Chilton Generations TogetherCelebrating Chilton Trinity School and its role within the local community - a Somerset Art Works Intergenerational Project with Chilton Trinity School
This project celebrates the history of Chilton Trinity
School and its role within the local community. As the old school
building entered its final year of service and the new school began to take
shape, an intergenerational group of young and older people came together to
plan and run an Open Day at the school. The
group collected and documented the images and stories of past and present
pupils, staff, parents, grandparents and people from the local community.
Photographer Laura Rouse was commissioned by Pat Hollinghurst to produce large
scale photographic portraits of these visitors for permanent display in the new
school building, visually linking the new school to its history.
“This project captures a moment in the history of Chilton
Trinity School which marked the transition from our ‘old’ and much loved school
to our inspirational, state-of-the-art building. We were adamant that we wanted
our new environment to enable a paradigm shift in learning and teaching to
provide our students with authentic 21st century learning experiences. We also
wanted our school campus to ‘belong’ to our wider community and provide
opportunities for them too. We were equally adamant that the philosophy and
core values that have underpinned our much-loved school for many years would be
enshrined in the new building - that the ‘heart’ of Chilton Trinity would
endure.”
Pat Hollinghurst, Head of Chilton Trinity, April 1999 - August 2012
Pat Hollinghurst, Head of Chilton Trinity, April 1999 - August 2012
Chilton Generations
Together Project
A
huge amount of work went into setting up and running the Open Day, a massive
credit goes to all the intergenerational volunteers for making the day happen.
Somerset Art Works (SAW) works in
partnership with organisations, communities, artists and individuals, initiating
visual arts projects in a wide variety of settings. We want Somerset to be a place where people
expect to engage with excellent visual art that is surprising and distinctive. www.somersetartworks.org.uk
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