Arts News

Red Moort Extension Arts camp

We’re proposing to offer students in Year Ten an opportunity to participate in an Arts extension camp at the end of Term Two.

The camp would be held at the Bush Heritage site Red Moort, on Monjebup Road near the Stirling Ranges. This is a revegetation site where native plants are being seeded and native animals are returning such as the mallee fowl, black footed wallaby, black cockatoos and honey possums. This site represents the protection and preservation of our unique biodiversity for future generations. The Red Moort eucalypt tree is only found near the Stirling Ranges and this site has a woodland on it. 

'Red Moort' is the theme for our Whole School Arts Exhibition in September. Students participating in the camp will have the opportunity to develop and explore creative ideas that will contribute to the exhibition. Artist-in-residence and costume designer extraordinaire, Ms Mand Markey will be present and she will facilitate costume design workshops inspired by the site. There will be Media and Drama workshops, developing characters for the costumes. There will also be set design workshop that will involve creating a mural to be included in the exhibition. 

The garments designed with Mand Markey will be on display at the Albany Town Hall, the school art exhibition and at the Albany Entertainment Centre. There will be a number of opportunities for Drama students to model the garments in character! 

The camp will have an associated cost, to be advised and may be run as a day excursion, dependent on COVID rules.

At this point, we are seeking expressions of student interest so please refer to the email sent to Year Ten families.

Great Southern Youth Art Award

This competition is still open and students can still enter this award being run by the City of Albany. Good luck to all students participating in the many Arts events being run by the City over the Easter Holidays.

See the link for more details: https://artsandculture.albany.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/great-southern-art-youth-awards.aspx

Ms Rachel Mordy | Head of the Arts