BOWRAVILLE Central School (BCS) announced the winners of their Young Archies competition last Tuesday, 5 April.

All students from Kindergarten to Year 12 took part in the competition.

The winning entries from each group have been entered into the ‘Young Archies’, the junior version of the Archibald Prize, held annually in Sydney.

Art Gallery NSW prefers portraits ‘painted from life’, and that subjects have one sitting for their portrait, just like in the Archibald Prize.

The students had four weeks to create their portraits.

“This was an opportunity for students to workshop the techniques of portrait painters like Ben Quilty, Sharon Monagle, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Paul Klee,” said Emily King, BCS Art Teacher.

“Many of the students chose to paint their own teachers as their subjects.”

Parents and the community were invited to come along to view artworks on display and have a cuppa on the school’s new decking and coffee shop.

“This is a wonderful experience for all our students,” said Megan Cochrane, BCS Community Liaison Officer.

Parents and the community were invited to vote for the ‘People’s Choice’ award.

The winning entries, to be sent to the Sydney Art Gallery to be included in the Young Archibald Prize 2022, are from Savannah Labuschagne, Tane Murphy, Bren-nita Buchanan, Ella Overton, Maddie Turner, Emma Swain, Levi Pollard, Sarah Bell, Summer Forshey, Thomas Monford, Poppy Welch, Logan Fullick, Wayne Buchanan, Mawaa Greenup, Ella Willis, Jack Nickson, Levi Welch and Leo De Bastos.

Bowraville Central School has many budding young artists from years K-12.

Emily King teaches art to students from K-12 and this certainly shows in the quality of technique in the students’ work across the board.

 

By Karen GRIBBIN