Art is Escapism - Middle and Senior Years Art Exhibition
This year we are very fortunate to have an Art Exhibition in the beautiful and professional space of Gallery107@ Dalby. We will be sharing the space with Dalby State High School where we will have the Ground Floor this year.
2020 has certainly been a disrupted year with COVID and remote learning and through all these trying times we realise that we have a driving internal desire to create artworks, something positive to offer to our world which is a timeless human pursuit. We only need to look back at what is left long after civilisations cease to be in existence and it is always the artworks that tell us so much. William James articulates this point as, “the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it”.
The theme of our Art Exhibition is 'Art is Escapism'. This is due to the simple fact that Art, by its very nature, allows us to escape the realities of life and be surrounded by aesthetically pleasing imagery. It values the process undertaken by artists and the engagement of the audience in escaping for a while from the grind of daily life. It is imperative we all stop, reflect, think and wonder from time to time and Art allows us to do just this.
Picasso wisely told us that “every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up”. As our students grow, they too, are trying to hold on to the creative imaginative abilities of their intellect in a dominating sporting society of the Australian culture we live within. Our ever-changing world requires students possess the twenty-first century skills of creativity and critical thinking which THE ARTS are a vehicle for! Collectively, we must be called to a level of responsibility to ensure this endures against competing factors during the Middle and Senior Years.
The Art Exhibition will run from Wednesday 7 October to 31 October. Gallery hours are 10 am – 4pm Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 12:30pm on Saturday and 12:30pm to 3:30pm on Sunday.
We will have a Virtual Opening/Tour of the Art Exhibition accessible online late Wednesday, 7 October with prize winners discussing their artworks.
Art workshops will be held at the College in our well-equipped Visual Art Studio. These will be held each Thursday for the length of the Art Exhibition (Thursday 8, 15, 22 and 29 October) from 3:30 – 4: 30pm. Bookings are essential through College Office on 4672 4111. It is advised students bring a paint shirt.
Schedule of Art Workshops:
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Thursday 8 October |
MASK MAKING (We will be decorating a mask to show an emotion by drawing, painting and collaging items) |
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Thursday 15 October |
TISSUE PAPER PAINTING (We will be using crayons to draw that provides a wax resist to the tissue paper colour released onto the artworks) |
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Thursday 22 October |
CLAY & PLASTER CASTING (We will be pressing into the surface of clay objects, removing them and then pouring plaster to create a cast of the design) |
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Thursday 29 October |
PRINTMAKING (We will be using cookie cutters to imprint a design into foam and then ink and print the design in a repetitive manner) |
Please support our talented artists and visit Gallery107 during our MY & SY Art Exhibition. Also keep looking at the College’s Facebook for more details.
Art is made to be shown,
Mrs McArthur
Senior Visual Art Teacher
