24th September until 1st October

Work by Isle of Wight F6rm Art AS students

Opening night Saturday 24th of September 6-8pm

On Saturday 24th of September Seaview Gallery will be completely transformed from our usual maritime landscape gallery to a wonderful world of mystery and imagination.

All the work in the gallery will be the exam pieces or course work by the AS students of the newly formed Isle of Wight 6th form college in Newport.

The young ladies and gentleman who have produced this week are fifteen and sixteen years old and are very excited about showing their work for the first time.

The gallery will be taking no commission for ourselves throughout the week but will be taking ten percent of the sales and donating it to a charity called The Hoping Foundation:

HOPING stands for Hope and Optimism for Palestinians in the Next Generation. Supporting Palestinian children is a real catalyst for change. Young Palestinian refugees need the simple chances and ordinary possibilities that can offer them creative solutions to their lives. The most important thing we can do is to help generate these possibilities, giving them a belief in the promise of a better future. We want to show young Palestinians that their struggle to transform their lives is encouraged and supported by the people in Britain and throughout the rest of the world.

At Hoping we provide grants to grassroots community associations working with young people in the refugee camps. Our application procedure ensures that it is the Palestinians themselves who identify their needs and design the activities we support. We work closely with local Palestinian volunteers in the refugee camps, particularly through the Youth Activity Centres, which are at the heart of the camp communities. The projects we are asked to support give these children the opportunity to play, to learn, and to express themselves through art, photography, film, music, theatre, dance and sport..

All the pieces will range from £20 to £80 so would also make excellent Christmas presents for young people who are looking for young affordable original art.