By Dongyun Kwon
Wandin Yallock Primary School students were happy to share their creative artworks with the local community.
The school had an arts exhibition displaying young artists’ products at Mont De Lancey from 6 September to 10 September.
Principal Judith Martin was proud of the young artists who successfully showcased their creativity to the local community.
“It was ‘terrific’. We walked up there altogether on Thursday (7 September). We were happy to share our creativity and terrific artists with the parents,” she said.
“This is one of the special programs that we run at our school, a good opportunity for us to share how much we value the creativity of the young students.”
To enhance the creativity, the young artists have learnt lots of different themes, textile, sew, the Elements of Art.
Art teacher Courtney Sharp said she tried to maximise the creativity of each student by providing them with a wide variety of themes over the year.
“We have a couple of different scenes that have been spread over the year,” she said.
“We had a unit on textiles, looking at different fabrics and materials.
“The children were learning to sew, stitch blankets.
“The children looked at the elements of art, colour theory, line and space.”
Ms Sharp also tried to introduce different artists every year so that the students got inspiration from the diverse artists, by looking at how they told their stories and shared their lives through their artworks.
“This year, we’ve looked at Japanese and Indigenous Australian artists including Yoyoi Kusama, Hokusai, Rosella Namok and Heather Duff,” she said.
“We’ve looked at how they tell their stories through their artwork and how they share their lives.
“And we’ve done that ourselves, the students have told the story through their artwork.”
The teacher was blown away by the students who passionately prepared for the event.
“I’ve had students that have come up at lunchtime. They’ve donated their lunch times and have come up to the art room to help me prepare,” she said.
The school also thanked the local community for supporting them to set up the exhibition, especially Mont De Lancey, for sharing their space to display and parents who gave fabulous support.
