{"id":26768,"date":"2026-10-22T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=26768"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:13:12","slug":"visual-arts-139","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/visual-arts-139\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Old Girl Lilli Stromland (Class of 2012), co-curricular tutor in Painting and Drawing and Art Assistant in the Visual Arts Department, is a finalist in the Portia Geach Portrait Prize with her work <em>Self-portrait thinking of r\u00f6llakan<\/em>. The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia\u2019s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. You can view the exhibition up until 1 November.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26770 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan-643x1024.jpg 643w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan-964x1536.jpg 964w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Stromland_Lilli_Self-portrait-thinking-of-rollakan.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In other news, Charlotte Barnes (Class of 2020) has just been announced as a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship. The Brett Whiteley Studio, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, awards an annual travelling art scholarship to artists aged between 20 and 30 with an established body of work. Charlotte\u2019s work <em>Recollection<\/em> is on view at the Brett Whiteley Studio in Surry Hills until 22 November 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26772 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Barnes_Charlotte-Recollection-002-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Barnes_Charlotte-Recollection-002-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Barnes_Charlotte-Recollection-002-214x150.jpg 214w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Barnes_Charlotte-Recollection-002.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lovely to see our Old Girls continuing to shine in the art world!<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s banner is a work by Year 9 student Sienna Lim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heidi Jackson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head of Visual Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Girl Lilli Stromland (Class of 2012), co-curricular tutor in Painting and Drawing and Art Assistant in the Visual Arts Department, is a finalist in the Portia Geach Portrait Prize with her work Self-portrait thinking of r\u00f6llakan. The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia\u2019s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. 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