St. Mary's 2022 Art Show

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Please join us for a night of celebrating the Visual Arts. St Mary’s students are proud to showcase their amazing artworks in a range of mediums including wonderful paintings, 3D sculptures, collages, mosaics and digital media creations.You will be entertained by the incredible St Mary’s dance troupe and Room 16 students at opening.

The theme for our Art Show this year is Laudato Si' - Care for Our Common Home. This is inspired by Pope Francis' encyclical, published in May 2015, which focuses on environmental and human rights issues, as well as the overarching question of how humans, God, and the Earth are interconnected. As they prepared for the Art Show, students have been exploring the various principles presented in Laudato Si' and using this to help direct their art inspiration.

We are thankful to our sponsors for supporting our 2022 Art Show.

5.30pm Gates open (food will be available from the Territory Spud King food truck. Drinks and ice-creams will also be sold from the canteen. This is available in the grassed area in front of Community of Learners).

6.00pm Opening speech (Principal: Rosie Harrison)

6.05pm Dance Troupe performance and Laudato Si’ rap

6.15pm “We are the Earth” song presentation from Room 16

6.20pm Art galleries open

7.30pm Event closes

Footsteps Print Route Vector Illustration Design

Follow the amazing art trail throughout the school to view St Mary’s spectacular creations. On the way to the Mary Mackillop Hall pause to admire the fantastic artwork created by Indigenous students of St Mary's displayed outside the After School Care room.

In the Hall you can delight in the creations produced by students in Community of Learners, Transition, and Year 1/2.

Continue onto the Music Room and view Year 3/4 students.

Once finished in the Hall, follow the art trail to the library where you will be surprised by the varied talents of students in Year 4/5 and 5/6.

Traffic Arrows Direction Vacations Flat Image Travel

Community of Learners

The children in CoL have made some beautiful pieces of art out of recycled materials and using different art mediums and techniques.

The Kangaroos and Joeys have enjoyed learning about aboriginal cultures and practising their fine motor skills through dot painting, making rainbows, butterflies, and a large turtle.

Transition:

You will be amazed by the wonderful paper mache bottle babies and immersed in an underwater experience. Delight in the quirky corals, baby turtles and sparkling jelly fish. Transition students have also created some religious pieces using a range of materials and techniques.

Save your money to bid for the artistic collaborative masterpieces. You will have a choice of two local scenes. A seascape or waterlily wet land.

Room 5

As you walk through the hall, make sure you take the time to look up and admire our twinkling lanterns, taking a moment to reflect on how we can reduce our energy consumption. Cast your eye over the wonderful ocean creatures, you might even see a thing or two out of place.

We hope you take in our message of the need to lighten our footprints on earth, our common home, throughout our exhibition.

You will see Room 5’s creativity on display as you take in their self-portraits and bird feeders, all of which have been made from recycled materials.

And last but most certainly not least... the students of room 5 have been busy creating a one of a kind, wall hanging, inspired by the sunset at Mindil Beach. This item will be available for purchase via the P&F silent auction. Happy bidding room 5 families!

Room 6 Year 1/2

You will be surprised by the art pieces displayed by Room 6 created using a range of recycled materials such as bowls crafted with fabric and sculptures created with paper. The art created displays texture and colour stemmed from student’s individual creativity.

Keep an eye out for our collaborative auction piece, an upcycled storage table that has been decorated as a class using mosaic tiles. The perfect addition to your home.

Year 3/4

Journey though the rubbish arch into the Music Room to see the themes of Laudato Si' explored through a range of mediums. We have been inspired by local and international artists to interpret Pope Francis’ hopes for our future.

Janet Skates colorful abstract art meet’s local photographer Paul Arnold’s aerial photography. Beloved children’s artist Eric Carle crossed with Korean graphic designer Namsung Kim. Venture into our cave to warm your hand by the fire and see Tiwi x-ray art.

Bid big for our collaborative watercolour art, what your living room really needs is a giant bird!

Australian Aboriginal Painting of a Turtle

Year 4/5/6

You will be amazed by the skill of our young artists in Room 9, 11 and 16 where you will find many aesthetically alluring art pieces, including Media art, 2D and 3D artwork. The screaming fish will mesmerize you as you move through our coral reef display. Then you will be transported to a secret garden where plants have grown, and flourished. These delightful pieces have been created using a variety of techniques, resources inspired by famous artists and the children themselves. Our aim for you is to showcase and highlight our theme of Laudato Si'.

You won’t want to miss the opportunity to purchase each room's collaborative piece. They are amazingly beautiful pieces and would be wonderful artwork to hang in your home.

Cross the courtyard and admire the recycled watercolour bunting completed by students.

In each area admire the students' deep appreciation and reverence for our Mother Mary depicted in a range of art forms. You will be in awe of their creativity.

Each class has created a major piece which will be showcased with each year group available for purchase through a silent auction system. A slip will be available from the teachers in each art area.

Student artworks can be purchased by donation. Please see the classroom teacher in each room to reserve and purchase your child's work. All artworks will be sent home the following week.

Thankyou for attending our wonderful night. We hope you enjoyed viewing our creations as much as we enjoyed making them.

Class Auction Pieces