The National Gallery’s Visits tour kicked off with a bang as over 2,500 Islanders flocked to see Constable’s ‘The Cornfield’ in Newport at the start of June.
In partnership with the visiting exhibition, the Museum of Island History welcomed over 750 visitors who enjoyed free admission during the week, including 180 people on Saturday the 10th June when a family engagement day was offered.
Local creative health charity Independent Arts were invited to lead on a community creative response to the painting.
Throughout the week, creative workshops were offered across singing, sculpting, watercolour, drawing and photographic mediums.
The National Gallery also funded the development of a new schools workshop which 10 local primary schools will receive.
The workshop included dressing up, testing their handwriting skills with ink pens, and completing a photo-hunt from the amazing photographs taken circa 1900 of rural life on the Isle of Wight.
Children could ‘jump into the Constable painting’ and take themselves back in time to life in 1826, exploring the ‘day to day’ artefacts from that time.
Be sure to look out for a fabulous upcoming display of the work soon to be appearing in Independent Arts high street windows.
CEO of Independent Arts, Lisa Gagliani, said:
“More than 300 of our participants and visiting public took part in the workshops and visited the painting.
"For many who attend our groups, a visit to London to a big gallery would just not be possible, so this really was a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
Julie Jones-Evans, cabinet member for Economy, Regeneration, Culture and Leisure, added:
"Just seeing the joy and emotion on people's faces as they took in the painting was priceless.
“Without all the energy that has gone into High Street and Cultural Regeneration the project wouldn't have happened here.”
The museum of Island History is open 10-1pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, with admission costing just £1.
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