Next Gen 2022 Art Excursion – Year 8 Visual Arts Academy

After many months of being unable to go on excursions, the year 8 Visual Arts Academy finished off term 1 by visiting the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. We had the honour of seeing not only high achieving artworks of VCE students from last year, but also being able to view the folios and design work.

After the viewing students explored the permanent collection and chose favourite artworks to discuss.

We then explored the gift shop, which is full of handmade items from local artisans, and students discussed and drew inspiration from creatures by local artist Suzanne McCrae. Students are currently designing their own spirit animals and they found the excursion very rewarding and inspiring.