HSC SHOWCASE EVENTS EXCURSIONS
Our Senior Creative Arts students with Staff experienced excursions over the last week to experience HSC Showcase events in Drama, Music and Visual Arts respectively. The HSC Showcases celebrate student achievement by reflecting on the creativity and innovation of HSC students. Each year NESA features a selection of the top HSC major works across Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Technologies and English.
In 2022 there will is one OnSTAGE program featuring group and individual performances, script writing and video drama by 2021 HSC Drama students. The season runs from Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2022 in the York Theatre, Seymour Centre. The OnSTAGE exhibition features exemplary individual projects by HSC Drama students. Projects include costume, lighting and set design, promotion and program, and critical analysis. Exemplary individual projects by HSC Drama students were also on exhibition in the foyer of the York Theatre, Seymour Mrs. Cascarino and Miss Abela took the Year 12 Drama class to experience ‘ONSTAGE’ at the Seymour Centre on Friday 18th February from 7-9.30pm. Miss Abela stated;’ OnStage has provided our students with the opportunity to experience the highest calibre of Drama performances and projects from 2021. This year the program included video drama and scriptwriting (normally a separate exhibit) which was a welcome opportunity for some of our Video Drama students. The drive home was abuzz with discussion of their favourite moments and how they can incorporate similar techniques and conventions in their own projects this year. The OnStage exhibition has highlighted the resilience and passion of creative arts students across the state and in turn and has been a true source of inspiration for our 2022 Drama students.’
ENCORE is a program of outstanding performances and compositions by students from the HSC Music examinations presented by the NSW Education Standards Authority and the NSW Department of Education. On Tuesday 22nd February, Mrs. Morton took several Year 11 and 12 Music students to see the Matinee performance at 12.30pm. Mrs. Morton stated; ‘JT's own listened to amazing singers, talented soprano recorders, brass quartets and violinist and pianist. Having accessed this opportunity, has given light to the students queries about their HSC major work, inspiration to put in hard work as well as adoration of the talent on stage. It is a pleasure and a privilege to have engaged in discussions about the performances on the train home!’
ARTEXPRESS is an annual exhibition of exemplary artworks created by students for the HSC in Visual Arts. The works represent a broad range of subject matter, approaches, styles and media including painting, photomedia, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, documented forms, textiles and fibre, ceramics, time-based forms and collections of works. ARTEXPRESS represents the high standards and diversity achieved by Year 12 Visual Arts students in New South Wales schools and is a joint partnership between the NSW Education Standards Authority and the NSW Department of Education. On Thursday February 17th both Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts students, escorted by Mrs. Hume and Mr. Peters visited the Art Gallery of NSW to view the ‘Artexpress’ exhibition. In conjunction with this, the Year 11s focussed on themes from their unit of work; ‘The Artist and the Patron’, while Year 12 examined more contemporary works from their unit of work ‘The Biennale’. As Mrs. Hume stated; Artexpress is an annual dynamic exhibition experience that our seniors enthusiastically attended. This year 12 Visual Arts class reviewed the enthralling and creative works of the 2021 HSC students to be a point of motivation and inspiration for their upcoming Bodies of work. It is with gratitude that my class and myself reflect upon the exhibition excursion’.
At John Therry Catholic High, we believe in providing opportunities to develop skills that will prepare our students for whatever field of endeavour they choose. Our Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) students are taught complex problem solving, critical thinking and creativity, all skills believed to be at the core of tomorrow’s leaders. Thank you to all our enthusiastic CAPA staff on making these opportunities possible and all the students on their exemplary behaviour at these events.
Stephen Peters
Creative Arts Leader of Learning
