VISUAL ARTS
Success at the Mosman Youth Art Prize 2016 For 28 years, Mosman Council has shown its commitment to encouraging the creative talents of young aspiring artists by showcasing their work at the Mosman Art Gallery.
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his year, Barker College entered 11 student artworks into the Mosman Youth Art Prize for 2016. We selected a medley of forms including printmaking, animation, ceramics sculpture, painting and video. Student artworks from Year 7-12 were entered into the three categories – junior, senior and tertiary. This year, there were well over 300 entries and the standard of work was exceptionally high. It is remarkable that each of the 11 student artworks were finalists for the 2016 Mosman Youth Art Prize. This is a wonderful recognition of each student’s passion for art. They should know that their work was held in high regard by a panel of experienced judges.
Congratulations to all of our students. I hope that they feel enormously proud of their achievements in seeing their work in a gallery for the public to appreciate: • Fergus Berney Gibson Keep at it • Emma Dunnet When the Going gets Tough the Tough get Going • Alex de Montemas Karisma • Finn Couzner Buckle Up • Aryan Sethi Machli Express • Mark Green Priceless • Joshua Stein Junk Island • Luke Sadler The Last Farewell • Oliver Wackett Normurra Ave • Vanessa Musumeci (HSC 2015) Dyslexia • Jami Blood (HSC 2015) Notebook #12 Congratulations to three students who received prizes at the exhibition opening on 21 July: • Tertiary Category Prize Winners (age 18-21) 1st Prize Jami Blood, Notebook #12 • Encouragement Award (Friends of Mosman Art Gallery award) Vanessa Musumeci, Dyslexia • Encouragement Award (Friends of Mosman Art Gallery and Hype DC awards) Finn Couzner, Buckle Up The prizewinners’ artworks can be viewed at: mosmanartgallery.org.au/mosman-youth-art-prizewinners-2016 Matthew Bentham Head of Visual Arts
1st Prize Jami Blood, Notebook #12
THE BARKER | SPRING 2016
Encouragement Award Finn Couzner Buckle Up
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Encouragement Award Vanessa Musumeci, Dyslexia