Artistically talented students have impressed the judges at last night's (7 September) Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) Excellence in Art Design Awards.
The awards held at the Queensland Multicultural Centre in Brisbane attracted over 800 entries from students and teachers across the Queensland and Northern Territory independent education sector, with entrants submitting artwork with a theme of 'New Beginnings'.
Student Anouk Cole from Mt St Michael's College in Ashgrove was awarded the top honour of the Harriet Hunter Memorial Award, which was established in memory of a gifted student whose life was tragically taken in the 1999 South-East Queensland floods.
The Harriet Hunter Memorial Award winner is selected from all winning entries across Pre-school to Year 12 and was judged by Sue and Adrian Hunter.
Sue and Adrian said Anouk's winning piece titled 'Bewildering Beginnings' had been thoughtfully planned in response to the topic and presented an optimistic viewpoint of a bright and meaningful future.
"It also conveys a sense of environmental awareness and the interconnectedness of all life forms," the judges said.
"The medium has been skilfully handled and it demonstrates strong use of contrast, scale and proportion to create a sense of depth which draws the viewer in."
IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said the competition judges were wowed by the calibre of entries across all age groups in response to the theme.
"The judges commented on the high standard of entries and the varied and creative interpretations that entrants brought to the theme," Mr Burke said.
"Our union established the Awards in 1994 to promote and encourage artistic students and celebrate their flair for creativity.
"Art is a very important area of learning in schools and kindergartens and IEU-QNT is proud to support students, staff and artists in Queensland," he said.
"Award recipients are to be congratulated for their remarkable achievements."
Entrants who received Awards of Excellence in their categories included:
Open: Julie Whitehouse – Seton College, Mount Gravatt East
Indigenous Art (Years 5-12): Sienna Loban – St Monica's College, Cairns
Years 11-12: Laura Pittam – St. Thomas More College, Sunnybank
Years 9-10: Hayden Pressley – St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
Years 7-8: Olivia Hsu – Ormiston College, Ormiston
Years 5-6: Cookie Hawkins – Hills International College, Jimboomba
Years 3-4: Stella Yoo – St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Prep-Year 2: Saffron Zimmerman – St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Preschool/Kindergarten: Anastasia Winter – St John's Kindergarten, Kingaroy
Entrants who received Highly Commended Awards in their category included:
Open:
Marg Judd – Holy Cross School, Trinity Park
Donna Free – Whitsunday Anglican School, Mackay
Janette McLennan – St Joseph's Primary School, Wandal
Years 11-12:
Katerina Evlachkov – Redeemer Lutheran College, Rochedale
Eurecka Alexis Reyes – Mary Mackillop College, Nundah
Jasmine Phan – St Thomas More College, Sunnybank
Hayley Marshall – St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly
Years 9-10:
Ava Stephens – Somerset College, Mudgeeraba
Sophie Dickinson – Mt St Michael's College, Ashgrove
Anouk Cole – Mt St Michael's College, Ashgrove
Brienna Graff – St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly
Ashleigh Smith – Loreto College, Coorparoo
Years 7-8:
Romilly Acworth – Mt St Michael's College, Ashgrove
Eva McGarry – Mt St Michael's College, Ashgrove
Beatrix Blinco – St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly
Reina Zordan – Loreto College, Coorparoo
Amelie Pegg – St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly
Years 5-6:
Jessica Huang – Redeemer Lutheran College, Rochedale
Sasha White – St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda
Isabelle Ma – Holy Cross School, Trinity Park
Eileen Kang – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Lily Brennan – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Linda Yu – St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda
Years 3-4:
Brooks Zhang – Australian Christian College, Caboolture
Henry Kim – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Emily Duck – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Shiu Jung – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Isabella Kretschmer – St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda
Prep-Year 2:
Rayne Zhang – Australian Christian College, Caboolture
Sophia Farrell – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Kara Reed – Hills International College, Jimboomba
Thomas Austen – Bethany Lutheran Primary School, Raceview
Evelyn Freudigmann – St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Rochedale
Preschool/Kindergarten:
Evalise Bravo – Brisbane Christian College Kindergarten, Salisbury
Cooper Janes – St John's Kindergarten, Kingaroy
Austin McDowell – St John's Kindergarten, Kingaroy
Indy Catterall – St John's Kindergarten, Kingaroy
Abby Foreman – St John's Kindergarten, Kingaroy
Joseph Bochmann – St John's Kindergarten, Kingaroy
