Greenfield Arts invites you and the public to the preview of our latest exhibition by Stephen Wiper on Wednesday 8th February 6pm to 8pm. Stephen hopes this exhibition captures his love of drawing, painting and printmaking and serves as a good example of his longstanding belief that we have the right to explore the world creatively. Stephen is fascinated and reassured by the changing world, how we see and what we observe over time, by the ebb and flow of nature including ourselves. He is interested in the ways in which people impact on and engage with their environment, and the options we discover to make our mark, building bridges, carving names into stone, spraying symbols. ‘This exhibition consists of new work, paintings, etchings and drawings, created since 2014, inspired by various ingredients including my environment, the way people leave a mark on places, music I’ve listened to whilst working, exhibitions I’ve seen, photographs snapped on walks and books and postcards containing works I admire by particular artists. The work explores various things and tests different approaches. I’d not explored acrylic paint and medium before this exhibition or created an exhibition and had previously been rather more traditional in my painting technique, not experimenting so much.’ Stephen Wiper Stephen will be in attendance at the preview event with artworks for sale throughout the exhibition. The evening will include an artist talk at 6:30pm by Stephen, along with the auction of two paintings – one for the 700 Club charity and one for the Bridge Centre for Visual Arts charity in Darlington at 7:15pm. For more information, check out the website or speak with one of our lovely team members on 01325 379048 or info@greenfield-arts.co.uk
ROMA GENOCIDE EXHIBITION
Greenfield Community College was chosen to be part of a prestigious event on Holocaust Memorial Day this year. Working with Durham County Council’s equalities team, students from Greenfield’s Sunnydale and Aycliffe campi spent time understanding the genocide of Gypsy and Roma people under the Nazis. Porajmos – the term used to describe this genocide – became part of an exhibition that the students will deliver to other schools across the county at Durham Cathedral. As well as this, the students continue to share the exhibition in school and raise awareness of an event which is often overlooked which resulted in the deaths of around half a million people. Peter Davies – teacher of History – said, ‘this has been a brilliant way for the students to develop skills in public speaking and engage with a topic which is fundamental to our understanding of the world. I am always proud of the maturity of our young people and how much they recognise the importance of raising awareness about these terrible moments in our past.’
