Community and Participation Officer Paul Semple has been working with art teacher Jennie from Outline Arts over the last few weeks. School children from the Sefton area have been working on a project which has allowed young people to pass on key messages relating to nature and recycling through art.
There were two parts to Paul’s art project with the children. Formby primary school pupils from St Jerome’s, Our Lady of Compassion, Woodlands and St Luke’s schools displayed their work on Friday 21st April. This was for World Earth Day and the art was exhibited at the Formby Professional Developement Centre.
The second part of the project was on Saturday 22nd April at the Workshop, Holy Trinity Church, Formby. Pupils from some of the secondary schools in Bootle, Southport and Formby showed their artistic creativity. This display attracted 150 people from the local area. The young people were keen to bring Formby to people who are unable to visit the beach and woodland site for various reasons. One member of the group took some excellent photographs of the beach and woodland during all four seasons of the year. These pictures were then incorporated into the paintings of some of the young artists.
Congratulations to all the school children and their teachers on the high standard of their work. Thank you to Paul and Jennie for their hard work and input into the project. Many thanks also to Jan and Alison who worked extremely hard in the Workshop kitchen making tea/coffees and tasty bacon sandwiches.
Southport and Formby National Trust Association were delighted to support this project.
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Article and photos provided by Edwina Alcock, with thanks.