On Friday evening, a huge number of parents and students joined together at the opening of the Student Art Exhibition. We were very fortunate to have Australian painter, sculptor and draughtsman Michael Snape as the special guest and he had been at the College during the week in order to judge the artworks on display.

I won’t pretend to have a great understanding of artwork, however, I am absolutely certain that choosing the best artworks must have been a real challenge. The work that the boys, across all year groups, have created is simply incredible. In speaking with a parent on the steps of the hall, he so accurately put it when he noted the maturity that is evident in the works of the boys.

On display was a huge variety of artwork, ranging from pencil sketches through to videos and including paintings, clay work, books and simply some incredible photography. Specifically, all the boys in Year 7 had an artwork on display and it was wonderful to see their talent in both paintings (some on canvas and some on paper) and clay work.

A huge congratulations goes to Nick Jessup (Lane Cove) who won the award for best artwork in Year 7. His clay work shows superb creatively, fantastic detail and plenty of colour. With some boys having more than one work on display, Nick takes this honour ahead of over 150 other entries. Well done!

Our boys are exceptionally lucky to have so many opportunities here at Joeys. The staff in our Visual Art department do a fantastic job in helping the boys find talent which many of them didn’t realise that they had. I am certain that anyone who had the privilege of attending the Student Art Exhibition would have walked out incredibly impressed with the talent on display. Congratulations to all the boys and a huge thank you to all of their teachers.

Photo 1:  Aaron Murrant (Rozelle) finding his artwork.

Photo 2:  Nick Jessup (Lane Cove) holding his award winning art work.

Photo 3:  Alexander Bland (Kingsford), Lachlan Markey (Coonamble), Eddy Fay (Castle Cove) and Damian Sevil (Narrabri) find their artworks all right next to each other.