Visual Arts in Focus 

Looking for something creative to do these school holidays?

The City of Hobart’s Youth Arts and Recreation Centre (YARC) is a vibrant, welcoming space for young people aged 12–25 to connect, create and try something new. There are a number of SMC students who already access YARC's Open Access after-school program.   

YARC's Term 2 school holiday program is now live, and it’s packed with free, hands-on workshops designed to inspire creativity and fun over the break.

Students can jump into an exciting mix of activities alongside the friendly YARC team, including cyanotype making with Antarctic scientists, beatboxing, VR experiences, drumming, songwriting, gallery hopping and much more.

With an awesome lineup already announced for Week 1 and more still to come in Week 2, there’s something for every interest. All activities are completely free. Just register via Humantix.

Trophies for the Totally Unexpected (under construction!)

Year 8E Visual Arts students have been exploring humour, symbolism and personal expression through a clay project titled Anti-Trophy.

They were given the challenge of designing and creating an amusing anti-trophy out of clay. Rather than celebrating traditional achievements, students were challenged to design a sculptural piece that honours a unique and personal quality, characteristic or action that is not usually celebrated.

As you can see in the photos (their work is currently drying and waiting to be fired), their imaginative three-dimensional forms really bring their ideas to life. 

A few of the quirky habits students reframed as something worthy of recognition included:

• Unmade Bed → Outstanding Commitment to the Art of the Unmade Bed
• The Worst Speller → Gold Medal in Creative Spelling 
• Drama Queen → Excellence in Everyday Dramatic Performance 
• Most Pessimistic → World Champion of Expecting the Worst 

Year 8 Think Outside the Post Box

Mrs Jo Boyd

The culminating task of the Raise Your Voice unit in Term 1 for 8B, 8C and 8D Visual Arts was to design and create a postcard-sized artwork. Each piece needed to show something that made the student feel happy, whether that was a place, an object, a dream, or something else entirely. With everything from chocolate bars to horses and, of course, a beach scene or two, happiness was well represented. 

After students had refined their works, the pieces were scanned and sent off to be professionally printed. Each participating student now has several printed copies of their artwork, along with the original. The remaining prints will be used within the College and will also feature in our end-of-year exhibition.