Art pupils create work that tells their story

ART students at Northwood School have taken part in a competition to create work that tells their story.

The Young Brits at Art competition, run by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, invited youngsters aged between 11 and 19 to submit art work that told their story.

Four students from the school in Potter Street, Northwood Hills, have made it into the top 100 out of 1,630 entrants. They will be put before a panel of judges before the top 10 are announced at the awards ceremony at London's South Bank Centre on July 2.

Talking about her piece, pupil Sarah Power, 15, said: "My identities piece is a portrait of two Muslims wearing the traditional Islamic clothing, Hijab.

"I painted one of the women with a more European skin tone and one with a more Asian skin tone, to show the scope of the Islamic faith and how it has spread across the world to build up one of the biggest followings to date.

"The Union Jack in the background is to signify how Islam has become such a big part of British Culture in the 21st century."

Go to www.equalityhumanrights.com/art to find out more.