Mr Murray, Teacher

"Making artwork becomes a way of learning about students' worlds, their voices, and their hopes."

It’s been a pleasure building the Art department at HBAED. The most inspiring part of the job is sitting alongside students as they make.

Making artwork becomes a way of learning about their worlds, their voices, and their hopes. Art not only reflects these things, it can challenge and reshape them – widening horizons, shifting perspectives, and opening up new ways of thinking.

Joseph Murray, Subject Leader of Art

At HBAED, our Art curriculum is broad, inclusive, and rooted in real-world creative practice. Through workshops, collaborations and our Artist in Residence programme, students engage with South London’s contemporary arts scene. Working with leading institutions like Bold Tendencies, UAL and Christie’s, students gain insight into art as both study and career.

Lachie Rhodes, Artist and Technician