have over-sized pieces

Mounting

  • Please submit all pieces of work so they can be mounted onto a wall  - central team will apply command strips to artwork once delivered to venue
  • For example, add card backing to paper, or if you wish your work to be framed, please don't go beyond the dimensions of A4 or A3
  • All wall-mounted pieces will be displayed with approximately 5cm breathing space on all sides

Labelling

You must clearly label each piece of work on the reverse or underside as follows - PLEASE ENSURE 100% ACCURACY WITH STUDENT NAMES - these details will be printed onto their exhibitor name card and certificate:

  1. Student Name
  2. School
  3. Year Group

Click on the relevant details below to understand how your school's art will be displayed at the exhibition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selection of Artwork

  • Schools to decide themselves which artwork they wish to submit for the exhibition
  • This could be selected via a competition, an after-school art club, coursework, lesson-time project etc

Timetable of key dates and deadlines: 

Monday  Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
w/c 15th June      

19th June

Deadline for schools to submit exhibitor details (Name*, school, year group)

*100% accuracy please!
w/c 22nd June      

26th June

DROP-OFF ARTWORK. 9am - 12pm @ Crewe Makes ArtSpace

29th June

Exhibition set-up (Jamie & Central Team)

30th June

Exhibition set-up (Jamie & Central Team)

1st July

Judges select winners, 10am - 12pm

2nd July

Schools notified of winners

3rd July

 

 

6th July - School visits

am - The Oaks,

Leighton.

pm – Black Firs

7th July - School visits

am - UTC, CHS.


pm – Wheelock,

WCLA

8th July - School visits

am – Egerton,

Knutsford.


pm - Castle,

Dove Bank

9th July - School visits

am - Daven,

Shavington.

pm - SWS?

 

 10th July 
w/c 13th July    

16th July - VIP Event

2pm - 3.30pm

17th July

last school day for most pupils

Sat 18th - Weds 26th August: Exhibition remains open to the public through the summer holidays.

Opening hours: Mon & Weds: 10am - 2pm, Sat: 11am - 2pm

early Sept 

artwork returned to schools