Carol Hunter
Framing a Career in Art
This summer, the Art Department bids farewell to Carol Hunter. Carol has been teaching Art for thirty-five years. Carol Hunter came to The Alice Ottley School as Head of Art from 1999 until the merger of Alice Ottley and The Royal Grammar school in 2007. Carol Hunter worked closely with Mrs Sally Perks at the Alice Ottley during this period. The department developed an Art and Design course for all years that included printmaking and ceramics.
There were a number of visiting artists at the school as well as Artists in Residence in the areas of Painting and Ceramic sculpture. The GCSE and Advanced level students produced dramatic paper costumes for the biannual Fashion show. A residential trip was instituted to St Ives for Year Ten at the start of their GCSE course and an annual residential study trip for the Advanced level students to Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Amsterdam and London; her latest trip was to Berlin in February 2015. She completed an MA in multi-disciplinary Printmaking at UWE in 2013 and works part-time as a practising painter and printmaker. Moving to Bristol she is nevertheless keeping her hand in and will be teaching part time at Radstock College Adult Education Institute and developing her career as a practising artist. Carol’s replacement is Jo Hunt, formerly Head of Art at St. Mary’s Convent.
Carol reflects, ‘Teaching has been a wonderful and interesting experience and teaching Art and Design in particular has given me the opportunity to explore, through the students, a creative journey in so many mediums and to encourage them to 'find a voice' in an area that contrasts, yet complements other academic subjects. We have had innumerable end of year exhibitions that have highlighted the talent of our Art students and I count myself extremely fortunate to have had such an enjoyable and varied career, supporting our own students to achieve success in a whole range of creative areas.’
'The enthusiasm, support and co-operation of so many like-minded staff have made my time at the Alice Ottley and the Grammar School a pleasure and I would like to mention here the wonderful Sally Perks, sadly now deceased, who was a real joy to work with. It is good to leave the Royal Grammar School Art department on such a high under the very capable, proactive leadership of Richard Gilbert. Of course I will miss it. Good luck to all our students who are moving on to the next stage of their careers in Art and Design!’
