Art House Exhibition - Stories finalists

  • Houses of Parliament, pencil on paper, Douglas Aitken, 2013

    This illustrates the 'finished' Parliament as it is today after centuries of being built, added to and burned down. It represents the story of the building. Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • Votes for Women, Acrylic on perspex, Freddie Mowbray, 2012

    This illustrates the Suffragettes being arrested for protesting. Image Copyright: Parliamentary copyright

  • Remember, tissue paper, glue and cardboard, Manha Mahfuza, 2013

    Illustrating the stories of the poppy fields in remembrance of war. Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • Remember, Remember the 5th November! Acrylic and pencil on paper, Zoe Brook, 2013

    Inspired by seeing fireworks at New Year, this piece illustrates the story of Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot as an important part of British Parliamentary history. Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • Hunger, pencil on paper, Mathias Folkesson Church, 2012

    The work illustrates the story of the Suffragettes Hunger Strike. I chose to use only pencil to show the pain. Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • My Life, Felt tip pen and pencil on paper, Georgia Jordon-Archer, 2012

    'This shows my life in the stained glass window. It depicts when I was born, learnt to walk, when I went to school and when I went abroad for the first time.' Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • Parliament at Sunset, Collage, ink and acrylic on paper, Lucy Sheppard, 2013

    This represents the story of London and the artists that have been inspired to paint there such as Monet, Turner and Derain. Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • Ping-Pong, Pencil crayon on paper, Jamie Gordon, 2013

    A stained glass window design to show the story of law-making and what Ping-Pong is. Image Copyright: Parliamentary Copyright

  • Woman and Horse, Acrylic on perspex, Olly Gompels, 2012

    A stained glass window design to illustrate a moment that changed history for women voters when Emily Davison threw herself under the King's Horse in protest for women not having the vote. Image Copyright: Parliamentary copyright

  • Olympic Stained Glass Window, acrylic on paper, Sandra Bibal, 2013

    I went to the Olympics during summer 2012 so I decided to design my window to show the story of the events I saw there. Image Copyright: Parliamentary copyright

Art House was a primary school art competition which asked pupils to create an artwork on the theme 'Parliament and Me'.  This is an on-line exhibtion of the ten finalists in the stories category.  Inspired by The Dearsley Windows students created pieces based on stories of their own lives or Parliament.

Winner:

  • Houses of Parliament by Douglas Aitken, age 10 from Otterton Primary School

Runners-up:

  • Votes for Women by Freddie Mowbray, age 10 from Warminster Prep School
  • Remember by Manha Mahfuza, age 8 from Wilkes Green Junior School

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