More than 1000 enthusiastic students came through the doors of Hale school’s Memorial Hall to view the work on show at Fine Art @Hale this year.

In recent years Hale School’s art-loving community has become accustomed to shivering in the rain and wind, gathering around the outdoor heaters at the doors of Memorial Hall, waiting to be among the first to see the artworks on display at the Opening Night of Fine Art @ Hale.

If there is one message that artist Carly le Cerf would like to get across to young people it is that – as opposed to what she was told as a kid – you actually can make a living from art.

With their elegant swoops of iron, contrasting metal textures, quirky details and thoughtful highlights of coloured glass, Ben Juniper’s sculptures are testament to his early training as a jeweller; but there is nothing delicate or jewellery-like about the strength and effort required to create this work.

Since 2002 the boarders at Hale School’s Brine House have been among Fine Art @ Hale’s most dedicated viewers – and most astute investors.

Fine Art @ Hale talk to former Hale School Headmaster, John Inverarity and Garry Zeck, the inaugural Director of Fine Art @ Hale, about the exhibition’s beginnings all those years ago.