Year 7 Visual Arts Incursion

In Week 1 Year 7 were joined by local First Nations artist Philip Orcher. Philip is a Murrawarri and Gumbaynggirr artist who exhibits at Boomalli Gallery in Leichhardt. Each Year 7 class got to spend a lesson with Philip as he guided them through his own artmaking and then assisted students to make large scale collaborative pieces. Year 7 learnt about belonging and sense of place as he started by drawing either Paramatta Road or the Kennards building across the black canvas. Using paint markers, they then added their own drawings responding to what they see when they come to school. Students were guided to add to each other’s drawings, resulting in bold, overlapping, bright artworks.

The incursion was organised as part of Fort Street High School’s Reconciliation Action plan, led by a small group of students and teachers. Stay tuned for what happens next with these awesome artworks!