Visual Arts

Blue Mountains Portraits Exhibition at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

'Blue Mountains Portraits' is the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre’s annual celebration of the local community and its diverse members. 

This year, the work of ten Blue Mountains Grammar School Visual Art students will be exhibited alongside works from local artists. 

The artworks portray some of the unique people that make up the cultural fabric of the Blue Mountains and tell the stories behind the person in the portrait. 

The exhibition is celebrating its five year anniversary and is on display until 20th March at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 30 Parke Street, Katoomba. Don't miss it!

Visual Arts Co-Curricular 

This term the Visual Arts Faculty will be offering two Co-Curricular courses commencing in Week 3:

Ceramics 

Wednesdays, 3.15pm to 4.45pm

Supervising teacher: Mrs Nadia Matteucci 

Equipment required: Old clothes (should you wish to change)

Cost of activity: $25 per Term

Contact: nmatteucci@bmgs.nsw.edu.au to enrol

Co Curricular Ceramics will cover a range of skills giving students the opportunity to extend their Visual Arts knowledge. Students will be taught hand building, pinch pots, slab building, and slip casting. Students will also be taught the basic skills in Ceramics and then branch into areas of specific interest to make work of their own design. They will learn about clay, packing kilns, underglazing, using decals, glazes and a range of techniques that might be specific to their interest area.

Art Extension 

Thursdays, 3.15pm to 4.45pm

Supervising teacher: Ms Julie Hiam

Equipment required: Cost of activity $25  Term

Contact: jhiam@bmgs.nsw.edu to enrol

Art Extension is a course run to extend students in Years 7 to 11 who have a passion for Visual Arts. Art making projects in this course are tailored to the students interests and they are designed to allow students to try a range of new materials and techniques and give them the freedom to experiment and express themselves through their own artmaking practice. 

At the end of the year all co-curricular students are invited to enter the Dr Marshall Awards and exhibit their work. See this link below for a virtual tour of the exhibits in the 2021 Dr Marshall Art and Design Exhibition. 

https://www.bmgsartdesignawards.com.au/virtual-tour

Mrs Julie Hiam

Acting Head of Visual Arts