Visual Arts

 

Studio Arts

This semester is all about art in context for our senior students. Our VCE Studio Arts students have been immersing themselves in what the contemporary art world has to offer, visiting an array of gallery spaces in the city such as Flinders Lane Gallery, Fortyfivedownstairs, Blindside Gallery and many more.

To understand the role of art spaces in presenting, conserving and preserving artworks we also visited ACCA – Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and had. These excursions undertaken by Studio Arts students are part of the requirements of the unit and provide a great insight into the diverse employment opportunities available within the creative arts industry.

Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark

Year 10 art students are in the process of planning and creating their major art piece for this subject prompted by the question of “Can art save a species?”

On Monday 28 August, the students visited Melbourne Zoo to experience the Art of Conservation program in conjunction with Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark photography exhibition currently on display. It was an absolute treat and honour that Joel himself was present while we were there! He gave a first hand explanation of the Photo Ark project which through photographs, aims to catalogue as many different endangered animal species currently residing in zoos around the world, in the hope of raising awareness of the dire situation these beautiful creatures face now and in the immediate future.

The exhibition is now on within Melbourne Zoo until October 1 2017 so check it out before it is too late!

Art in Junior School

Year 7 students have hit the ground running, developing their knowledge of the Art Elements and Principles that are the building blocks of all art. Learning about colour theory, how certain colours can convey moods with some colour mixing from our primary colours to produce secondary and even tertiary colours! As the term and semester progresses, they will continue their investigation of the other Art Elements in more detail.

As for Year 9, street art, stencilling and spray paint is the word! Students have been creating their own street art inspired pieces with stencilled images, text and different spray-painting effects. Their ability to experiment with the techniques and processes of spray painting has been a wonderful thing to witness for me as an art teacher.

Erin O’Sullivan

 Art Teacher