Carinity Education art students are excelling, with their works winning awards and being shown in popular public exhibitions.
Artworks by three Carinity Education Gladstone students are on display in the Golding Showcase, an annual exhibition which celebrates the artistic talents of local young people aged 15 to 18 years.
One Carinity Education student, Mercedes, won the Curator's Choice Award for her powerful artwork, Domestic Violence Awareness.
The artwork explores the important and often challenging theme of domestic violence through the use of graphic lettering, symbolic imagery, and a carefully considered colour palette.
Her innovative typography highlights words and phrases commonly experienced by victims, encouraging viewers to reflect on the impact of domestic violence and the importance of awareness, support, and understanding.
Fellow Carinity Education Gladstone students, Margret and Michaela, are also exhibiting in the Golding Showcase, which provides emerging artists with the opportunity to display work in a professional gallery setting and share their creative voices with the wider community.
The exhibition is on at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery until September 30.
In Brisbane, the talent of three Carinity Education Southside students has been acknowledged by them winning awards in the ninth annual QATSIF Creative Arts Competition.
AJ (Year 11) won her category, with the text-based painting, Deadly 50. AJ also won a Highly Commended award for one of her acrylic paintings in the 2024 QATSIF Creative Arts Competition.
Year 7 student, Matilda, won first prize for her water colour painting, Deadly Gecko. A drawing called Hayakawa Aki won Year 9 student, Noah, a third prize award in the competition.
It is the third time in four years that students from Carinity Education Southside have won awards in the QATSIF Creative Arts Competition.
The first three place getters in each year level and category of the art rewards receive a trophy and certificate.
Run by the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation with support from Griffith University, the awards are open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are in Years 7 to 12 at Queensland schools.
