SCEGGS DARLINGHURST

An Imaginative Drawing

Eve Wilson is a student in Year 7 and she has worked for many hours on this beautiful imaginative drawing.

Katrina Collins
Head of Visual Arts

Congratulations to Grace Apted, Georgia Brogan, Grace Guthrie and Ava Lacoon-Robinson who have all been nominated for ART EXPRESS. We wish them luck with the selection process. 

Grace Guthrie

Grace Apted

Georgia Brogan

Ava Lacoon-Robinson

Katrina Collins
Head of Visual Arts

The Howard Tanner Award for drawing has been awarded to Samantha Klein in Year 9. This award is given to a student for observational drawing and is awarded to a student once over their years at SCEGGS. The prize is awarded at Speech Night.

Samantha Klein

Judged by our drawing teacher Lilli Stromland, Lilli commented that Samantha “rendered a wide range of everyday subjects to create exciting, intriguing visuals. This outstanding group of drawings convey her commitment to drawing, a strong sense of intentionality, sophisticated techniques and keen observational skills.”

Elenarose Plaister

Three students were Highly Commended; Elenarose Plaister in Year 11 (who was awarded this prize in 2017), Adeline Wan in Year 10 and Hannah Guest in Year 7.

Adeline Wan

Congratulations to all the students involved.

All the work is on display in JF1 until 15 November. We warmly invite you to attend.

Katrina Collins
Head of Visual Arts

Howard Tanner Drawing Prize and Year 7 Klippel Sculptures

Exhibition running in JF1 from 8am – 3:30pm until 15 November.

Hannah Guest

The Art Department welcomes you to view an exhibition of student works in JF1.  On show are works from the Howard Tanner award for observational drawing which includes students from Years 7 to 11.  The winner of this award will be announced at Speech Night.  The prize highlights the outstanding drawing occurring in the classroom and the cocurricular drawing class with Lilli Stromland.

Samantha Klein

Also included in the exhibition are Year 7 sculptures made in the style of Robert Klippel.

Elenarose Plaister

We are very proud of the works that students have made so please take the time to come up and see them.

Michaela Gleave
Art Assistant

The Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture 2020 is now open for submission. There is a specific Youth Prize. The judges will be looking for sculptures which have been inspired by the human form. Representational as well as abstract, innovative and contemporary interpretations are welcome. There are no restrictions on medium.

Open to Australian residents 16 years and over. Entries close 22 November 2019 www.tombassprize.com.

Heidi Jackson
Visual Arts Teacher