Visual Arts
This week’s banner is a group shot of Year 10 concertina books begun in Lockdown and recently completed back on site. An exhibition of these will go on show in the Luci Campbell Memorial Cabinets near the Lecture Theatre until next year. Beautiful work Year 10!
SCOPE! Edition #9 out now
We are pleased to present the 9th edition of SCOPE, the SCEGGS Art magazine. This semester’s copy was edited by Evie Watson in Year 11. Contributors to this edition are Lara Enright, Akira Nicholson, Leyla Benson, Scarlett Gibson-Williams, Janet Zheng, Alexandra West, Evie Watson, Bianca Rozsa, Matisse Asher, Bianca Hardge and Kate Ambrogio.
SCOPE is a quarterly publication that showcases student writing about arts practice and provides compelling insights into the art world through reviews, critical writing and interviews. This edition is particularly impressive considering some of the challenges faced by students in terms of the effects of the lockdown on the art world. You can enjoy a number of interviews with artists, there are some outstanding pieces of writing about exhibitions and a fabulous farewell to Ms Collier. As always there is an overview of artworks made by SCEGGS students in Years 7 to 12.
You can access SCOPE here:
Password protected: SCOPE09
Hardcopies are available in the Secondary Library and outside the Art Staffroom.
Congratulations to Evie and her editorial team for another quality edition of the magazine.
Holiday Art Workshops
Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf are running some fantastic workshops for students in December.
Photo sculpture workshop | 12–18 years with Valentina Schulte
Date: Wednesday 15 December
Time: 11:00–2:00pm
Location: Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Cost: $15
Tailored to high school students, students will focus on expanding their understanding of the photographic image and the various approaches to creative process and materiality by creating sculptural forms out of their own photography. Bookings essential.
Photo Scavenger Hunt | 12–18 years
Date: Thursday 16 December
Time: 11:00–2:00pm
Location: Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Cost: $15
Join artist and photographer Garry Trinh for a photo scavenger hunt around the parks and streets circling the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. Each student will bring their own SLR camera or phone camera and be provided with a map and list of images to be hunting for. The map will show the walking route as well!
Farewell Ms Collier
We farewell a much loved member of the Department at the end of 2021, Ms Cheryl Collier. Cheryl’s long and successful career teaching Visual Arts has influenced innumerable students over the course of her 31 years at SCEGGS. Many of her students have gone on to become extraordinarily successful fine artists, such as Agatha Gothe-Snape and Louisa Dawson. However, her influence has impacted so many students who through studying Visual Arts with her have used the learning context of her classroom and Cheryl’s wisdom and guidance to succeed in professional contexts as diverse as journalism, law and science. Cheryl’s legacy will live on in our dynamic programming and through so many innovations and ideas that contribute to the Department’s outstanding reputation. Through her highly engaged and passionate devotion to her students, her colleagues and the School, Cheryl has been a remarkable presence in our lives and we will miss her greatly. However, we know she will enjoy whatever the future brings, with her family, her cute dogs, Dusty and Lucky, and the prospect of travel. Congratulations on the eve of your retirement Ms Collier! You deserve every happiness and success beyond the Green Gate.
Heidi Jackson
Head of Visual Arts
