St Mary’s Primary School students have been hard at work in their visual arts classes this year, to prepare for a school-wide art auction.
Students at the Lancefield school have auctioned their art to help raise money for a new school playground, with each class creating a collaborative art piece related to gratitude, empathy and mindfulness (GEM) as part of a resilience project.
Year 5/6F created Words to Live By, a bold canvas artwork, Year 5/6NH created GEM Blossoms, a sculpture made of clay, wire and wood, and Year 3/4A created Heart of Many Hands, a black and white photograph capturing children coming together to form one large heart.
Year 3/4HA created a Gratitude Quilt, featuring hand-painted calico squares, Year 1/2W created Empathy Hands with a canvas filled with the students’ handprints and Year 1/2C created Happiness in Colour with sharpies on tiles.
Year 1/2B created Blooming with Gratitude by folding and arranging origami flowers on canvas, Prep Z created Mindful Leaves, a triptych of oak-framed shadow boxes and Prep D created Mindfulness Mandala by carefully painting shells in calming shades of blue and green to represent peace and stillness.
These pieces were all auctioned, raising $2260 for the new playground.
The students’ creative efforts were on show at the school as well, with the many art projects proudly displayed in the hall.
Students said their favourite pieces included the clay sculptures of baked goods and animals.
