Artspace

Year 5 to 8 Musical

The Year 5-8 Musical Team is thrilled to announce that we have secured the rights to Dreamworks - Madagascar Jr for our Year 5-8 production for 2023.  The musical will be held on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June 2023.

Students from Years 5-8 were invited to audition and since early March, students and staff have been rehearsing and working hard on this exciting production. 

Tickets will go on sale soon - so please keep an eye out on your email inbox and/or the School's Facebook page!

Sashiko Club

Sashiko Club runs on Wednesday lunch breaks and teaches our Years 3-6 students the art of Japanese stitching. Sashiko is a traditional embroidery art that dates back to the 1600's. This style of stitching is often used to reinforce fabrics, with worn-out clothes pieced together to make new garments, reinforcing our Quaker values of earthcare and simplicity.

Students practise their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills while using a running stitch to create geometric patterns on blue fabric squares. These squares will be sewn together to create a larger art piece.

Theatre Royal and TMAG Visit

In Term 1, our Year 11 IB students visited the Theatre Royal for a fantastic tour by Nick Toll, the Operations Manager. They were able to go backstage in both the Main stage and Studio Theatre, explored the sound and lighting operations, climbed up to the fly tower and learn about the history of Australia's oldest operating theatre.

Year 12 IB students visited the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery to explore potential creative starting points for their next major assessment, which is to develop a piece of original theatre for an audience. If you're interested in viewing their work, they will share it on May 25.

Art and First Nations Studies

Year 11 and 12 Art and First Nations Studies students had the pleasure of listening to Tasmanian Aboriginal artist, Julie Gough, and emerging artist and alumnus, George Kennedy (Class of 2013), as they discussed the creative process behind their works.

By listening to Julie Gough speak our students gained a deeper understanding of Tasmanian Aboriginal art and culture, and the complex histories and experiences that inform her work. She spoke about inviting a viewer to a closer understanding of our continuing roles in, and proximity to unresolved National stories - narratives of memory, time, absence, location and representation.

As an emerging artist, George Kennedy has shared insights into the art industry and how to get started in the art world. George talked to our TCE students about his insights into the sources of his ideas and the impact of the materials and techniques he has used.

George Kennedy - https://www.despard-gallery.com.au/artist.../george-kennedy/

Julie Gough - https://juliegough.net/brief-biography/

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