Anna Howkins 'Distortion' oil on canvas 152.5 x 183.0 cm. St Leonard’s College, Brighton East
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The annual showcase of the artistic achievements of VCE Art and Studio Arts students will be on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia from 25 March, 2009 in Top Arts: VCE 2008.
Now in its 15th year, this free exhibition is hugely popular with VCE students, teachers, schools and the general public, and attracted more than 190,000 visitors last year over the 72 days that the students’ work was on display.
Ashleigh Kubiak 'All that jazz' synthetic polymer paint on canvas 152.0 x 152.0 cm. Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak
This year, 166 Victorian artists were short-listed from over 2,000 applications, and include works from a range of media including painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, animation, works on paper, and an installation. Top Arts will display over 70 works by 61 students from government, independent and Catholic schools from across Victoria, giving a voice to students to convey their attitudes and ideas to the public and explore current themes in society.
Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director, NGV said that ‘It’s always exciting for us to see fresh and unique work reflecting the issues faced by today’s young people and the NGV is proud to be supporting and encouraging the next generation of Victoria’s visual artists.’
‘Top Arts,’ she says, ‘provides students with a chance to work alongside arts professionals, reinforcing for them and their peers that the visual arts is a sustainable and significant career path.’
Tim Hopkins 'Crystal-blue vase' raku stoneware 76.0 x 33.0 cm diameter. Lilydale Adventist Academy, Lilydale
For more information about the exhibition, and the range of education and public programs that explore the creative process behind the works exhibited, visit the NGV website.
Top Arts is part of the VCE Season of Excellence 2009 program in Melbourne, a festival of outstanding VCE students’ visual and performing art managed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Top Arts: VCE 2008The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square from 25 March – 14 June 2009.
Open 10am-5pm and until 9pm Thursdays. Closed Mondays.
Admission is free.
