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St Catherine’s News Spring 2015
The culmination of almost a year of hard work witnessed the Yulendj Exhibition and Auction achieve a magnificent fundraising result for the St Catherine’s Indigenous Scholarship Program. Highlighting some of Australia’s leading artists, the Exhibition and Auction featured St Catherine’s Old Girls Lisa Roet (’84), Lucy Folk (’00), Rowena Martinich (’97), Amanda Fordyce (’00) and Eliza Cameron (’05), who have all achieved great success in the Arts industry. St Catherine’s Indigenous Program Coordinator, Mrs Gina Peele said the generosity of the St Catherine’s community, and the artists involved in the Exhibition, will make a substantial difference to the lives of Indigenous girls seeking an education at St Catherine’s. “The Arts Festival was a highly anticipated event at St Catherine’s. Having the opportunity to also raise funds for the Indigenous Scholarship Program provided the Festival with a great sense of purpose and community spirit,” said Mrs Michelle Carroll, Principal. “St Catherine’s has a wonderful community supporting our girls and the Arts Festival showcased just how fortunate we are. Events such as the SCOGA Women in Creative Industries Networking night, our Foundation Members
Yulendj Exhibition and Arts Festival
The launch of St Catherine’s School Indigenous Scholarship Program was celebrated through a School-wide Arts Festival in April. The School and our wider community showcased vibrant displays of Art, Drama, Music and generosity over the course of the week.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS
Left to Right Students making light artwork at MAD John Bolton from Yalari, Waverley Stanley founder of Yalari, Tamsin Renn of the Yulendj Exhibition organising committee and Art Captain Harriet Renn at the Yulendj Auction Year 7 Sophie Garrett, Serena Sitch, Millicent Cottrell, Isabella McDonald performing at MAD Night
Yvonne Audette, Cantata Jubilante, 2014 Oil on plywood 92 x 122 cm Image courtesy of the artist and Mossgreen Gallery www.mossgreen.com.au
Rebecca Clark, Nathalie Shergold and David Shergold Patrick and Jodie Cody, Alison and Rod Watkins Fiona Menzies and Foundation Preseident Anne Court
Yulendj Exhibition Premiere as well as MAD Night and the Years 5 and 6 production of Alice The Musical, were tangible reminders of the breadth and depth of our community.” “The level of support received for our Scholarship Program demonstrates the commitment the St Catherine’s community has towards providing educational opportunities to Indigenous girls and, ensures we can provide this for more girls in the future,” explains Mrs Peele. “We sincerely thank the hardworking committee, made up of parents and staff, for coordinating an Exhibition and Auction in aid of our Indigenous Scholarship Program.” The Yulendj Exhibition and Auction raised $43,003.60 and an additional $52,257.04 of donations since has gone towards the 30% gap of the tuition and boarding fees to educate our Indigenous students. To watch a video of two of our Indigenous Scholarship recipients please visit https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=pI9WV9_86H8 If you would like to find out more on how you can support this Program please contact our Director of Development and Community Relations, Mr Stuart Galbraith on +61 3 9828 3032 or email sgalbraith@stcatherines.net.au