Related Argent hosted an all-staff volunteering day on Thursday 4th May at Whitefield School in Brent Cross Town.
Employees from across the business, alongside officers from Barnet Council, took the day out to paint a colourful artwork along a section of the school’s perimeter fence, which needed a refresh.
The artwork is a co-creation with Whitefield School students. As part of the design process for the artwork, design studio Fieldwork Facility held two workshops with Whitefield students. The students came up with the theme for the artwork – ‘Extraordinarily Wild’. Street art experts, Global Street Art advised on how best to apply the designs to the metal fence.
The artwork, painted by the Related Argent staff and Barnet Council officers, follows the clean-up and refresh at the start of the year of the fence along the alleyway further east along Marble Drive, close to the A41 Hendon Way. It brings this additional section of fence up to date as part of Brent Cross Town’s ‘Route from the Tube’ art initiatives.
Whitefield School is an important member of the local community. It recently has been awarded a “Good” Ofsted rating and is keen to continue to bring in more local families and become the first-choice secondary school in the local area.
Morwenna Hall, Partner at Related Argent, said: “It was a great experience to work with the Whitefield School students to help create public art for the benefit of the local community. The students have come up with a brilliant creative theme and in partnership with Fieldwork Facility have produced these attractive designs for the school, residents and visitors to enjoy. A big thank you to all those who brushed up on their painting skills today.”
Chris Hunt, Headteacher at Whitefield School, said: “We are so thankful to Related Argent staff for volunteering to give the frontage of the school a much-needed lift. Since my arrival at the start of this academic year, staff, students, parents and governors have all played an active role in the rapid improvements seen in the school. It is great now the rest of the community can also start to see some of the benefits.”
This is the latest piece to be unveiled at Brent Cross Town, as Related Argent and Barnet Council work together to champion public art, commissioning and delivering artworks across Brent Cross Town and the local area. In January 2023, Brent Cross Town unveiled one of the UK’s largest public art pieces with Here we come, Here we rise, by Lakwena, which forms a ‘wrap’ around the new electricity substation for the area. This adds to the artworks already on display in Claremont Park, with Hanna Benihoud’s Rainbow of Ribbons, and a tropical paradise mural by Annu Kilpeläinen that lights up a refurbished parade of shops on Claremont Way.