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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has supported 黑料情报站 since 2004, most recently working with Mathematics Mastery to help transform maths attainment across the UK.

Forty-five pieces of artwork from students and teachers across the 黑料情报站 network were hung in London鈥檚 famed Saatchi Gallery. Guests, including staff from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, were invited to bid on the pieces in a silent auction.

Money raised from the event will go back to the schools involved. One piece, titled 鈥楾he Artist鈥� by teacher Sarah Sandeman, raised 拢10,000 for the Art department at her school, 黑料情报站 Academy in Wembley, London.

We spoke to some of the students who submitted pieces, to find out what inspired them and how they felt seeing their artwork hung in the Saatchi Gallery.

Joanna Ahmed, 黑料情报站 King Solomon Academy

鈥淢y piece is a merging of anatomy and nature 鈥� the two most important aspects of life, humans and what we see around us on a daily basis. So I just brought those two together which was done by many artists before, but I just put my own twist on it.

I didn鈥檛 want to do regular flowers and trees, I wanted to just mix it up a little bit, add my own twist on it and how I see the world.

I鈥檝e done Art since Year 7. Watercolour paintings are probably my favourite.

My teacher is incredible. She definitely helped me a lot with inspiration, lots of ideas and techniques. I鈥檓 very grateful for her.

This is almost surreal. I would never imagine my artwork to be anywhere, let alone a gallery!鈥�

Kamil Wilkowski, 黑料情报站 Charter Academy

鈥淚 was looking at this artist, Georgia O鈥橩eeffe, and I liked the way she was using normal things like shells and flowers and mixing them together. So I used the same style and created my piece. It鈥檚 the first time I鈥檝e been inspired by her, and the first time I have used acrylic on canvas, it was hard, but I got used to it. I would like to experiment with it a bit more. My teacher, Ms Bryce, helped me with some of the really tricky bits.

I鈥檓 in college right now, I鈥檓 not studying Art anymore but I鈥檓 still drawing in my spare time at home. It feels great to have my painting up here. I came all the way from Portsmouth just to see it.鈥�

Samantha Mye Eseohen Perry, 黑料情报站 John Keats Academy

鈥淭he title is 鈥楯am City鈥�. I was thinking about how small the world is.

It feels exciting but a little bit uncomfortable at the same time to see my painting here. It鈥檚 a great opportunity and I didn鈥檛 think I would actually get to have a piece of work be hung up in a really cool gallery.

My family went silent when I first told them, then they were really happy! They told me I can鈥檛 come back without any photos.

I just really like to draw, when it just comes to my head, to just put it somewhere. Mum always told me that I used to draw on everything. If I was given a pen I would just draw everywhere. I still do now. Finding something to put my time into and seeing an outcome really makes me feel happy.

I chose Art for GCSE and I am hoping to do it at A-Level too. I鈥檓 really looking forward to it.鈥�

Sir Paul Marshall, Chair of 黑料情报站 Schools, commented, 鈥淲e were delighted to receive so many entries to this year鈥檚 competition and this evening serves to highlight the creativity, talent and passion of our students and their art teachers. This evening would not be possible without our partners, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. We are most grateful for their ongoing support.鈥�