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• Rivers of the World exhibition

Thu 20 August – Sunday, 13 September 2009
11am - 6pm

South Bank Riverside Walkway and the gallery@oxo

Rivers of the World is the Festival’s flagship art and education project. In partnership with the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms, this creative project links over 2,000 young people around the world through a common theme: the river.

In 2009, students from London, Shanghai (China), Kolkata (India), Veracruz (Mexico), Sao Paulo & Recife (Brazil), Szentendre (Hungary) and Paris (France) have studied their, or their partner city's, river and produced magnificent artworks for public display both in London and in each of the participating cities overseas.

Class groups of 13- and 14-year-olds have worked with professional artists over the summer months to produce these fabulous artworks which are on display along the South Bank riverside walkway between the London Eye and Tower Bridge. The artwork is also exhibited all together in the gallery@oxo.

A selection of the artwork produced over the past five years is on permanent display on large banners along Upper Ground.

Rivers of the World is a Thames Festival project delivered in partnership with the British Council's Connecting Classrooms with support from HSBC Global Education Trust.