Spotlight on Art

We are pleased to share two collaborative artworks created by our Junior School artists.

Aerial Beachscape Series – Year 3

Year 3’s Collaborative Beachscape Series is proudly on display in the Junior School Reception. This series captures the joy, tranquillity and sometimes danger of our beautiful Australian beaches. It was made with diluted painter’s ink, acrylic paint and paper collage elements. Each student had a turn to paint their class’s canvas using a variety of techniques as well as create some paper collage elements. There are so many funny, sweet and interesting details on each canvas, including a turtle family, some cheeky crabs and an excited dog bulldozing over a sunbathing woman. Such care and enjoyment went into creating this series. Well done, Year 3!

Plastic Jellyfish Installation – Pre-Kindergarten

This term, our Pre-K artists have been exploring sustainability in art, particularly how artists use ‘rubbish’ to create their artworks and explore themes related to the importance of sustainability. They created a collaborative sculpture of a jellyfish made entirely of upcycled plastic pieces. Our discussions centred on how we as artists have repurposed this ‘rubbish’, given it a new meaning and created something that makes people stop and take notice. The message ‘SICK OF PLASTIC’ refers to our own attitude towards plastic as well as how plastic in our beautiful oceans is making sea life sick. Pre-K artists enjoyed creating their collaborative sculpture as well as installing it on the Junior School playground for all to see and appreciate. Well done, Pre-K!

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– Victoria Bradshaw, Lesley Snelgrove and Liane Simpson
Junior School Visual Arts Department