The Arts
"The Real Inspector Hound"
Performers Precinct, MAY 30 , 7PM
2018 VCE Theatre Studies class presents The Real Inspector Hound, by Tom Stoppard.
When two theatre critics go to see the latest murder mystery, they end up getting a lot more then what they bargained for.
A thrilling adventure then begins, full of plot twists, red-herrings, madmen,and swamp boots. Uncovering hidden secrets from these two theatre critics own lives with lots of laughs along the way.
Hearts will be broken, murders will be uncovered, and maybe we will finally find the real inspector hound.
Ticket are on sale now, $5 from general office.
Art Support Group
As CSC looks towards new horizons via buildings and programs, we seek the support of interested parents, guardians and community members to reinvigorate the Art Support Group.
The Art Support Group is fundamentally a parent collective with the purpose of assisting the Visual Arts program at CSC via fundraising and organisational duties.
Previous activities have been the highly successful CSC Art Auction, which raised over $10,000.00 for the purchase of new Printmaking equipment.
If you are interested in participating, please register your details with Clayton Tremlett by telephone: 54791111 or tremlett.clayton.c@edumail.vic.gov.au
VCE Art Camp – TOP ARTS and Melbourne Galleries
On April the 19th and 20th, a group of C.S.C year 11 and 12 Art and Photography students set out on the cold morning of a Thursday to the wonderful city of Melbourne. We went with the intent to get inspired by other art and photography students from around the whole of Victoria. And inspired we became!
First arriving at the NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) at Federation Square, we dumped our bags in a safe locker room at the site and then we split into class groups- which took a while and ended up being uneven anyway… But my group (the largest) went straight into the gallery to do a guided tour by our teacher, Mr Theobald. Mr Theobald took us to the top of the gallery and explained to his year 12 students about the way a gallery is set out. Some paintings are in a darker position on the wall as opposed to some with a light shining on them- to make the artworks look more angelic (in this case we saw an old style painting of a mother and her baby looking pure and angelic.) The light helped to create that particular mood. Mr Theobald also mentioned the cool temperature in the gallery to preserve the artworks. So we continued on, learning key facts about the gallery and its layout that is carefully planned.
Lunch break- Everyone disappeared as quickly as a bunch of hungry teenagers on an art camp. After lunch we all regrouped and continued our tour of the massive (and impressive) gallery. But this time freely and at our own pace. Soon after we got our pencils and went into the lecture room where we had a run-through of all the student art that made it into the Top Arts 2017. This was very inspiring because there is a student from Castlemaine Secondary that made it to the top 55 in the whole of Victoria. Her name is Isadora Anderson and her piece was a sketch of the textiles room in our school. Congratulations to her and it’s really great to hear that Castlemaine raises incredible artists!
But walking around the Top Arts section of the gallery, shows the diversity and huge range of all different artists and their works. Next we looked at the finalist’s folios which we had to protect very carefully with white gloves. Oh MY Golly Gosh, the incredible amount of hard work put into these folios are unbelievable- and what inspired me the most. Their planning is very intricate and detailed, explaining every decision they made to get to their final piece, which is A+ VCE students!
We also saw Street Art, visited commercial Galleries and saw an impressive Photography exhibition by Rosemary Laing whose work was for sale at $35,000 each and saw an impressive exhibition of the RMIT art collection, with works by several Castlemaine artists. We were all very grateful to have gotten the opportunity to go to the Top Arts 2017 art camp, thank you to all of the teachers. This opportunity gave me hope for my art, and photography classes and I am excited to do my very best in my folio work and final pieces.
written by Brittany Meadows
It's Recital Time For Music Students
Recital Nights have commenced. All are welcome to attend our students' concerts which will be held in the new Performers Precinct Foyer. The Recital Nights showcase the hard work of the students and are a mix of solo/duo/trios and class ensemble pieces. Students prepare for their recital night pieces throughout the term by having a weekly instrumental lesson and weekly class ensembles directed by instrumental staff.
Year 10 Music-Monday 7th May
Unit 3 Music Performance-Wednesday 9th May
Year 9 Music-Thursday 17th May
Year 7 Music-Monday 21st May
Year 8 Music-Wednesday 23rd May
All concerts start promptly at 5:30pm in the Performers Precinct Foyer. Please park in the eastern car park (closest to the bush).
