PRESS
RELEASE FROM FRIENDS OF DRONFIELD STATION(FoDS)
Town mayor
and MP pay tribute to local artists
The latest exhibition of schools’
artwork was unveiled at Dronfield Station on Monday 15th November by Town Mayor,
Councillor Richard Welton and Lee Rowley MP for Derbyshire North East. The event was organised by the Friends of
Dronfield Station (FoDS) and is the most recent in a series of events to
promote the work of budding artists from schools in Dronfield and the surrounding
villages. This time it was the turn William
Levick Primary, Lenthal Infants and Nursery, and Northfield Juniors.
The pupils from William Levick
experimented with different media such as wax crayons, pastels, ink and paint
before creating beautiful pictures of mountain landscapes inspired by the work
of David Hockney. Dronfield was the
focus of the work produced by Lenthall Infants and Nursery who used print,
pencil and multi media to produce colourful pictures of features of the town
such as the parish church and the Peel monument. The still life pictures painted by the
children from Years 5 and 6 from Northfield were reminiscent of the classic
work of the French Impressionists.
Councillor Welton said he was pleased
to be invited to unveil such imaginative work from the young people from
Dronfield schools. He paid tribute to the students who, as well as
demonstrating quite exceptional artistic
talent, gave the town something which enhanced the quality of life for users of
the station and helped to make the station an attractive gateway to the town.
Lee Rowley said that the children from the three schools should be given a huge
thanks for their hard work in creating such a wonderful display of talent, and
congratulated FoDS as the exhibition strengthened the engagement of local
schools with community activities. FoDS
member Tina Teather, who coordinated the exhibition with the schools, expressed
relief that due to the Covid pandemic this was the first time in over 18 months
when children were able to visit the station to witness their work being
unveiled.
The current exhibition of
artworks, which can be seen in the six poster cases situated in the waiting
shelters on Platforms One and Two, will remain until the spring of 2022 when
another three local schools will exhibit their work.
MTP 15/11/21