SFCA Art Exhibition 2025: Harmony

Welcome to the 2025 Art Exhibition for sixth form college students. 

This year, the next generation of talented young artists reflect on the experience of harmony in a world of unrest, polarisation and discord.

Civil unrest and deeply polarised and opposing views about highly sensitive issues (e.g. global conflict, immigration, climate change, and gender) make Harmony a harder goal to attain and, at the same time, sow the seeds of discord. Young people are invited to reflect on their experiences of Harmony – at home or abroad, in college or the community, with friends or strangers. What does Harmony look like? What does it feel like? Implicit in our thinking about Harmony is its flipside: discord, even conflict. How can young people help to promote the former and defuse the latter? Students’ work might depict actual people, images, events and places, or it might represent a more abstract expression of how it feels to experience Harmony.

Sixth form colleges represent a vital supply pipeline of the professional artists of the future, and this is their platform to stimulate our thinking about the wonders of the world we live in, to remind us of why the arts matter, to showcase their skills, and to convey their views and feelings 

This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the arts and advance their place in the curriculum, and their importance in our lives. It is also a time to recognise excellence in sixth form colleges and the talent, creativity and sensitivity of the students. It is imperative that we keep the arts in education secure and flourishing. If young people are to make a truly valuable contribution to society, even if they are to be successful scientists, engineers, doctors and technicians, they need to develop their creative skills, their artistic sensitivities and their ability to communicate and interact with others.

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