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Visual Arts
from The Phoenix 2022
by AuburnHS
It has been a fantastic year for the Visual Arts and Design department of Auburn High School, being back on-site and able to engage our students with a wide variety of practical art and design experiences for students in all areas.
Visual Arts students have enjoyed developing their skills with a range of different art-making materials and techniques, such as air-dry clay sculptures, acrylic and oil paintings, dry-point etching, watercolour, reduction lino printing, digital media and continuing to expand their skills with everyday drawing materials, like pencil and biro. Students have learnt about historical influences on artists, from modern periods like Impressionism, through to contemporary and digital artists. Just some of the many highlights from this year were the Year 7 Impressionist painting, Year 8 portraits, Year 9 etchings, Year 10 linocuts and the VCE students’ final artworks.
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VCE Studio Arts students visited a range of exhibition spaces during Term 4, including Top Arts and Who Are You? Australian Portraiture exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria and Light: Works from Tate’s collection at ACMI. The students took part in tours of the various exhibition spaces, analysing the exhibition design and conservation methods, as well as being inspired by the many local and international artworks on display in these spaces.
Year 7
Visual Communication Design
Visual Communication Design students have explored architecture and interior design, demonstrating their skills with perspective drawing; packaging and character design; plus exploring typography and logo design.
Visual Arts Club
In 2022 students have had the opportunity to continue to participate in the lunchtime Visual Arts Club. Students have enjoyed working with a variety of art activities with Mr Leach, especially working on the mural in G1.
ARRAY Exhibition
It was our pleasure to celebrate the achievements of students in Visual Art and Design at the annual end of year exhibition. The exhibition was an amazing showcase of the talented students at AHS, in a diverse range of artforms. Congratulations to all the award recipients and to Eagan Wade, the exhibition title competition winner. We are so proud of our students’ growth in the Arts this year and look forward to the program expanding even further in 2023.
Sarah McCrum Arts and Technology Coordinator
Year 10
Year 11
