Visual Arts 

Kerry Eeckman 

Visual Arts Teacher

Visual Art Show 2022, Term 4

Dates: Monday 24th October to Thursday 3rd November

Mini Archibald entrants have been decided

The students listed below have been voted by another grade of students to be the one entrant into the Mini Archibald Kingswood Art Show Competition:

Prep - Two

Maria PT

Ashi PC

Vivian PB

Ava PA

Emily 1S

Enoch 1N

Jayme 1K

Demi 1H

Noah 2N

Maya 2K

Abby 2E

Jack 2D

Three – Six 

Jayden 3S

Isla 3F

Emily 3B

Rohan 3C

Jasper 4F

Vanessa 4D

Toby 4C

Abigail 5W

Zoe 5D

Nathan 5B

Olive 6W

Peyton 6M

Dennis 6H

This means that they will be competing against other voted entrants from Prep–Two and Three-Six. Twenty-five lucky students (one from each grade) will have the chance to win one of the Three Categories of the Competition.

Congratulations on being voted into the Mini Archibald Competition, this is a big deal!

What will happen next……

In week 3 of Term 4, all artworks from all students and the mini Archibald art pieces will be put up on display in the Office area.

The Art Show will begin in week 4, Monday 24th Oct and continue until Thursday 3rd November. All other students across the school will have one piece of art, their ‘Proudest’ piece of art, exhibited during the Art Show. 

Mrs McLean and Mrs Eeckman will choose the Mini Archibald winners in each category (Prep-Two & Three-Six).

The Grade Six Student Leaders will choose the Packing Room winners in each category.

YOU, the community and the students will vote on the People’s Choice Winners in each category.

These will be announced in Week 6 after votes are counted for the People’s Choice.

If you have not yet attended The Art Show, we hope to see you soon.

The Year 1 students have been creating their own Indigenous Australian art which has been inspired by the two styles of X-ray art and Dot art. We looked at the features of the two different styles such as dots, cross-hatching and the representation of bones and organs.

Earthy colours were created by crushing clay and rocks to make paint and have been used traditionally for thousands of years. More recently, access to other avenues for paint, allowed Indigenous Australians to use more contemporary colours.

Did you know that X-ray Art originated in Victoria and the Dot painting comes from Northern Australia?

The students have spent several weeks using a contemporary product called Magiclay to create their Indigenous-inspired art. Well done Year 1's, the results are outstanding!