by ROOFTOP Arts Centre | Apr 25, 2025 | Public Events, Announcement
IFtL Corby schools showcased creative talent in annual art exhibition.
Three primary schools in Corby, all part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) multi-academy trust, recently took part in an annual art initiative designed to celebrate creativity and enhance pupils’ artistic skills. This marks the second year the schools have participated in the event, which will continue to be held annually around the same time.
Exploring Colour and Digital Creativity
Pupils from Exeter A Learning Community, Priors Hall A Learning Community, and Woodnewton A Learning Community explored the theme of ‘Colour Progression’ through a series of engaging art lessons and workshops. These sessions encouraged them to develop their understanding of colour theory and experiment with different artistic mediums, including digital enhancements using IT imagery skills.
As part of IFtL’s Future Focused strategic priority, every pupil from years 2 onwards has access to an individual iPad, enabling them to digitally explore artistic techniques and broaden their creative possibilities.
School Showcases and Gallery Exhibition
Each school hosted an arts-themed afternoon where artwork of pupils from foundation to year 6 was proudly displayed, and a selection of pieces was chosen for exhibition at Corby’s ROOFTOP Arts Centre.
Dinah Kazakoff and Fanoulla Georgiou of the ROOFTOP Arts Centre, a not-for-profit charity committed to bringing arts into the Corby community, collaborated closely with the schools throughout the project. They selected three outstanding pieces from each year group to be featured in the exhibition. The collection is now on display throughout the Easter break, and parents are encouraged to visit and appreciate the impressive creativity of the young artists.
Dinah Kazakoff, Gallery Director at the ROOFTOP Arts Centre, praised the project, stating:
“It has been an absolute pleasure working with the schools and witnessing the enthusiasm and talent of the pupils. Their exploration of colour and artistic progression is truly inspiring.”
Joanne James, Assistant Head at Exeter and Project Coordinator for the three schools, highlighted the value of the initiative:
“This project has provided an incredible opportunity for our pupils to express their creativity while learning new skills. Seeing their work displayed in a professional gallery has been an unforgettable experience for them. Not all children excel in the core subjects and this opportunity gives those children with the talent an opportunity to thrive.”
Young Artists Visit the Gallery
A group of pupils whose artwork was selected for the exhibition were invited to visit the ROOFTOP Arts Centre on Thursday, 3rd March.
They were thrilled to see their work showcased, with one pupil remarking:
“It feels amazing to have my work displayed alongside so many brilliant pieces!”
Their vibrant and imaginative artwork will remains on display at the ROOFTOP Arts Centre until after the Easter holidays.
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by ROOFTOP Arts Centre | Apr 14, 2025 | Announcement
Rooftop Arts will be closed to the public for the holidays from Wednesday 16th April and reopening on Wednesday 30th April.
Adult Classes will still be running during this period and The Young Creators Classes will begin again on Saturday 26th April.
Happy Easter to everyone.
by ROOFTOP Arts Centre | Mar 28, 2025 | Announcement
Local artist Gary Carroll will be putting the final touches on the large outdoor mural he has been painting over the last few weeks on the side of the Rooftop Arts building. The final details and colouring highlights will be added over the next few days to complete the work. It has taken shape really well and has attracted a lot of attention and positive comments.
Numerous people have stopped by to admire the work and Gary, being well known in Corby, has met some old friends he has not seen in a while and renewed these friendships.
Dinah Kazakoff, the Rooftop Arts Gallery Director commented, “art has a way of bringing the community together and Gary’s work is a good example of that, the mural speaks to Corby’s industrial past and has also attracted the attention and admiration of the town’s youth as well”.
At 8ft x 10ft this is one of the largest paintings the artist has done and his work has attracted 3 potential commissions from local business owners who would like to discuss similar size works at their businesses.
If you would like to see the final stages of his work, Gary will be outside completing his painting during the Rooftop Arts open hours from 11am to 4pm.
by ROOFtopartscentre | Mar 21, 2025 | Announcement
The New Mural is Taking Shape
Gary Carroll, the artist behind the new Mural being created on the side of the Rooftop Arts Centre, is starting to add colour to the artwork. The mono tones of the base layer of the mural have started to come alive with the addition of some colour aspects. This is a major work of art that Gary has been working on for over a week now, and he has started to add colour onto the piece to bring it to life.
He estimates it will take about another week to complete the work, and each day the changes becomes more and more noticeable. He has had a great deal of visitors stopping by to admire his work in progress. Between this and his regular work as a Tattoo Artist, weather permitting, he will be out every day next week to put the finishing touches on the art work.
Please feel free to stop by and say hello.
by ROOFtopartscentre | Mar 18, 2025 | Announcement
Have You Seen Our New Mural Yet ?
Local artist Gary Carroll is in the process of painting a very large mural on the side of the Rooftop Arts Centre at 27 New Post Office Sq. in Corby. The large scale art work is being drawn by hand, in acrylic paint and measures some 8 x10 feet high.
He has been working on the piece for the last few days which is now starting to take shape and become more recognizable every day. His work has caught the attention of many people passing by who have stopped to admire the work, speak to the artist, and to keep him supplied with cups of hot coffee in the cooler weather we have experienced this week. The mural is loosely based on Corby’s industrial past with some modern influences.
Gary expects the work to take around 7 more days to complete and will form part of the permanent collection of the Rooftop Art Centre. It will be seen by hundreds of people passing by each day on their way to and from Corby Town Centre. Why not take some time to pass by and meet the artist next time in Corby.
About the Artist
Gary Carroll was born in London and moved to Corby at an early age, and found his interest in art in his twenties and carried on creating for nearly 30 years. He is currently training to be a tattooist in Corby.
by ROOFTOP Arts Centre | Mar 1, 2025 | Announcement
Check out and discover our brand new design and learn how we’re expanding our digital presence to better serve our artistic community!
We couldn’t wait any longer.
We warmly welcome you as we introduce several changes to our online presence.
To be honest, we planned to implement these changes at the beginning of the new year, but we like you so much that we decided to delay for a while, but give you a more refined website (although you will probably still find some imperfections).
We encourage you to check everything and if you find anything – let us know – we have launched a module that allows you to indicate errors – you will find it on the right side (it may be annoying now, but we will remove it soon).
We are making many changes to our activity and availability on the Internet.
There will be more of us and we will be more accessible.
We are changing for the better
In order to meet the expectations of our most active visitors, we have rebuilt our website, i.e. we have rebuilt the structure of the service to make it easier to reach the content that interests you, we have introduced changes that speed up the availability of the service and more intuitive navigation on mobile devices. We have added several new utilities – check it out for yourself.
- always up-to-date information about our events,
- news from the world of art,
- new structure of the service,
- easier navigation,
- better usability on mobile devices,
- easier sharing of content from the “Share with your friends” service.
This is just the beginning of the modifications being introduced.
Of course, we still care about your privacy rights, which you can check every time you change the settings in the cookie management module, and in our Privacy Policy.
You decide
In the place marked with such a triangle – there is a module in which you can change your decision at any time to consent
or not
to the processing of cookies, although deleting consent may result in the lack of access to certain parts or functionalities of the website.
The ROOFTOP Arts Centre,
gets better every time.
We hope that the changes introduced will be received by you just as enthusiastically, we are curious about your opinions.
Speaking of opinions, in a few days we will enable a small survey and encourage you to actively participate.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions. We are here for you.
We encourage you to enter your Reviews in Google.
Simply use this link (Google Review) and leave your review.
Thank you.
Reviews give us visibility and boost confidence in our work.
