Throughout the year our highly creative and talented Year 12 Art, Design and Media students have been working hard to develop their art works and the amazing results were on display in the first week of Term 4 in McAuley Hall. The Year 12 Visual Arts Exhibition (Art, Design Media) 2019 provided other students and their families the opportunity to see the incredible talent we have at MLMC. The exhibition included artist statements positioned next to each work which gave context to the works on display. The students’ folios were also on display which provided a great insight into how their ideas progressed over the year and the developmental stages that Art, Design and Media works go through in order to take their final forms.
On display were:
- Paintings
- Drawings
- Prints
- Sculptures
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- Architectural Design
- Films
- Animation
- Webdesign
On Tuesday 8 October we held the awards ceremony which was well attended by students and their families. A full list of award recipients is attached and we send our congratulations to each of these students for their hard work and their wonderful contributions to the exhibition. I would also like to thank all the Visual Arts staff for putting this show together.
Here is a report from our Arts Prefect, Kanit Lewis:
This year's Studio Art, Visual Communication Design, Media and Creative Digital Media students had the pleasure to set up and showcase artwork they have worked on throughout the year. As you entered you were greeted by artworks of all kinds hanging on the wall with multiple folios presented on tables. At 7.45pm all family members and students were brought together, preparing for the announcement of award winners. Both captains of the school made a speech, including myself, as the Visual Arts Prefect, and Mr Brice, and Deputy Principal — Learning and Teaching, Ms Tanya Hutton. Straight afterwards, awards were announced by the teachers of each class, with Mrs Melanie Baird appointing awards to her VisCom class of 2019 as well as Mr Denver Carron for his Studio Art class. The display of everyone's work gave everyone the acknowledgement they deserve after working so hard in producing creative works all year. It was an enjoyable event which was filled with proud family members, food and socialising.
Here is a student reflection of the awards night:
On the Tuesday 8 October, the Year 12 Arts students, had an amazing night filled with awards and red carpet walks. After the Art and Design awards were announced the Media awards section of the night began. In pairs, the Year 12 Media students stood in front of everyone and made a speech about what each 'Oscar' award entailed, they got handed two envelopes, one with all the nominees and the other envelope held the name of the winner of the MLMC 'Oscar' Award. In between, Mr Brice showed the short films. Once the award winners were announced, they had walk up to receive the Oscar and they were asked to give a short speech. The Oscars presented by the Year 12 class were ‘Best Original Screenplay’, ‘Best Film Editing’, ‘Best Cinematography’, ‘Best Documentary’, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Actress’, ‘Best Director’, and ‘Best Picture’. It was a great night to show how much effort the students put in all year for this work and it all paid off in the end, with some amazing films that we had the luxury of watching — all back to back — at the end. I would also like to thank all the Visual Arts staff for putting this show together.
— Danielle Whelan (Year 12 Green)
