{"id":26115,"date":"2026-08-06T12:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=26115"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:17:42","slug":"visual-arts-134","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/visual-arts-134\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday the Inaugural SCEGGS Landscape Prize was officially opened by renowned Sydney artist, Tom Carment.<\/p>\n<p>There were 70 entrants this year across the Primary and Secondary Schools. Tom awarded a 1<sup>st<\/sup> prize, Highly Commended and gave some Honourable Mentions to students in the 3 categories of Primary (Years 5 and 6), Junior (Years 7 to 9) and Senior (Years 10 to 12).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Primary Years 5 and 6 Category<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Honourable Mention: <\/strong>Bronte Lusted (Year 5) and Imogen Symons (Year 6).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26115 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Primary_LUSTED_Bronte_Honourable-Mention.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"Bronte Lusted\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Primary_LUSTED_Bronte_Honourable-Mention-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Bronte Lusted<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Primary_SYMONS_Imogen_Honourable-Mention.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"Imogen Symons\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Primary_SYMONS_Imogen_Honourable-Mention-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Imogen Symons<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Highly Commended:<\/strong> Cleopatra Norman (Year 5) and <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0Madeleine Chirakis (Year 6).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-26115 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/PRIMARY_NORMAN_Cleopatra_Highly-Commended.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"Cleopatra Norman\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/PRIMARY_NORMAN_Cleopatra_Highly-Commended-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Cleopatra Norman<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Primary_CHIRAKIS_Madeleine_First-Prize.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"Madeleine Chirakis\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Primary_CHIRAKIS_Madeleine_First-Prize-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Madeleine Chirakis<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Junior Years 7 to 9 Category <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Honourable Mentions<\/strong>: Elizabeth Austen (Year 7), Elizabeth Malivong (Year 8) and Caitlyn Yan (Year 7).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-26115 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_AUSTEN_Elizabeth_Honourable-Mention.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"Elizabeth Austen\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_AUSTEN_Elizabeth_Honourable-Mention-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Elizabeth Austen<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_-MALIVONG_Elizabeth_Honourable-Mention.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"Elizabeth Malivong\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_-MALIVONG_Elizabeth_Honourable-Mention-148x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Elizabeth Malivong<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_YAN_Cailtlyn_Honourable-Mention.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"Caitlyn Yan\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_YAN_Cailtlyn_Honourable-Mention-148x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Caitlyn Yan<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highly Commended:<\/strong> Sarah McIntyre (Year 9) and <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0Zara Pulley (Year 9).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-26115 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_MCINTYRE_Sarah_Highly-Commended.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:4:slideshow\" title=\"Sarah McIntyre\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Junior_MCINTYRE_Sarah_Highly-Commended-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Sarah McIntyre<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/JUNIOR_PULLEY_Zara_First-Prize.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:4:slideshow\" title=\"Zara Pulley\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/JUNIOR_PULLEY_Zara_First-Prize-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Zara Pulley<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Senior Years 10 to 12 Category <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Honourable Mention:<\/strong> Astrid Straesser (Year 12), <strong>Highly Commended:<\/strong> Amerleah Leota (Year 10) and <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Prize: <\/strong>Perri Lawrence (Year 10).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-26115 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Senior_STRAESSER_Astrid_Honourable-Mention.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:5:slideshow\" title=\"Astrid Straesser\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Senior_STRAESSER_Astrid_Honourable-Mention-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Astrid Straesser<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Senior_-LEOTA_Amerleah_Highly-Commended.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:5:slideshow\" title=\"Amerleah Leota\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Senior_-LEOTA_Amerleah_Highly-Commended-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Amerleah Leota<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Senior_LAWRENCE_Perri_First-Prize.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:5:slideshow\" title=\"Perri Lawrence\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/Senior_LAWRENCE_Perri_First-Prize-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>Perri Lawrence<\/figcaption>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sales on the night amounted to $700 which will be forwarded to the Let\u2019s Build a School Foundation.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-26115 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0049-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:6:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0049-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0092-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:6:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0100-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0072-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:6:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0072-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0096-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:6:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0096-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0068-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:6:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/SCEGGS-Landscape-Painting-Prize-20260729_0068-photo-by-Chris-Gleisner-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all entrants! We look forward to seeing your work again next year!<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s banner is Year 12 student, Astrid Straesser\u2019s work (Honourable Mention Senior Category)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heidi Jackson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head of Visual Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday the Inaugural SCEGGS Landscape Prize was officially opened by renowned Sydney artist, Tom Carment. There were 70 entrants this year across the Primary and Secondary Schools. Tom awarded a 1st prize, Highly Commended and gave some Honourable Mentions to students in the 3 categories of Primary (Years 5 and 6), Junior (Years 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[71],"class_list":["post-26115","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=26115"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=26115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}