CAPA ACHIEVEMENTS
'ONSTAGE’ HSC DRAMA ACHIEVEMENT
Congratulations to the very talented Olivia Mesa whose individual project for HSC Drama was selected for inclusion in the annual ‘OnSTAGE’ exhibition. Olivia’s practical work both in Drama and Visual Arts represents amongst the best in the State. Olivia was accepted into the 2021 HSC Drama Showcase Onstage with her costume design for William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
OnSTAGE is a presentation and exhibition of group and individual performances and projects by HSC Drama students. Olivia's work is one (1) of only five (5) selected in the state and to have a work selected is a huge honour for the college. Due to COVID-19 and social distancing requirements, the OnSTAGE exhibition will be presented as an online exhibition in 2021
Congratulations to teacher Mrs. Cascarino on her continued success with this outstanding achievement.
‘ARTEXPRESS’ HSC VISUAL ARTS ACHIEVEMENT
Congratulations to Morgan McPhee (“Check in, Check out….”) and Aaron Crispino (‘Meta Utopia Between Process and Poetry’), whose Year 12 Visual Arts bodies of work were selected for inclusion in the annual NESA Showcase event ARTEXPRESS. Morgan’s work will be exhibited in 2021 at The Armory, Sydney Olympic Park, while Aaron’s work will be exhibited at Hazelhurst Arts Centre and Grafton Regional Gallery.
Furthermore we had two other students nominated for Artexpress. These students whose works were nominated were Hollie Cunningham (‘Colony Collapse Disorder; Silence of the bees’) and Logan Harber-Kerr (‘Marginalised Malaise: (We Can’t Breathe’). Although they were not selected, our school can be proud of the achievement of all our nominated students.
ARTEXPRESS 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.
This tradition of excellence from the John Therry Catholic College Visual Arts faculty in the last decade has resulted in having twenty three (23) ARTEXPRESS nominations, the best in the region and Wollongong Diocese, and an outstanding achievement within the State. These nominations over the years came from different expressive forms: Photomedia: (12), Drawing (7), Collection of Works (3) and Designed Objects (1).
MACARTHUR NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
In a world seemingly overloaded by a daily avalanche of images, through Instagram, Facebook and television, a striking image can still cut through the clutter of it all, revealing to us something in our worlds that we have been missing.
The Macarthur councils again hosted the highly anticipated Macarthur Nature Photography Competition (MNPC) and encouraged our community to enter their most striking, engaging and enticing images of local native flora, wildlife and natural scenery taken from within the Macarthur area. This year there was almost 800 entries. In the High School category we had another extraordinary year with four (4) students winning awards.
Our Award winners were:
- Taylah Skinner (Year 11) Nature Flora Category: 2nd Prize
- Hayden Smith (Year 9) Nature Flora Category: Highly Commended
- Tess McEvoy-King (Year 9) Nature Fauna Category: 2ndPrize
- Heath Meadley (Year 9) Waterways Category: Highly Commended
This significant award coincides with the increased popularity of Photography and Digital Media as a subject at JTCC. In 2020, we had six (6) Photography and Digital media classes from Year 9-12. Congratulations to all our students who entered the competition. We look forward to continued success in 2021.
CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE & ONLINE: ‘TENNIES’ - TERM 4 2020
Congratulations to Year 11 Visual Arts student Caitlin LaRue, who was successful in her application to be involved in the ‘Tennies’ program. ‘
The regular program continues on Saturday mornings both face-to-face and online in Term 4, 2020. The first and last workshops will take place at Campbelltown Arts Centre with online Zoom chats in-between. This term they have an amazing line-up of contemporary artists who are also running their own businesses, starting up collectives or companies, all while being leaders in the creative industries. Caitlin will speak with artists Nancy Trieu, Kim Siew, Dennis Golding, Bayvick Lawrence and Candy Bowers, sharing their creative practices across photography, illustration, graphic design, video, performance, costume and fashion. This is an opportunity to understand career options and pathways in the creative industries, and