Visual Arts
This week’s banner is by…Hannah Guest. Hannah’s painting was completed in Semester 2 last year during her study of Painting as part of the Year 9 Visual Arts elective course.
HSC Intensive Studio Practice at the National Art School (NAS): Applications open!
The HSC Intensive Studio Practice is a University Developed Board Endorsed Course (UDBEC) that has been offered by the NAS to senior students of Visual Arts in all government and non-government high schools since 2000, and is the only program of its kind endorsed by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). Students are to be nominated for this program by their Visual Arts Teacher. These students must be achieving at the highest level of excellence in the Visual Arts Preliminary Course with the intention of completing Visual Arts in the HSC. Students who apply for this course should be considering a career in the Visual Arts.
Year 11 students are invited to discuss this option with their current Year 11 Art teacher.
During the NAS HSC Intensive Studio Practice students will:
- work within a specialised discipline using a broad range of media and art making processes
- refine their ability to interpret and evaluate their own and others’ artworks
- engage in sustained critical reflection and evaluation
- gain practical skills in preparing for, mounting and curating an exhibition.
The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for Year 11 students in Visual Arts to enrich and extend their study within a choice of one of seven specialised disciplines: Drawing, Ceramics, Painting, Black and White Photography, Digital Photography, Printmaking or Sculpture.
Applications close on Friday 8 April.
If you have any questions about the workshops listed above visit the National Art School’s information page.
Could you be the new Editor of SCOPE Magazine?
At the beginning of each semester we invite applications for a new editor to fill this position!
If you are an Art student currently in Years 9 or 10 then you are eligible to apply!
The editor’s role is to help plan the content and design the layout using Indesign with assistance from the Art Dept and a student art committee. You would conduct meetings with a team of writers to organise who will write about exhibitions or interview artists, curators and other figures in the artworld. You can negotiate your own deadlines to have flexibility in and around your schoolwork and we aim to publish twoeditions of the magazine a year, so one each semester.
This is a fantastic position that would suit someone keen to take on a unique leadership role until commencing their HSC studies. This position requires a student who has excellent time management and is keen to learn new skills and coordinate a team. You need to have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and this role will certainly develop these alongside your writing and critical thinking skills! It provides outstanding opportunities to engage with high profile arts figures and would be a wonderful, significant addition to your School reference or help your future applications for work or university really stand out.
Here is what founding Editor Hannah Keir said about the role:
Working on SCOPE has been a really amazing experience for me. I have gained so many new skills that have helped not only in art but also in my outside of school life. It has been great getting to know girls from all year groups and seeing the amazing work they have put in, as well as learning even more about the art world.
If you are interested in this opportunity please fill in the application and return via email by the end of Week 4 (11 February).
You are also welcome to just be a contributor and part of the committee. Sign ups for this will come via the Editor soon.
Waverley Youth Art Prize
The Waverley Youth Art Prize is back for 2022!
The Waverley Youth Art Prize encourages creativity in young artists from across Sydney. It is open to anyone aged between 9 – 18 years old who is living, studying or even simply who plays in Sydney’s East. All artworks are hung so that future artists get to experience the joy of exhibiting and see an audience appreciate their work. Young artists also go in the running to receive encouragement awards including art packs and vouchers to attend classes at local institutions such as the National Art School.
The Waverley Youth Art Prize responds to a different theme each year. In 2022 the theme is:
SCIENCE, SPACE AND FUTURE STORIES
Young artists are invited to get making in response to the theme Science, Space and Future stories. This year’s theme asks young artists to think about the world around us, the possibility of worlds beyond ours, how we understand our existence and what might be next in store for us. Artists are inspired to hypothesise the future, analyse data, test a theory and come up with artworks which propose the potential of tomorrow. From big bangs, to single celled organisms, skywalkers and flying saucers, this is a science fiction prize like no other.
They are asking young artists to create an artwork in any medium which responds to this provocation.
Deadline: 20 May – Artworks due through the online portal. Artworks delivered to the Waverley Library between 9.30am – 5pm
Visit their website for further submission details.
The Art Department would love to hear from students who enter these and any other prizes or exhibitions!
Heidi Jackson
Head of Visual Arts
