Ngununggula’s Student Art Prize 2024

Ngununggula’s Student Art Prize 2024 for local K-12 students coincided with the Archibald Prize 2024 Regional Touring Program. Last year’s theme was ‘people portraits’. Students were invited to create an artwork of themselves or someone special to them. The Ngununggula Student Art Prize 2024 was judged by Archibald 2024 winner, Laura Jones.

The winner for HIGHLY COMMENDED category was Leila D (Year 11) with her work Eyes to the soul. Leila described her process as “spanning several art lessons and finishing in some final, at-home practises, [which was] was both challenging and satisfying. Beginning with a light sketch, I developed the piece using charcoal, which helped me realise my initial vision. The entire experience and viewing of other works were also very enjoyable.”

Congratulations Leila! We warmly welcome more students to enter into art competitions here at Oxley to continue challenging their creative thinking skills.

Miss Aitken