SAC Art
SACART WEEK 6
CAPA Showcase + People’s Choice Awards
On Tuesday 24th May, students from Year 9 and 10 Visual Arts showcased their artworks from their study in Visual Arts so far this year. Year 9s put on display their vibrant portraits of an influential person in their lives whilst Year 10s created a vast variety of artworks in different mediums exploring the concept of ‘Suburbia’. Along with showcasing their artworks, students gained skills in writing artist statements to include with their citations which were displayed alongside the artworks. It was wonderful to be able to transform the Learning Centre into an exhibition space.
As part of the exhibition, there were two ‘People’s Choice Awards’ QR codes displayed. Students, staff, parents and guests were able to vote for their favourite artworks in Year 9 and Year 10. We are excited to make this part of the traditions at SAC and to encourage our students to feel proud and excited to show their hard work and dedication outside of the classroom. Though the awards are not an indicator of their grade or their efforts; it was a wonderful way to involve the audience and discuss with students back in the classroom the different roles of audiences and how this relationship operates in the art world. (Students learn this as the Conceptual Framework, part of the Visual Arts syllabus)
Our People’s Choice Award winners have been recognised at assembly this week and received certificates for their work.
We look forward to welcoming our community to future CAPA events. There will be another Art Exhibition in the year, where we will aim to showcase artworks from our Stage 4 students as well, in addition to a Senior Art Show.
A big thank you to the College Leadership Team, Visual Arts Teachers; Mrs Kemal and Miss Rivera, CAPA teachers and SAC teaching staff for their support of this event!
People’s Choice Awards
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Year 9 Archibald - People’s Choice Winner Liana Celeste Banares |
Year 10 Suburbia - People’s Choice Winner Aleina Hartono |
CAPA Showcase
HSC Work in Progress Night
We had another wonderful evening on Wednesday 1st June where students in Year 12 HSC Visual Arts class participated in the annual HSC Body of work Work in Progress Night. (WIP Night). Mrs Kemal, Year 12 class teacher has provided more details for the evening below.
We thank our external markers who took the time to travel to SAC in order to provide valuable feedback to our students. Johnny Romeo, who has been working with our students as an artist in residence, shared his expertise as a contemporary practising artist.
Students have been thriving under the guidance of Mrs Kemal and they are working tirelessly to complete their artworks to a high standard. A variety of concepts are explored this year and it’s been incredible to see the students’ growth.
We look forward to a HSC Visual Arts Showcase later in the year prior to the completion of the HSC Body of Works. The BOWs are due for hand in in Term 3, 29th August this year.
Year 7 ‘Oldenburg inspired Food Sculptures & Documented Forms’
Year 7 students completed their enlarged food sculptures and have recently explored a new expressive form, Documented Forms. Students practised Inquiry based learning, investigating curiosities throughout this collaborative project. The students questioned; How does the environment change the content of your artwork? How are they interrelated and what is their relationship? We then left the classroom to capture our work in site-specific locations using photography skills such as, rule of thirds, depth of field, shadows and perspective.
Year 8 ‘Cubist artworks’
Year 8 artists have recently completed their Cubist artwork, students were to choose to fragment a childhood character or an instrument of their choice. These Junior artists learnt a variety of skills depending on the medium they chose to use for this task, whilst also learning how to document artmaking practice like a professional artist. They created an artwork that shows an understanding of Cubist form and composition, as well as their control in specific artmaking techniques to reflect the recognisable features of the art period in focus.
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| Samantha Xavier | Allistaire Reyes | Heidi Kam |
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| Nikki Gasendo | Catharina Purwadi | Samanta Cardona |
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| Althea Marasigan | Joshua Contemplacion | Alyssa Sinbandhit |
Year 8 ‘Surrealism’
Following on from Cubism, students have been introduced to our new art movement, Surrealism. It was an art movement that relied upon dreams, nightmares and images from the subconscious for its bizarre, unusual subject matter. We recently studied the artist Stefan Szaitsits who creates fascinating pencil drawings of child-like figures. Zsaitsits often combines the main figure with symbolic imagery which reflects an emotion, the results are surrealistic. They are faces that often hide behind something, faces that are overdrawn by eyes, faces overgrown by plants or pencil-strokes, faces sunken in sea and clouds, masked faces, lost faces. After analysing his work using the subjective and structural frames, we then created an artwork inspired by his style.
Artworks in progress:
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Joshua Contemplacion |
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| Cayden Landrigan | Achuil Makog | Samanta Cardona |
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| Clariz Dela Rosa | Melissa Ghneim | Allistaire Reyes |
Year 10 Suburbia
Students have completed their Suburban Body of Works, each showcasing a range of skills depicting the same theme in a different perspective. Students have been researching, experimenting, evaluating/reflecting and creating since the end of last term. Students throughout this assessment had to demonstrate their understanding of Suburbia displaying high creativity, subtlety and originality. Students explored and communicated their unique ideas using intriguing subject matter, appropriate form, media and a range of techniques. Altogether, artists in the year 10 have exhibited in the CAPA showcase approximately 80 pieces in various forms; some traditional (drawing on paper, painting on canvas), some more contemporary (moving artworks using motion & works that involve more than just sight).
 Mikayla Balobalo |
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 Jenille Calingao
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Noah Michael
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Noah Michael
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Noah Michael |
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