ABOUT THIS SITE

​​Art & Design SWPS is an online gallery space for the Art & Design Department at Sir William Perkins's School, an independent day school in Chertsey, Surrey. SWPS has around 600 students and has been at its current location since 1819.

​Our Art & Design Department has four staff: Ian Russell (Dept Head), Emma Elden-Ford, Ute Haring and Lizzie Sevenoaks. We've been based in our wonderfully designed, purpose-built Art Centre since it opened in 2003.

The main purpose of this website is to provide a permanent, frequently updated showcase for our students' art & design work.

Our additional aims for this site are that it should:
  • provide a useful and stimulating resource for secondary school students of art & design;
  • report on SWPS Art & Design Dept events;
  • highlight and discuss current exhibitions that are likely to be of particular interest and value to our students;
  • provoke and contribute to discussions and debates about art, design, and art & design education;
  • house a digital archive of our students' work.