ART
FAMILY DAY ART DISPLAY – WHICH WAY TO THE SKATEPARK ?
SKATEBOARDS ON DISPLAY
A visit to the art display on Family Day this year would have left visitors wondering if they had wandered into a skate park !
A giant display of over 150 skateboards made by Years 7 and 9 students , on a specially-built display resembling a wooden skateboard ramp , was prominent in the display . The fountain in the Lithgow Centre also featured this year as central to the display of Year 7 sculptures . Senior Art and Design final artworks were other highlights , as well as student animations , photography , paintings and much more .
YUDHA SCHOLES – HEAD OF ART
PRIZEWINNING WORK , TERMINAL
REVERIE
NEW PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTWORK
Each year we have amazingly talented visual artists graduate from Scotch . For many years we have purchased an outstanding artwork from a graduating student with the support of the Ken Field Fund . These artworks are then put on display around the school to enliven the buildings and to inspire other students to achieve the same high standard in their artwork .
For the first time this year we will be naming this acquisition of artworks the Mark Mason Prize for Outstanding Artwork . Mark was a passionate Art teacher at the school from 1996 to 2018 and Head of Art for the last 12 of those years .
Mark added several initiatives to enrich the School ’ s Art Program , especially Visual Communication and Design classes
and ceramics programs , and was instrumental in encouraging many students to pursue careers in creative areas such as architecture , industrial design , graphic and fine arts .
The inaugural winner of the prize is Summer Xia ( Year 12 ). Summer ’ s skills in digital painting are mesmerising and his artwork , Terminal Reverie is a tour de force in these rendering techniques . The artwork depicts a train station , the ‘ terminal ’ of people ' s sprits , amid the endless grassland and the wavy clouds reflecting the fleeting nature of memories , and the faded stories and whispers of the past . This artwork will adorn the walls of the Lithgow Centre for all to enjoy .
YUDHA SCHOLES – HEAD OF ART
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