CAPA NEWS
‘ARTEXPRESS’ NOMINATIONS
Congratulations to Erin LaRue (“From My Perspective: Routine 441”) and Soana Talanoa (‘The Pursuit of Happiness’), whose Year 12 Visual Arts bodies of work were nominated for the annual NESA Showcase event ARTEXPRESS. This is an annual exhibition of artworks that represents the highest standards and diversity achieved by Year 12 Visual Arts students in New South Wales schools. All works demonstrate outstanding exceptional quality across a broad range of subject matter, approaches, styles and media including painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, documented forms, textiles and fibre, ceramics, digital animation, film and video, and collections of works. In 2019, eight thousand, five hundred and fifty two (8552) students submitted bodies of work for examination. There were 438 students’ bodies of work nominated for ARTEXPRESS.
Although they were not selected, our school can be proud of the achievement of this year's nominated students. This rich tradition of excellence from the John Therry Catholic High Visual Arts faculty in the last decade has resulted in having nineteen (19) ARTEXPRESS nominations, the best in the region and Wollongong Diocese, and an outstanding achievement within the State. Within these nominations we have had eleven (11) nominated students in the expressive form of ‘Photomedia’, five (6) nominated students in the expressive form of ‘Drawing’ and one (2) nominated student in the expressive form of ‘Collection of Works’.
Mr. Stephen Peters
Creative Arts Coordinator
‘ONSTAGE’ HSC DRAMA SUCCESS
Congratulations to the very talented Soana Talanoa whose individual project for HSC Drama was selected for inclusion in the annual ‘OnSTAGE’ exhibition. Soana’s practical work both in Drama and Visual Arts represents amongst the best in the State. ‘ONSTAGE’ represents the highest standards being achieved by students in HSC Drama. Soana’s Costume Design was based on the play Waltzing the Wilarra. Soanna completed 10 designs for the musical that explores outback Australia in a time of Indegenous discrimination that spans a period of post war Australia to the 1980’s.
‘OnSTAGE’ is a presentation and exhibition of group and individual performances and projects by Higher School Certificate Drama students. The OnSTAGE’ season at the Seymour Centre is presented by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW and the NSW Department of Education.
Exemplary individual projects by HSC Drama students will be on exhibition in the foyer of the Seymour Centre from Saturday 8th February to Friday 14th February 2020. Projects will include costume and set design, promotion and program, and theatre review.
Congratulations to teacher Mrs. Cascarino on this outstanding achievement.
Mr. Stephen Peters
Creative Arts Coordinator
