Artspace

Autumnal Totem Poles

To finish off the Ceramic calendar last year the Year 9’s created an individual bead out of earthenware clay and glazes. The brief was to create something organic and colourful. These have recently been installed by Nick Maxwell in the High School Garden bed, threaded onto metal poles and secured into the ground, adding to the already beautifully manicured work of Wilbur, our resident garden guru. 

It is exciting to see a collaborative project come together so well!

Murals of the School

As part of Year 9 Connections over the past three years, student's (along with art teacher, Hamish Hall) have been decorating our High School grounds with beautiful murals inspired by the Schools' Quaker values. 

Thanks to all the students for their fantastic work in brightening

our campus and reminding us of the values that shape our community.

Australian Ceramics Triennial

Many of our students and staff had works on display at the Australian Ceramics Triennial, held at PW1 from May 1 - 4. 

Jane Bamford (from our Art Department) also presented at the Triennial about her work with the Spotted Handfish Project, where she has been creating ceramic habitats for the Handfish to lay their eggs on. The ceramic habitat is fantastic as is cannot be eaten by Sea-stars (who are largely responsible for the decimation of the Handfish habitats) but it also does not add additional plastic into the oceans. 

Congratulations to all staff and students who had their work on display at the Australian Ceramics Triennial. 

Dance, Dance, Dance!

Year 10 student Max Russell-King did this rotoscoping as part of his Dance Negotiated Study and drew 1,500 individual frames to accompany the video!

Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced over the image.

Nice work Max!

Clemes Twilight Concerts

Clemes students continue to be active musicians within their school community, with a number performing at two twilight concerts towards the end of May. The concerts featured a range of instruments and styles, and by students studying UTAS, TCE and IB Diploma Music. 

The concerts serve as vital preparation for the end of year recitals and exams, and for IB Music students, the performances count towards the internal assessment component of the course.  

The next twilight concerts for Clemes students will take place in September and October. 

Morris Maestros at the TASME

In early April, the Morris Maestros were invited to perform at the TASME (Australian Society of Music Educators, Tasmanian Branch) State Conference. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students to perform for many of the state’s leading music educators, and the students stepped up to represent the School with an enthusiastic performance.

Following their performance, the students were fortunate to spend some time with internationally renowned clinician James Cuskelly as he workshopped some new repertoire with them. This workshop was viewed by delegates at the concert, as a professional development learning opportunity. The Morris Maestros showed their confidence and flexibility, showing musical growth as they responded to James during the workshop.