Welcome to SAAC Secondary ART

“The arts are fundamental resources through which the

world is viewed, meaning is created and the mind is developed”

E W Eisner, Prof Education and Art, Stanford University

The secondary Visual Art program at St Andrews provides a wonderful opportunity to transform students’ understanding of the powerful medium in which they are working.

Students discover how the process of making art works communicates ideals, philosophies, viewpoints, situations, beliefs and emotions to a wide audience or a select group. Visual Art prepares young people for the workforce by requiring them to seek creative solutions to complex problems, thinking divergently and using higher order thinking skills to articulate their individual style or aesthetic.

Through various cocurricular programs at St Andrews students who are not studying curriculum courses can pursue their interest in the Visual Arts by being involved in musical backdrop and set production, College installations, special projects and competitions.

Whether it be traditional techniques, processes and mediums or more contemporary media, students can draw on these to communicate their meaning to other young people keeping relevance to their lives on the Sunshine Coast.

Our students also live in a global culture where there are no barriers to communication of ideas across societies and cultures. They are heavily influenced by enveloping information technologies and the interplay of commercial interests.

Skateboard workshop
Gail Mackey

Teacher in Charge of Visual Art
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