Year 10 Visual Arts and Photography exhibition

Year 10 Visual Arts and Photography students have exhibited their artworks and photographs in Le Grezze Gallery. These works were part of their final assessment tasks and the girls displayed them in a group exhibition for marking. We then opened the gallery for students in Years 7-11 to visit during recess and lunch, to celebrate and recognise the amazing work of their peers. The exhibition was well-attended over two days.

Year 10 Visual Arts students created artworks as part of the unit “Art Can Change the World”, which looked at artists who create artworks which conceptually have a political, cultural or social focus. Artists studied included Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, Australian artist eX de Medici and artists who examine the role of women in society including Barbara Kruger and the Guerrilla Girls. Students were then tasked with creating their own postmodern or cultural artworks, focusing on a political, cultural or social issue of their choice. Students could choose their own materials and subject matter in creating this body of work. The task was an excellent taster for students looking to study HSC Visual Arts. 

Year 10 Photography and Digital Media students created a portfolio of works focusing on the topic of light. They learnt how to use darkroom photography and continued to master the use of the DSLR camera, with digital manipulation and editing. Students explored a broad range of subject matter in their work and created a portfolio of photographic prints which they displayed as part of the exhibition. They had been studying the work of former St Ursula’s student and Oscar-winning artist and filmmaker, Lynette Wallworth. 

Well done to all Year 10 Visual Arts and Photography students, your work was of an exceptional standard!

Gemma Baldwin
CAPA Coordinator