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The PYA Exhibition
At the heart of PAW is a passion for bringing art to as many young people in our Purbeck community as we can. Every year we work with fantastic local artists with a wealth of experience to deliver amazing workshops in schools all around Purbeck. We work closely with local schools to celebrate and encourage art, and each year we involve around 500 young people in creative activities. This year there are a record number of schools involved working with 7 artists and the range of workshops includes, glass art, puppet
making, painting banners, clay making and 3D art using recycled materials. Workshops and artwork from the schools are based on the festival theme, which this year is ‘Myths, Monsters and Legends’. Three of the workshops will create props and scenery for the performance of The Fairy Queen on 7 June. We hope that you will come and see the inspiring results in The Byre at Rollington Barn.
As always, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to The Friends of the Festival and to all our Sponsors for supporting our work with young people. Without their amazing generosity, we would not have so many opportunities to spread the passion for art to as many schools as we do. We would also like to thank the schools and teachers involved this year for recognising the importance of art for young people and creating some incredibly imaginative artwork.
The PYA exhibition opening event will be held in The Byre on Friday May 24th 4.00pm – 5.00 pm. It will be a celebration not to be missed with refreshments, live music and an opportunity for you and your children to have a go at some art yourselves. We hope you will come and join us for some arty fun.
As one of the teachers said ‘the workshop opened the door for the class to see that art is more than just paint and paper, but also that you can mix the natural world with artists’ ideas’.
PYA 2025
Corfe Castle Primary School’s Mandrake Workshop
