Senior School

CAREERS NEWS

You can find our Careers website site at www.stpatricksstrathfieldcareers.com.au.

 In the Know with Careers

Inside this week’s edition of In the Know with Careers, you will find information on the following: 

• University of Wollongong (UOW) – Early Admission closes on 11 August; apply now to the new UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program.
• Macquarie University – Applications close on 14 September for the Macquarie University Actuarial Studies Co-op Program. 
• Western Sydney University (WSU) – Register now for the free Online HSC Study Sessions in 16 key HSC subject areas from 25 - 29 September.
• University of Sydney Conservatorium of Music – Round 2 audition submissions due on 17 September.
• University of Sydney (USYD) – Register to the Business School Pathways and Scholarship workshops to find out about the new single form Scholarship applications, register to a webinar on the work of Scientists, applications to the Sydney College of the Arts: Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme closes on 31 August.
• Australian Catholic University (ACU) – Register to the ACU Year 12 Revision Webinars held from 4 - 7 September.
• University of New South Wales (UNSW) – Register to webinars on the UNSW Co-op Program in the specific areas of Business, Engineering and Technology, apply for UNSW undergraduate scholarships.
• University of Tasmania – Open Day at the Rozelle campus on 2 September.
• Overseas Study – What it takes to apply for overseas study at a university in the UK or US.
• Apprenticeships and Traineeships – Apprenticeship/Traineeship and Jobs Expo at various locations on 29 August, 5 September, and 12 September, how to find an apprenticeship, apply for an apprenticeship with Master Builders and MTA NSW.
• Private Colleges – Sydney Design School information session, AFTRS open day on 19 August, IDA applications now open, National Art School open day on 2 September.
• Cadetship opportunities - in 2024 with Hall Chadwick in Accounting and Business.
• Careers – Different pathways that Psychology can take you. 

Joanne Cupac

Head of Vocational Education and Careers

Year 11 Visual Arts Bundanon Residency

The Year 11 Visual Arts cohort, alongside Visual Arts teachers Mr. Phillipson, Ms. Boundy and Mr. Fela, undertook an artist residency at the Visual Arts Centre: Bundanon, located in Illaroo on the South Coast of NSW from 30 July to 1 August.

Bundanon Trust was established in 1999, with the intention to promote and educate the arts and artmaking practice to visitors. The centre was previously owned by renowned Australian artist, Arthur Boyd, most well-known for his large-scale oil paintings interpreting the Australian landscape. This residency extended upon the major themes explored in our current unit Land as Art as Bundanon highlights the importance of the landscape as muse and medium in artmaking. We were exposed to and heavily influenced by Arthur Boyd whose practice was intended to transmit an emotional depiction of the landscape, rather than to replicate the environment.

This residency allowed us to gain a deeper understanding in the relationship that exists between artist, artwork, audience and world. Throughout this time, we immersed ourselves in a range of artmaking workshops, such as Eco Dying, Acrylic Painting en plein air (in the open air), Charcoal Drawing and Ink Staining. Through this time, we developed a deeper relationship between ourselves and the land that has long been a source of inspiration for artists. The residency offered us the unique opportunity to remove themselves from the four walls of the classroom and allowed us to truly consider nature as a source of inspiration, material resource and subject matter.

A massive thank you to all the teachers attending, with special mention to Mr Phillipson who organised the excursion and spent his time providing continuous inspirational messages which pushed our artmaking.

William Chahin | Year 11 Visual Arts Student