School students recognised for artistic flair

Minister for Education, Training and Employment John-Paul Langbroek has congratulated Queensland’s top senior visual art students who are the recipients of this year’s Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art.

Mr Langbroek said 32 Year 11 and 12 award recipients would have their art work displayed in Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art next year.

“The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art showcases the exceptional work of student artists, the outstanding skills of our teachers, and the high quality of visual art programs in Queensland schools,” Mr Langbroek said.

“These budding young artists have spent many months at school creating some amazing art works for their senior assessment.

“They have used paint, sculpture, multi-media, photography and more to explore a wide range of themes and in some cases made some very bold statements about the issues that young people are concerned with.

“Their work has been chosen from more than 500 student submissions state-wide to feature in next year’s exhibition at GoMA, which will look right at home on the same walls that have hosted some of the world’s best known contemporary artists.”

Mr Langbroek said the award recipients were in Brisbane this week taking part in a four day workshop with professional artists.

“Award recipients come from state and non-state schools throughout Queensland, so many have travelled to Brisbane to work with professional artists, visit the state’s finest art galleries and receive their certificates,” he said.

“With QTAC submissions closing this week (28 September), this workshop is designed to give them a chance to explore their post-schooling options before finalising any decisions for next year.”

Mr Langbroek said award recipients were selected by a state panel, consisting of representatives from the Queensland Studies Authority, Queensland College of Art and Queensland University of Technology.

A further seven students – one from each education region – were recognised with S & S Regional Encouragement Awards. A full list of award recipients follows.

[ENDS]  28 September, 2012

Media contact:  Carrie Barlow 0409 110 657

2012 Excellence Award recipients:

Jordan Azcune, Cleveland District State High School

Johanna Bradley, Cairns State High School

Sabrina Brown, Windaroo Valley State High School

Jessie Chandler, St Aidan's Anglican Girls School (Corinda)

Elizabeth Charleson, King's Christian College (Gold Coast)

Taylor Clarke, St Michael's College (Carrara)

Jacob Davies, Pioneer State High School (Mackay)

Makayla D’Costa, Hervey Bay State High School

Martin de Rooy, Pimlico State High School

Reid Evans, Mirani State High School

Niki Filitonga, Trinity Bay State High School

Maddelan French, Kelvin Grove State College

Isabella Fyfe, Matthew Flinders Anglican College (Sunshine Coast)

Shaun Gillies, St Stephen’s Catholic College (Mareeba)

Ayaka Hamatani, Trinity Bay State High School

Angus Hasler-Bail, Queensland Academy for Creative Industries (Kelvin Grove)

Edward Hatcher, All Saints Anglican School (Merrimac)

Isabella Jacuzzi, All Hallows’ School (Brisbane)

Yasmin James, A B Paterson College (Gold Coast)

Izzy La Macchia, Mountain Creek State High School

Emily Lawn, Collinsville State High School

Guy Lobwein, Sunshine Beach State High School

Lachlan Marshall, Brisbane Grammar School

Emma Maxwell, Brigidine College (Indooroopilly)

Ellie Morley, All Saints Anglican School (Merrimac)

Reshmeen Nadeem, Stretton State College

Eunbee Oh, Kelvin Grove State College

Levi Panrucker, Coolum State High School

My Linh Phan, St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly)

Natalie Vear, Redlands College (Wellington Point)

Lisa Virgin, Centenary Heights State High School (Toowoomba)

Zoe Westwood, St Patrick’s College (Mackay)

S & S Regional Encouragement Award recipients:

George Battams, Padua College (Kedron)

Cheyenne Connell, Redlynch State College

Martina Fuchs, Whitsunday Anglican School (Mackay)

Belinda McCarthy, Kirwan State High School

Amelia O’Connell, Fairholme College (Toowoomba)

Laura Parviainen, Trinity Lutheran College (Ashmore Road Campus)

Monique Winterhoff, Matthew Flinders Anglican College (Sunshine Coast)