HSC Art Students Visit NSW Gallery of Art

On Tuesday 30 March 2021 Year 12 and Year 11 IB and HSC art students had the amazing opportunity to visit the New South Wales Gallery of Art located in the CBD where we observed and took photos and sketches of many different exhibitions including the National 2021 New Australian Art: Longing for home and Margel Hinder: Modern in motion. My personal favourite was seeing the Art Express 2021. Seeing the work from last year’s HSC students allowed me and all the girls to see what band 6 artworks look like and also provides us a bit of guidance on what detail and depth are needed in our own VAPD journals to achieve the highest results.

Before the excursion was over, Ms Emma Hogan explained to us the important job of curators and how art gallery artworks are specifically chosen for certain areas, for example in the colonial gallery. Here they have integrated some works on the Australian landscapes with the inclusion of the indigenous landowners in them, to allow the viewer to acknowledge the Aboriginal and traditional owners of the land. This is an important factor in creating a contemporary society that endorses the acknowledgment and inclusion of the Indigenous people. Overall, the day was inspirational, fun, and a great encouragement to all of us to keep working hard at our own art practice! 

– Elle (Year 12)