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Australian Art Resources Gallery

Chris Ling

Davis Yu

Year 10 Studio Art students at the Australian Resources Gallery

Regional Art Gallery, and then continued on for some drawing and photography at Queenscliff. It was a lot of fun for the boys, who drew the façade of the old Ozone Hotel and photographed buildings around the town. The day culminated in a visit to the Queenscliff Art Gallery to view the excellent contemporary painting and sculpture.

Term One also saw the Year 12 Studio Art Class attend a three-day intensive fine-art study tour to Sydney and Canberra. The boys were able to see ‘Art Express’ (this is the equivalent of ‘Top Arts’ in Victoria) and the Bill Henson Show at the Art Gallery of NSW. They visited Bret Whiteley’s Studio in Surry Hills as well as numerous private galleries in Paddington. They also dropped in on Sotheby’s Art Auction which was due to be held the next day.

In Canberra they visited the National Gallery, viewing the James Gleeson Show as well as the extensive permanent collection. On the agenda were visits to Parliament House, the War Memorial, and the Canberra Planning Exhibition to see Walter Burley Griffin’s designs. This was followed up with another excursion in Melbourne to the Capital Theatre and Trinity College at Melbourne University to view Griffin’s architecture.

The Year 10 Studio Arts students visited Australian Art Resources in City Road, Southbank, to see how a Commercial Gallery operated. From there they went on a heritage architectural walk including the Museum, Old Law Court’s, City Bath’s and the ANZ Gothic Revival Bank. completing a photographic assignment. This tour included photographing stalls in the Victoria Market and Harley-Davidson motorbike’s in Elizabeth Street. The day ended with a visit to the National Gallery to look at Renaissance paintings.

In Term Two the Year 11 Studio Arts class went to the Elliott Lodge Scout Camp at Healesville. Nathan Djerrkura, the Aboriginal lad from Gove, Northern Territory, is a member of this class, and he brought along the two Tiwi Island boys, Rocko and Lockett. It was the first time the lads had seen such massive gum trees. The class spent the morning drawing the rainforest bush, and then had a BBQ lunch before visiting the newest Victorian Public Gallery Tarra Warra, in Healesville.

Chris Taylor
Head of Art