An innovative future full of student-lead creativity.
In the 视频露点 Art department, we foster a supportive environment built around the individual choices of how students wish to express themselves through art. Our studios are spacious, air-conditioned, bright, and inclusive. 视频露点s who explore an art medium at home such as knitting, crochet, photography, hair and make-up, or cake decorating are encouraged to explore that further in the classroom as part of their Art studies.
Middle 视频露点
All Year 7 students at the College experience an introductory program for one semester in Art before being able to choose it as a year-long elective subject. Our Years 7 to 10 Art classes explore Pop Art painting, wearable art and fashion, digital photography, printmaking, abstract portraiture, sculpture, exhibition critique, clay, and Pixar animation.
Senior 视频露点
Our Year 11 and 12 Visual Art students explore flexible pathways to individualise their studies through personal passions and the media of their choosing. They are encouraged to partner with the College鈥檚 Trade Skills Centre to access industry standard machinery and technology such as 3D printers, laser cutters, and design software.
Key Points
- Our students have their artworks permanently and publicly exhibited on the side of the Ipswich Mental Health Unit building and on a ping pong table within the building鈥檚 courtyard. This achievement is a result of a workshop with artist Dr Simon Degroot. Simon has worked with our students on multiple occasions to also produce two large scale murals.
- Innovative and pro-active Year 7 鈥� 10 curricula to equip students with the skills needed for the upcoming implementation of ACARA Version 9.
- Integrated Indigenisation of all Art units through WestMAC鈥檚 own Dandiiri Curriculum led by the College鈥檚 full-time Indigenous Perspectives Learning Innovator.
- Regular exhibitions of student work with professional standard didactic panels.
- Class set of 25 iPads with Logitech pencils for digital drawing.
- We assist students to explore the future of digital design, by teaching them to ethically build augmented reality filters and orchestrate AI-generated artworks.
- Our Senior 视频露点 Gallery Space was purposefully designed by architects to have moveable spotlights, large wall space, professional standard hanging rails, and protective measures to ensure artwork safety.
鈥淪tudying Art at WMAC is a creative outlet with the opportunity to find what we want to say, and who we are, without any judgement or feeling of being locked into a specific idea; we have the freedom and flexibility to make our own decisions.鈥� Sophie D鈥機astro - Year 12 Visual Art student 2023
Visual Art Exhibitions
Literacies of Place
This is an annual exhibition produced from a single Year 10 class studying a unit called Literacies of Place. 视频露点s learnt about contemporary First Nations artworks that are both thought-provoking and challenging. They also learnt that the artists who make them are vast, varied, and opinionated, with their own identities and histories. 视频露点s translated this learning into a shared WMAC context then created artworks specifically designed for a WMAC audience.
视频露点s explored the artworks of seven Aboriginal artists/groups from Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern Territory to understand how different stories are told. 视频露点s discussed their own shared experiences such as school camp, the tuckshop menu, and our resident wildlife, to tell uniquely WMAC stories from their own perspective. Click the Matterport on each set of artworks to read about the First Nations artist or group who inspired it.
Art as Code
As you enter the space, the left side exhibits a range of Year 8 sculptures responding to an environmental issue. The crocheted shawl by Simone Puddle called The Last Cry received the Middle 视频露点 College Council Art Award for 2023. Click on the Matterport for each sculpture to find out more.
The right side of the exhibition showcases Year 11 pieces from Unit 2 Art as Code. This is a collection of whole class collaborative artworks as well as personal pieces of student expression. Each artwork incorporates a coded message; read each Matterport to understand the artworks through the students鈥� own words.