Visual Arts

We are thrilled to announce that three Year 11 Students have been accepted into the National Art School HSC Intensive for 2024. Places are fiercely contested from applicants across the State. To have three students from SCEGGS accepted is an outstanding result.

The NAS HSC Intensive Studio Practice Program is a unique opportunity for Year 11 Visual Arts students to develop their skills in the ambience of the Art School setting.

This experience will encourage them to push the boundaries of their practice and gain new skills and an expanded awareness of techniques and processes.

We hope this experience will help shape each student’s vision for their practical work in the HSC.

Congratulations to Aurelia Cortese, Bianca Hardge and Kira Poinkin!

We encourage all in the SCEGGS community to visit a highly dynamic and engaging current exhibition by three young artists, two of whom are Old Girls. Lilli Strömland (Class of 2012) is an Art Assistant in the Visual Arts Department and has a thoroughly impressive exhibition schedule this year with back-to-back shows in 2024. Lilli holds a BFA in painting from the National Art School (2015) and has since gone on to be a recipient of multiple awards and prizes. These include being a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Scholarship (2020), the Portia Geach Memorial Award (2019), the Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize (2021, 2022, 2023) and the Salon de Refusés at S.H. Ervin Gallery (2019). In addition, she has participated in multiple solo and group shows and has work held in numerous private collections across Australia. Kate Lewis (Class of 2014) achieved a Masters in Contemporary Art from the VCA in 2022 from the University of Melbourne. Since graduation she has continued her journeys into the Australian bush and coast, painting smaller ‘en plein air’ works, as well as larger ‘alla prima’ (in one sitting) pieces back in her Melbourne studio – forever blurring lines between fiction and reality.

All But Mirrors group show by Lilli Strömland, Kate Lewis and Olivia Chin.

The show is currently on at AIRspace Projects, 10 Junction St Marrickville, and concludes Sunday June 23. Open hours are Thursday and Friday 5.00pm-8.00pm, Saturday and Sunday 10.00am-4.00pm.

Finally it is with immense pride that we share news that Thea Anamara Perkins (Class of 2009) is currently a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize with a painting of her Mother, Hetti and also a finalist in the Wynne Prize with a work titled Atherreyurre. Atherreyurre in Mparntwe, is also known as the Telegraph Station in Alice Springs. This is where her grandfather Charles Perkins was born and where he rests, and where her great-grandmother Hetty Perkins worked.

Congratulations to all our current students and Old Girls who are flourishing in the art world!

This week’s banner is a class work from Term 1 by Aurelia Cortese (Year 11)

Heidi Jackson
Head of Visual Arts