Arts & Technology
VCE Art Exhibition
The annual VCE Arts Exhibition was held last week from 23 to 27 October with the official opening on the evening of 25 October 2017. The VCE centre transformed into an amazing gallery space showcasing works of Year 12 Media, Studio Arts, Visual Communication and Art and Year 11 Art, Studio Art and Visual Communication.
The large crowd of students, staff and parents thoroughly enjoyed viewing the finished products that the Year 11 and 12s have been working tirelessly on all year. The exhibition space was filled with wonderful works exhibiting a variety of intricate drawings, paintings, photographs, short films, fashion designs, sculptures, mix media, fabric applications, 3D works and visual communication designs.
Koonung Secondary College is committed to supporting the Arts by presenting an Acquisition Award. The artwork is purchased by the College and this year two works have been selected to complement the existing collection and add depth and breadth to the KSC collection.
This years’ Aquisition winners were:
1st place: Grand Award- Eva Hatzicostas for her quilt art piece.
2nd place: Major Award – Michelle Pan for her mix media line drawing
We provided one Outstanding Award for high achievements in the Visual Arts, this award was presented to Jessie He, for her Visual Communication & Design piece.
This year we held a People’s Choice Award, winners were Hamish Andrew for his paper sculpture Art piece, Georgia Scales for her photograph, paper cut Studio Arts work and Michaela Clare-Cover for her Art photography pieces.
Congratulations to everyone!
Thank you to Ms Sandy Angliss for all her hard work helping to organise the VCE gallery space.
Thank you also to the musical entertainment which was organized by Mr. David Forward and the amazing talents of the GDC Band.
Year 11 teachers, Mr David Foote, Mr Stuart Rowe and Ms Helen Briffa showcased the works of their ever inspiring students.
To our 2017 Arts Captains, Jaimee Morrison and Anna Kontanisous, thank you for your support, enthusiasm and commitment to the Arts at KSC.
To our 2018 Arts Captains, Friyana Madden and Gemma Schade, we look forward to a new year full of fun, creative thoughts and innovative ideas.
I would like to thank the students who shared their passion, creativity and talent with us as well as the VCE Arts teachers- Mr Mark Threadgold, Ms Amy McLellan, Mr Stuart Rowe, Mr Richard Leask and Mr Dean Ashton for guiding and encouraging all of the Year 12 students to bring their creative ideas to fruition.
Helen Briffa
Arts Domain Leader
Artist of the Week
Congratulations to Jessica Yan (8E) who was selected as last week's KSC Artist of the Week.
Jessica was nominated by Arts Teacher, Stuart Rowe.
Her work is proudly on display in the front office foyer. If you teach Jessica or see her around, please congratulate her on this skilful piece of design. She will receive a certificate which will be presented to her at a year level assembly.
Jessica completed the one-point perspective Street Scene piece as part of her Visual Communication Design Assessment Task for Year 8. Please read what Jessica has written to describe her art piece.
Jessica Yan
"For this assessment task, we had to develop a creative one-point perspective street scene. My landscape drawing incorporates the use of rendering, light source, tone, blending and colour- contrast. I wanted to express world peace so I named my work ‘Castle in the sky’. The bridge with the Chinese national flag leads to an Australian castle, with trains travelling above the ocean. I have also depicted a rising sun to indicate a bright yet unknown future, with endless possibilities".
Jessica Yan 8E
Stuart Rowe
KSC Arts Teacher 2017
Artist of the Week
Congratulations to Mia Hannon (9D) who has been selected as this week's KSC Artist of the Week. Mia was nominated by Visual Arts Teacher, Amy McLellan.
Her work is proudly on display in the administration foyer. If you teach Mia or see her around, please congratulate her on this skilful piece of artwork. A certificate which will be presented to Mia at a year level assembly. Mia completed this photo as part of her photography assignment, class assessment task of “Unbelievable”.
Students in Year 9 Photography create a realistic 'Unbelievable' image using their own imagery, sourced imagery and their imagination. Understanding the complexity and range of tools available to them in Photoshop requires persistence and attention to detail. Mia Hannon has created a highly skilled response to the task, where the viewer is tricked to believe the 'Unbelievable'. As her teacher I was immediately impressed with the concept she developed and the high level digital skills she has displayed. Well done Mia.
Amy McLellan
Please read what Mia has written to describe her art piece.
Mia Hannon 9D
"I created this collage for a photography assignment ‘Unbelievable’ . We were required to take several photos ourselves and photoshop them into an unbelievable image. For my assignment, I tried to make it seem as though the real world had been swapped with the digital world. I utilised a range of tools and techniques such as shadow, lighting and cropping to try to make the image look as realistic as possible."
Helen Briffa
KSC Arts/Technology Domain Leader 2017