Rye College’s annual GCSE Art and Photography Exhibition has showcased another year of exceptional young talent and hard work. The show, which is exhibited to students, parents and the wider community, showed a breadth of skills and exploration from the Year 11 students at Rye College.

The Rye Society of Artists once again generously donated prizes to be given to the students. The prizewinners, selected by Davida Smith and Steve Duffy, were Christine-Anne Brown, Asia Low and Amy Crisford, with Bethany LePort, Olivia Waters and Nathan Halliday being Highly Commended. The Photography prizes were kindly donated by David Purdie from the Purdie Gallery, and went to Emily Barden, Fern Adams and Jade Ryding.

The Head of Art at Rye College, Lauren Loveless, commented “We are so grateful to the Rye Society of Artists, Rye Art Gallery and the Purdie Gallery for their continued support of our young artists. It is such a privilege for our students to have their work recognised and celebrated by practising artists from our local community. The Exhibition this year showed a great deal of talent, and I am so proud of how our students developed and rose to the challenge – the growth in their skills and confidence has been a joy to see”. Thanks to Jane Fenn and the Trustees of Rye Art Gallery, a selection of work from the Rye College students will be exhibited at Rye Art Gallery from Saturday 18th July until the end of August.