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VISU
AL AR
TS
MIA IS THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE
MIA IS THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Mia Underwood (Year 12) exhibit featured no fewer
was awarded the Student than ten of BMGS’ talented
People’s Choice Award Visual Arts students.
at the Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill
Portraits Awards held presented Mia with the
at the Blue Mountains award for her triptych
Cultural Centre, Katoomba, self-portrait, Intangible
in March.
Thoughts.
The exhibition is an annual Mia is pictured below with Mr
celebration of the local Mark Greenhill and Mr Paul
community and its diverse Brinkman, Director of the Blue
members, and this year the Mountains Cultural Centre.

TIONAL AR
T SCHOOL
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NATIONAL ART SCHOOL

Seven Year 11 Visual Arts students were this courses involve a 60- hour NESA endorsed course the
year selected to attend the prestigious Intensive students completed over the period of two holiday
Studio Practice course at the National Art School in breaks completing an additional Body of Work to the
Darlinghurst. one they will make for the 2 Unit course.
These students were selected from students across Izabella Craig, Angus Herron, Phoebe Hines and
NSW who are achieving at the highest level of Eve Thomas completed the Life Drawing course,
excellence in their Preliminary Course and who which focused on developing observational drawing
demonstrate a mature attitude to their studies. skills while studying the structure of the human
form. Lily McKay, Eva Passlow and Ana Swait studied
BMGS students were selected from a very competitive printmaking. Pictured l to r: Lily McKay, Eva Passlow, Angus
application process for this 1 Unit HSC course. These Herron, Izabella Craig, Phoebe Hines, Eve Thomas and Ana Swait.