Arts The year in Visual Arts started with the Alumni Exhibition showcasing the talents of past arts students. Displayed in our new Pat Bourke Gallery, students were inspired by professional artistic works from fine art to architecture. Exceptional work by St Joseph’s College students, from all year levels, was on show at the biennial ACC Arts & Technology Exhibition at Federation Square in Melbourne in June. Another wonderful 15 Words Film Festival was held with a huge crowd gathering to enjoy the sensational showcase of the media talents of our students. Each year, students create outstanding, innovative visual arts productions. The students access and explore new technologies including 3D printing, laser and CNC cutting as well as architectural, film and design industry software. Students also explored traditional mediums and skills such as drawing, painting, ceramics and analogue photography. The Pat Bourke Gallery hosted a full year of rotating displays of student work curated by Laura Martin. The Year 12 Art and Technology Exhibition in October opened to a crowd of proud parents and teachers. It was an outstanding exhibition of quality work that represented the culmination of six years of learning. Congratulations to Lucas Pante whose highly successful Visual Communication Design work was awarded the Principal’s Acquisitive Award for 2017. Thank you to our dedicated team of Arts Leaders for your dedication throughout the year including Year 12 student, Jacob Loughnan who spoke at both the ACC Arts and Technology and Year 12 Exhibition openings. - Leanne Adams & Simon Cahir, Arts Domain Leader & Assistant ART REPORT The Arts crew had a very successful year. The Art assembly followed the footsteps of last years, with ‘Arts doing things differently’. We had on show some of the amazing art that St Joseph’s College students have to offer. The senior band and vocal ensemble performed a classic from the Lion King – ‘I Just Can’t Wait To Be King’ and did a rap from the Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’. The Fifteen Words Film Festival featured some incredible films. We definitely have a bright future in the film making industry! Congratulations to the 2017 Fifteen Words Film Festival winner Ethan Near, 2nd place Charles Daray and 3rd place William Devine, Callum McGough and Tom Ford.
This year we saw a number of outstaning exhibitions including the Alumni Exhibition and VCE Arts & Technology Exhibition. These events were a huge success. I cannot wait to see the Arts grow into the future! - Jacob Loughnan, Arts Team Co-Leader YEAR 7 ART & DESIGN This semester in Year 7 art we have done a self-portrait, made clay sculptures and we are now designing a DVD cover. We will also create a movie trailer and a painting. With our new skills we completed a portrait of ourselves, drawing different tonal scales which helped us to make our picture more realistic. While making our clay sculpture we brainstormed and researched before making a thumbnail and drafts of what we were going to make. Then we used the skills that we had learned to make our sculpture. While designing our DVD covers, we went through the same design process as the clay sculptures but to make the final copy we are using Adobe Photoshop. We enjoyed all that we have done so far in Art and hope that it continues. The teachers have made this very enjoyable and have supported us. - Alessandro Pino & Adam Ramuta, Year 7 YEAR 8 VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN Visual Communication Design. It sounds confusing on paper but in reality it is a whole bunch of fun. Each lesson creates a variety of interesting learning opportunities. Photoshop was just one of the many tools we were taught how to use effectively. The program was used to help us design cool pictures and even our Year 9 Westcourt Diary ideas. If you’re more of a hands on person, try making your own bus shelter model out of a range of different materials. You can even use the computer program SketchUp to create a virtual bus shelter, house or even a city! Personally, using Photoshop to create the Westcourt Diary was my favourite part of the semester. Creating a unique bus shelter was a close second. Visual Communication Design in Year 8 is a great introduction to architecture and technology. Just don’t burn yourself with the hot glue gun! - Alex Con Foo, Year 8 YEAR 8 STUDIO ARTS 3D This year for Year 8 3D Art has been an amazing experience. From learning how to sculpt a Hebel sculpture to moulding a dragon in clay. Many skills have been learned and mastered throughout. I have been enjoying it all the way through. I have
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