THE artistic talents of students from St Mary’s Primary School in Lancefield took centre stage at the annual Visual Arts Showcase that unfolded earlier in term four.
Last month’s event celebrated the artistic journey of students from prep to grade six, highlighting their creativity, dedication and the vibrant display of their imaginative works that were created during terms one to three.
Art teacher Brenda Sammut said the event left a lasting impression on all who attended.
The youngest artists in the school, the prep students, displayed a wide range of creativity that included ripped paper bears and parable lamps, inspired by literature, and showed their connection to Australian Indigenous culture by crafting textiles and dot-painted boomerangs.
Ms Sammut said grade one and two students engaged in mixed media collages, which included their Easter collages that featured lit crosses.
“Additionally, the students also explored shape and emotions through lines and colours in their paintings and demonstrated their hand-sewing prowess by crafting pillow friends using felt and wadding,” she said.
Taking a different route, the grade three and four students created textile wall art inspired by the works of prominent textile artist Sheila Hicks.
Ms Sammut said the grade three and four students created captivating bush medicine paintings, while the grade five and six students embarked on a journey through the world of candy artist and sculptor Peter Anton, crafting large candy sculptures out of clay, adding a sweet twist to their art.
The exploration for the older students did not just stop at expressing their personal stories through Indigenous symbols and traditional dot paintings, the students also had the opportunity to create textured art on canvas.
