Art, Design & Technology
Millfield aims to meet the artistic and creative needs of all our students through exposure to and experience of art from a variety of sources and cultures. Our rich and varied Arts Co-Curricular programme includes:
Millfield Arts Projects
An annual series of activities, workshops and lectures in the Atkinson Gallery. Recent events have included an artist's talk, workshop and residencies by Stewart Geddes, Adam Berry, Mark Elliot Smith and Duncan Elliot; and participation in the national event, The Big Draw.
Millfield Sculpture Park
A unique sculpture collection of 29 exhibits within our extensive parkland, including large scale permanent works from artists such as Glynn Williams and Peter Randall-Page.
Sixth Form mentor programme
Tutorials and portfolio advice with staff and students from universities such as the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, Falmouth University and City & Guilds of London Art School. Students can experience the works of emerging artists from the UK’s art schools first-hand in the Atkinson Gallery’s annual MA & Other Postgraduates exhibition.
The Art Department also runs regular trips to London, Oxford, Berlin and Rome.
Meet Head of Art, Design and Technology, Paul Maxfield
Art News
School children from local primary Elmhurst Junior have been visiting Millfield to learn a variety of skills from the students. Year 11 students and Sixth Formers on the new Millfield Brilliance Award (MBA) initiative are teaching the chidren skills in art, drama and Chinese.
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Millfield artist Dalya Inan has received offers to study at some of the most prestigious art univerisites in the world.
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Millfield Photography students welcomed professional photographer Lottie Davies via Microsoft Teams to hear a talk about her journey as a photographer, the ups and downs of the job and some of her past projects. Lottie’s work is a fragrant mix of surreal set up scenes to more commercial and brand photography.
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Millfield Upper Sixth artist Will Smith has launched a successful clothing business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Old Millfieldian Edward Chudleigh (1993-1996; Shapwick) presented a talk to Millfield BTEC Art students on the links between engineering and art and how he has used art technology to develop his new sustainable energy machine, Genesis2, and created thousands of PPE face shields for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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