Wandering through the exhibition of student artworks displayed around Don College, one cannot be more amazed by the variety of works and sheer talent exhibited by students this year. To stop and reflect about the thinking process and inspiration behind each creation provides an insight into creative young minds and their ability to capture what is in their minds eye.
Don College had many students (approximately 135) studying Art Production and Art Studio Practise, and with another 70 or so being non-pretertiary, the building was certainly a blaze of colour with lots of comments, such as “Oh wow, look at this”, echoing around the areas.
Seven of our talented students were honoured to be chosen to be part of ArtRage 2018.
ArtRage is an annual initiative of the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery in conjunction with the college art teachers of Tasmania. This exhibition showcases the work of young artists from across the State in years 11 and 12 who are studying Art Production or Art Studio Practice as part of their Tasmanian Certificate of Education. These artworks have been selected by the curator from works shortlisted by the art teachers of the various colleges. The works exhibited reflect the originality of the individual students and the creativity that is encouraged by these schools. ArtRage also highlights the range of media and techniques these students use when telling us about the themes that have inspired them throughout the year.
The students that were chosen to be part of this travelling exhibition are:
Manisha Kernan - Art Studio Practice – “Memory in Your Eyes” - Graphite and Watercolour
Jordan Gotts - Art Studio Practice – “Stokes” - Paint, pencil & plaster
Katelyn Geard - Art Studio Practice – “The Memory” - Charcoal and graphite, and her sculpture
Eleanor Dykstra - Art Production – three works featuring Pyrography on wood
Casey Hanson – “Shreds of Imperfection #2” - Charcoal on paper
Mitchel White - Art Production – “Finding Isolation”
The idea behind his concept was to create images that represented themes of isolation and loneliness using a minimalist style with high contrasting elements
Jack Murfet - Art Studio Practice – “Arca” - Installation and video display focusing on the concepts of identity, faith & culture
Congratulations.