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An exhibition has opened at the Art Gallery of SA and it is called Beneath the Winds and focuses on South East Asian Art. part of this exhibition is the work of an Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho. He has a fantastic installation in the [|Eko Chamber]which has an interactive space where you can cut out felt symbols to add to the wall hangings.

Year 5's are learning about consumerism and packaging so I thought that Pop Art would be a good focus this term after looking at popular art such as street chalk art. There are some good apps on Optical art and Street Art. Andy Warhol was at the forefront of the Pop Art movement in the 20th Century. media type="custom" key="21208892" The Art Gallery of Western Australia have just had an exhibition on [|Picasso to Warhol] and there are some examples of their work here. Year 3 Frozen Planet series of paintings have been amazing-see digital photostory here:

media type="file" key="Frozen planet photostory_1.wmv" width="300" height="300" Year 2's are focusing on "When we were Young" which is an investigation into old children's toys and games and in art we will explore children in art and [|home made toys]. Here is a British museum that has educational resources on [|toys from the past] and what homes were like as well. Year 7's will be focussing on Micro-organisms and here is some art that shows to scale representations drawn [|on glass] walls.
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St Michael's has been part of the Oprah Welcome campaign and the whole school has been contributing art works to this cause. "Where's Oprah?" book which can be seen here: (Paul is still working on the Big Pineapple, Rocking horse and big banana I believe). They also took a photograph of a group of boys working on their A3 size art work. The article in [|the Messenger] can be seen here on page 3.

R-7 students have contributed close to 300 works of art ranging from Indigenous animal designs, to great Aussie icons like the Sydney Opera House and also the lamington, Vegemite and even the Tim Tam have featured in some of the art work!