Visual Arts
From the Staff
Our Arts assistant Michaela Gleave is about to undertake a solo project with Perth Festival at the end of the month. Her project, Between Us, is a Morse code light installation on the roof of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The public are invited to submit messages that form a collaborative poem that is translated and beamed up into the night sky over four consecutive evenings during the last weekend of the festival. You can find out more information about the project (and submit a message if you wish!) here and find out more about Michaela’s practice here.
Applications for positions on the editorial team for SCOPE Art magazine are due tomorrow
Thank you to the students who have already submitted their applications.
You can view last year’s editions of SCOPE here:
Why not join Digital Photography this term?
Co-curricular classes have started this week and students are settling in beautifully to their chosen disciplines. Of course, due to demand these classes do full quickly and we encourage any student who missed out on a spot this semester to re-apply when classes reopen for enrolment in Semester 2. We still have a few spots to fill in Digital Photography on a Wednesday afternoon. Please get in touch via email if you are interested in joining this course.
In Digital Photography classes Chris Gleisner delivers refined training in the conceptual and technical skill of photography in a professional, yet fun and exciting way.
Students may be interested in using a compact camera or smartphone and learning how to control the camera’s creative ability in manual mode. Maybe some creative inspiration and experience in compositional techniques or understanding of light is what will take students work further.
Being visually literate is a critical skill taught to Art students as they negotiate an increasingly complex set of signs, codes and symbols embedded in visual material. Think advertising, social media, not to mention being able to confidently infer meaning in a range of art works. Visual Literacy is about language, communication, and interaction. Art is a linguistic tool with which we communicate, exchange ideas, and navigate out complex world.
Creative Kids Vouchers
We are mindful that some families will have art and craft supplies at home and students will be able to access materials such as paint, brushes and paper/board/canvas but in the event this is not an option for your family we would like to suggest that students take advantage of the NSW Creative Kids Voucher that gives them $100.00 towards a creative pursuit.
We encourage you to shop around to find quality suppliers or to apply to this organisation and the application form is here.
This process takes a matter of minutes, shipping is free and within the week your daughter can have access to a great range of art materials to use now and into the future.
This week’s banner is a still from Michaela’s work: Between Us.
Heidi Jackson
Head of Visual Arts
