ArtOber Fest

‘To be capable is to have a mind of many wonders’.

This quote was taken from Robin Ewing’s paper ‘The Arts and Australian Education: Realising Potential’. Ewing goes on to list the very many ways in which The Arts as a collective promote growth and said wonder believing that students by way of the arts ‘…gain access to the real world and to other possible imaginative worlds, and make coherent meaning and order for themselves out of the welter of impressions and sensations bombarding them, from inside and out, before and from birth’.

On Monday 14 October, Preshil hosted its first ArtOber Fest – a celebration of all things arts; and a showcase of works done by many of our Preshil students in arts subjects throughout the year. Music, Drama, Media and Visual Arts students came together to demonstrate outcomes driven by processes which were in turn driven by wonder (otherwise known as the Statement of Inquiry!). Year 9 Drama for instance had considered in Term 2 processes whether acting was simply ‘the art of paying attention’. They demonstrated their learning at ArtOber Fest by way of a series of Duologues from Caryll Churchill’s play ‘Love and Information’.

On the night of ArtOber Fest we saw performances from the Preshil choir and ‘Strings attached’ group; from Arlington’s Dance group and from a Year 7 Music group who performed their horror music compositions. Solo works were showcased by Year 12 students Amelie Justin, Evie Taylor and Gulliver Poole performing works by The Jackson Five, Ernesto Cordero and George Gershwin respectively; and Year 11 student Allegra Holmes a Court played Bach Suite 1 Prelude closely followed by her sister Acorn who played (with accompaniment) Summer 3rd Movement by Vivaldi.

Thank you to Year 8 Music group for reminding us of the wonderful ear worm that is Baby Shark; and for your instrument designs; and those Year 12 Visual Artworks on display via projection. A thank you, too, to our fabulous kitchen staff pictured, students Lucinda, Charlie and Eleanor; and MC’s Sam Heeps and Audrey Robinson.

And a thank you to all who came and supported our thriving Arts subjects. What a wonder-full night it was.

By Kate on behalf of the ARTS TEAM : )