Celebrating creativity and differentiation in the Junior School
The City of Subiaco has been presenting an opportunity for Young Artists to shine now for 13 years with its annual " Shaun Tan Young Artists Award." All boys were invited to join in an afterschool club to pursue this arts initiative, basing work on their own interests and sketches from home, with no set theme.
What came out of this opportunity has been a group of 12 boys from mixed year levels coming together on Tuesdays after school, to develop their artwork. The end results are remarkably diverse and this brought my attention to the value of having no set theme, in promoting and catering for differentiation in ideas and abilities through the Arts.
Watching the boys work has been inspirational, as they have tackled problems, indecision, excitement and sharing - all valuable parts of thinking about and creating artwork. They have also enjoyed greater success when they have continued to work between school and home. Both places provide working spaces that are quite different in physical space, mood, time and access to materials.
Entries will be submitted this week, so boys have had to work to a set deadline and this is always a challenge. Congratulations and best of luck to:
James Heggart - 2W | Nicholas Lovegrove - 2W | Angus King - 3T |
Alexander Fine - 2W | James Mahaffy - 5C | Henry Cooper - 5W |
Billy Mahaffy - 3T | Thomas Macknay - 5C | Oliver Cooper - 2W |
Alex Jackson - 4R | Jack Frazer - 5C | Fletcher O'Connell - 5C |
Ms Karen Sabitay
PYP Visual Arts
