Visual Arts Spotlight

At St Andrews, we have many creative students who step up to the challenge of “doing more and going beyond”. This year, we have had students participate in various competitions outside of school, sharing their talents beyond the classroom. 

Micaela Sibucao, Year 11 Visual Arts student, is no stranger to being in the spotlight for Visual Arts. Micaela has participated in every Visual Arts opportunity at the College in her years here at St Andrews. This week, we proudly received back her framed artwork from last year’s Operation Art exhibition. The artwork joins our collection of Operation Art entries in the foyer of Junior campus, accompanied by Micaela’s previous entry as well as fellow 2024 student entry by Rhythm Gupta in Year 9.

An Enchanting Garden Tea Party - Micaela Sibucao (Year 11)

A Mother to One, A Mother to All - Rhythm Gupta (Year 9)

More recently, Micaela was selected a finalist for the inaugural CSPD Alchemy Photography competition, from 300 entries. Her photograph for the category “Place” was exhibited amongst 64 other finalists on the opening night at Caroline Chisholm College. Well done Micaela!

Micaela Sibucao - Alchemy Photography Finalist

Earlier this year, Ethan Geevarghese (Year 8) was awarded the 2025 Blacktown City Young Artist Prize in the category of Most Creative Depiction of Renewable Energy. Presented alongside the 2025 Blacktown City Art Prize, this year’s young artists reflected on the theme Sharing our Skies – Visualising the power of our skies and all things that fly. From the animals that call the sky home to how we as humans harness its power for energy, participants were encouraged to get inspired by their own patch of the sky. Congratulations to Ethan for his achievements! 

Year 11 Mini Body of Work Proposals

In Term 3, our Year 11 Visual Arts students are challenged with consolidating what they have learnt this year in the Visual Arts course, but considering their material and conceptual practice in order to create a mini Body of Works, informed by the syllabus content area Frames. Mrs Sanders and I had the pleasure of reading many wonderful ideas documented in students’ Visual Arts Process Diaries (VAPDs) as a part of their formal assessment. See below for a selection of inspiring VAPD pages! 

Featured students: Amelia Korczowski, Izzy Borlongan, Mary Arshilo, Sofia Mabutas, Rowena Kubik

Mrs Claudia Harris

Leader of Learning Visual Arts