Exploring Identity and Place Through Art – Term 1 Highlights
Students in the Visual Arts programme have had a vibrant and creative start to the year, producing work that connects deeply to the theme of identity and place.
During Term 1, students:
- Decorated clay heads that express personal identity
- Created watercolour landscapes inspired by the West Auckland beaches connected to their school houses: Wai Karekare, Te Piha, Muriwai, and Te Henga
- Studied kowhaiwhai patterns, incorporating them into layered mixed-media pieces under the theme Where the Land Meets the Sea
To wrap up the term, students worked on designing house logos to be printed onto school beach house shirts using textile inks. The final designs will be voted on, with the winning logos becoming permanent visual markers for each house group.
Well done to all students for the effort and creativity shown throughout the term — and good luck for the vote!
Visual Art 1: Colour, Tone, and the Agamograph
Students are exploring the colour wheel, complementary colours, and tonal values. They have been introduced to Israeli artist Yaacov Agam and are working towards a self-portrait agamograph.
Art Starts With Identity
Visual Art 1 students explored what art means to them, designed their title pages, and began collecting images for their visual art covers. Term 1 theme: Identity.
Building a Visual Foundation in Years 9 and 10 Art
Year 9 and 10 students are learning the Elements of Art and Principles of Design, developing drawing skills, and exploring how the creative process works from idea to finished piece.
Glittering Christmas Decorations In Creative Arts
Students designed glitter-filled baubles and decorations to celebrate the end of term.
Pop Up Christmas Cards in Creative Arts
Students designed pop up Christmas cards using paper engineering, colour and collage for friends and whānau.
Fantasy Mapping Creating Worlds on Paper
Students designed fantasy world maps, using dice to plan landscapes and then developing detailed ink drawings.
Visual Art Clay And Colourful Painting
Students explored colour and pattern through carved clay spheres and bright painted panels in Visual Art this week.
Citizens of the World in Visual Art
Students explored imagination, culture, and connection by designing symbolic cut-paper badges and art journal covers inspired by global citizenship.
Pacific Tapa Collaboration on International Day
Students learned about Pacific tapa, created patterned square panels, and joined them into a cloth now hanging in the seminar room.
Endangered Animals In Charcoal And Paint
Charcoal sketches and mixed media portraits fill the seminar room as students highlight their chosen endangered animals and why they are at risk.
