Blooming Art in the Suburb Letter to the editor Flowers are blooming, the days where my Father used to take me and it still gives me pleasure (my Maurice Walk, NW11 deficit for many years with its looked at and closed. Or council are longer and the sun is shining and my siblings to all the museums critical skills from studies of art population projections and census owned land or buildings could be brighter. It seems that spring is and art galleries whenever we may be biased here). My artwork Sir, information. An amazing team of looked at. One thing is clear, tax coming to the Suburb after all. travelled; it was the norm. When I now is principally in painting on Please find below a letter, which a dozen people gave up their time, paying parents of children of a Spring for many is seen as an had to choose my studies for silk, glass fusion, sculpture in was recently published in The Archer some of them giving up their jobs, certain age are scared and worried almost magical time of the year, university, my parents pressed me various materials and ceramics. newspaper and which I feel would to open the Archer Academy – a that they will not have quality with the gardens starting to to study law, but I thought that be of interest to your readers. (an process which from start to finish secondary education for an entire come to life and the sound of was not transferable to other What inspires you? edited version appeared in their took the best part of three years. generation of children. To assume birds filling the empty silences countries and I wanted to travel. I I feel inspired by my travels and February issue, No 265) The Archer Academy is a credit to that there is another driven, energetic, in the early mornings. Spring is chose aesthetics and history of art, the varieties of colours, light and I am writing today to draw our local area and we are all talented group of parents out there also a time of inspiration for which seemed to me to be universal form wherever I go. your attention to a matter, which I extremely proud of its progress, willing to put their lives on hold many artists, so it is no surprise around the World – it was part of Garden Suburb provides local feel is coming to breaking point in and the faith that the community for nearly a whole electoral cycle is that the members of the EFOA human nature. After graduating, I abundance of all these in the my local neighbourhood (NW11, has put in it. I supported the madness. It is not our job to do the (East Open Artists) are travelled to Paris and went on architecture, private gardens and N3 and N2) and in the borough as school from the very beginning work of our elected officials and those already busy dusting off their studying art. At that stage I really public spaces. a whole. and I know personally most of the who work within the Department of brushes and canvases for this wasn’t making art, more like Favourite place in the suburb? After attending the Archer team who so heroically gave up Education; those who have the skills, year’s Open Houses Event. The criticising what other people did! I particularly love Central Square, Academy public meeting for its their time. resources and time to see these types Suburb is home to some of its Big and Little Woods and the admission change consultation on So what next? Even if the of projects through to completion members, from jeweller Kochi What was the first piece of art always changing gardens. Monday evening, one thing became process was started tomorrow to need to act now. The Archer Academy, Ocada to sculptor Rachel Dein and you ever created? Describe your art in 3 words? very clear. There is a SERIOUS, open another school, it would while a fantastic school, is not a painter Sandra Levine. Today we I travelled on to London and there Form, colours, texture. devastating lack of good secondary most likely not come to fruition for panacea. Barnet parents need help, interview another Suburb resident, did my first craft and art work: I schools in our area and the at least a year, probably longer. desperately, and they need it now. silk painter Clara Hancock. constructed tandoori ovens for a Clara will be showcasing her borough as a whole. I know that Premises in the three postcodes living and joined classes in silks at the Open Houses Event this does not come as a surprise; named above are scarce. Perhaps Yours Why Art? sculpture. My first student work which takes place over two Barnet have known about this schools that are failing need to be Laura Pincus I cannot remember a time without was a sitting lady in Ancaster weekends in July 2/3 and 9/10. art. I was brought up in Colombia stone; I still have it, 40 years later (www.eastfinchleyopen.org.uk) A comment on schools Clara’s Open House in 2015 For parents schooling is perhaps Laura Pincus’s concern goes children need where they need it. the most important part of a deeper than just The Archer Perhaps this stepping back explains child’s life, after health, about Academy’s admissions policy, but the increasing concerns in which they have to make decisions. to how ordinary people were different parts of Britain about There was quite a lively exchange forced to give of themselves shortages of school places, teacher on the RA e-mail group (see p4 because the state has decided to shortages, rundown buildings and on how to join) about the Archer step back from providing what all lack of facilities. Academy’s admissions policy earlier this year, and The Archer, East Finchley’s excellent monthly community newspaper produced Chasing pavements and distributed by volunteers, has There has been a lively exchange Our councillors have been had pages of articles and letters of e-mails on the HGS e-mail asked if it might not be worth on the subject every month this group recently about pavements spending a little more on accident year (www.the-archer.co.uk). and the state they’re in with prevention by following up Parents naturally react strongly residents regularly coming across complaints and acting on them. when decisions affect their dangerous paving stones when I don’t suppose we can expect children and so it has been in walking in the Suburb (see page perfect paving, but it sometimes this case. The Archer Academy 2 ‘Suburb Open Meetings’). feels like nothing is ever done. responded to the controversy Last November a resident, using Incidentally £34,389.19 was by having a public consultation FOI rights, asked Barnet how much paid as compensation for damage and has now published its decision compensation it was paying to to vehicles resulting from the on its admissions policy from pedestrians due to accidents caused disrepair of roads during the same September 2017. You can read by the disrepair of pavements. period. The answer doesn’t say this at: thearcheracademy.org.uk/ The answer came back with a if the roads TfL, or the Highways Admissions/admissions-policy substantial £493,064.01 in the Agency are responsible for, are and clicking on the relevant link. previous twelve months. included in the figures. Works to trees on your Suburb property

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