Art @ PSC

Outstanding Textile Work

Congratulations to these year 8 students who have completed their wonderful quilts 🥳

Creative Victoria

The time is getting close now for our students to present a screening of what has been a mammoth and exciting collaborative task between our Year 7 Enhancement English Class and Year 9 and 10 Digital Art Classes, as part of the Collaborative Critter Project. 

Pakenham Secondary College were thrilled to obtain a grant from Creative Victoria earlier in the year for this project. Our application was one of a large number submitted from schools throughout the State, and we were 1 of only 20 schools that received this substantial grant.

Renowned artist, Tara Kingston, has been mentoring our students through a studio-based process of exploration, development and design of Claymation ‘critters’ in the creation of stop motion film.  

At the beginning of the process, our Year 7.1 English Class, through the guidance of Mr Kelly, provided detailed descriptions and ideas for their critter characters to our Year 10 Digital Art Class.

Our Year 10 Digital Art Class, with the expert direction of Ms Rhodes-Anderson and our Creative Victoria Mentor, Tara Kingston, worked their magic to bring the Year 7 students' critters and characters to life. The Year 10s used their creative skills to craft polished and vibrant renderings that captured the essence of the imaginative critters.

The two classes worked together in collaboration, whereby the Year 7s acted as 'the clients' and provided feedback to the Year 10 students on the artistic designs of their written creations. Collaborative learning has been shown to not only develop higher-level thinking skills in students, but it can boost their self-esteem and confidence as well. Students learned how to work with different types of learners and developed their leadership skills.

The Year 10 Digital Art students provided 2D vector designs of the characters to the Year 9 students, who have now created, 3D Claymation – they have created sets, planned their scenes and used claymation techniques to bring the critters to life on screen.

The Year 9 Digital Art students are now at the final stage of their stop motion film by adding music and sound effects to add depth, texture and authenticity to their amazing visuals. 

The students will also be learning how to promote their films through various mediums, with the final screening taking place in late November / early December.  A date which will be advised to our College community shortly. 

This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Indigenous Artist in Residence - Totem Poles

Our Indigenous Artist in Residence, Sam Richards, has been working with our Year 10 Art Class to create some fabulous Totem Poles. The poles will be placed in a prominent area of the College and are absolutely stunning. 

Semester 2 Art and Technology Exhibition