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Student gets creative with stunning art project

The Editor

May 15, 2020 — 1 min read

By Liam Drury and Jill Dando News

Superb Shannon used chalk and her garden to create an amazing picture during lockdown, getting her inspiration from a t-shirt she owns.

The student from the brilliant Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset showed incredible innovation and creativity.

Head of Creative Arts James Stanley said: “Shannon’s work has been very impressive. It is great to see one of our students working hard to be creative with the resources that they have around them.”

PCSA has a strong Creative Arts department, inspirationally teaching Drama, Art, Photography and Music to students.

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