Visual Arts News

There are several exhibitions and competitions for Visual Art lovers of all ages!

Exciting learning opportunity for Year 12

Campbelltown Arts Centre is running a Saturday Year 12 study session around the work of Vernon Ah Kee, who has a major show there now. This is a great opportunity! Vernon Ah Kee is a member of the Kuku Yalandji, Waanji, Yidinji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples. His multi-faceted practice includes works that range from large-scale drawings of his ancestors to hard-hitting text-based works and installations. Through clever puns and plays on words and objects, Ah Kee fuses the history and language of colonisation with contemporary black/white political issues to expose degrees of underlying racism in Australian society.

This promises to be a dynamic learning experience for keen visual arts students, using a mixture of group discussion, direct experience with artworks as well as practice questions and take-home resources.

Enter Now!

The Head On Student Award is open to all K-12 Australian school students (closing 16 February). The Student prize includes exhibited photographic work, cash, Sony cameras and more! Photographs are judged anonymously by a panel of leaders in the photography community. “Head” to  https://www.headon.com.au/student-awards  for all the details for entry.

Just a short walk away…and really worth your time

In February 2020, Sydney Living Museums and Art & About will present untitled (Maraong Manaóuwi) by Sydney-based Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones at the Hyde Park Barracks. We encourage all students to take advantage of this exciting program and visit the site during the exhibition dates: 21 February 2020 – 15 March 2020. Entry is free. Central to untitled (maraong manaóuwi) is an extensive program of specially curated talks, demonstrations, workshops and performances that will activate the site and generate a living cultural memory. The program will include Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal elders, academics, artists and thinkers.

Heidi Jackson
Head Teacher Visual Arts