SAC Art
Year 9 and 10 Visual Arts students visited the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday 13th June, as part of their learning in Visual Arts. Each year, our St Andrews Visual Arts students visit the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes - one of the most prestigious art awards in Australia. Our students were once again blown away by the artworks in real life - seeing artworks up close and in awe of the scale of some of the paintings.
In addition to visiting this exhibition, students also experienced the installation Happy Birthday 2U2 by artist Hikoko Ito. Students engaged with this interactive artwork, first locating their birthday symbol and finding a card from their birthday twin before sitting down and creating a card to leave behind. This installation artwork allowed our students to consider the function of art and the postmodern conventions utilised that challenge our perception of art. Students received cards in English and even some written in different languages.
After a break for lunch at the nearby cafe, where students enjoyed hot chips and pizzas, we reentered the gallery to visit the permanent collections. Our students visited the gallery’s Asian collection, as well as looked at more traditional artworks.
Thank you to Mrs Kemal and Miss Rivera for supporting me with the excursion. We had a wonderful day (with lovely weather) spent with our students immersed in art.
Junior CAPA Showcase People’s Choice Award Principal’s Award
As a part of our Semester 1 Junior CAPA Showcase, we also had our audiences vote for their favourite artworks from our Year 9 Archibald Prize portraits and the Year 10 Suburbia Collection of Works. Students will be recognised in an assembly in Term 3, where they will also be presented with certificates. I am pleased to share with our school community the winners from the Showcase. Congratulations!
Year 9 People's Choice - Gatleen Boparai Mumma, Acrylic on Canvas
Year 10 People's Choice - Gabrielle Cardino An Oxymoron of Memories, Acrylic and Clay on Canvas
Principal's Award - Kristen Cruz (Year 10) Bahay Kubo (Country House), Painting and Drawing
Operation Art
We had several wonderful entries again for Operation Art this year. After looking through all the entries with the Visual Arts team, we are pleased to announce the following students have had their artworks selected to represent St Andrews College for Operation Art 2025. We will also recognise the achievements of these students in an assembly in Term 3. They will also be receiving more information directly from the Arts Unit, as their artworks will be featured in a gallery in NSW with an opening event, later this year. Congratulations to our wonderful artists!
Rhythm Gupta - Year 9
Wings among Wisteria
Painting
April Kasmaboti - Year 8
Barbecue Sizzle
Drawing
Mrs Claudia Harris
Leader of Learning Visual Arts