Curricular Arts News
Ms Christine Larsen - Curriculum Leader The Arts
As part of their current unit of study, “Youth Culture”, Year 10 Visual Art students participated in a practical street art workshop with artist Mark Paddick, where they began to develop a painting that replicates the street art style, by adding layers of collaged materials, spray-painted stencils, song lyrics and graffiti-style text. Using their paintings as the base, the students will be producing animations by taking symbols from the collaged elements of their painting, creating painted versions of these and using stop motion animation to show these symbols moving over the surface of their paintings. They will also be developing a soundscape to go with their final animation.
Year 9 Drama students are currently learning the basic principles of Physical Theatre. For their assessment task, they are to take a famous work of literature and transform it into a physical theatre performance where they will use their body to tell the story rather than words. We look forward to seeing their finished products.
We are very proud to announce that Year 12 student, Gabriel Dinneen was awarded first place in the QATSIF (Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation) Creative Arts Competition in the Senior Sculpture section. Gabriel’s artist statement for the piece follows –
The Brisbane River has been the heart of Brisbane throughout history, from 60,000 years ago when the Jaggera and Turrbal people camped and held ceremonies on the land around the river, and used the food, medicine and other supplies provided by the river, to the current day when the river is used for recreation and to transport people and goods in and out of Brisbane.
This work that I have created, “River Stones”, is about the Brisbane River in the distant past, and its significance to the original inhabitants of the city. This artwork draws on both personal and cultural contexts to show a perspective of the river which is not normally seen. The artwork depicts the inner Brisbane (Meanjin) stretch of the river from Hamilton through to the Botanic Gardens in the city.
The artwork is painted as a bird’s-eye view, as many Indigenous landscapes are. This one, however, is installed on the ground, so the viewer is looking down at the artwork, rather than looking at it on a wall. From a height, the bird’s-eye perspective is enhanced and the linkages between the stepping-stones are more easily understood. Traditional painting techniques are used to reference the style used by First Nations people. The white dots are used to create depth and texture so that when walking on the stepping-stones in bare feet you can feel different textures, as you would if walking barefoot around the river. This work has been installed into a beach house at Minjerribah, the traditional lands of my people, the Quandamooka people.
We will be installing Gabriel’s winning sculpture on the college grounds in the very near future for all to admire. Congratulations Gabriel!
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After his success in taking out the Primary section in the 2023 ASHCam Photography competition, Year 6 student Sonny Spencer has been shortlisted for the People’s Choice Award in the Lord Mayor’s Photography competition. Please support Sonny by clicking on the link below to vote for his photograph. The image with the most votes received at the end of the voting period will win the People’s Choice Award. Voting closes 4:00pm Friday 18 August and the winner will be announced at the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 23 August. All the best to Sonny.
