Project Description
Queensland College of Art and Yeronga State High School students worked together to create a new painted artwork for the amenities at Yeronga State High School.
Through collaboration and conversation during a lively workshop event the final artwork is a co-designed feature that transforms this space into a place that is welcoming and inclusive and where students feel a sense of ownership and agency in their own learning.
‘Collective Effects’ takes inspiration from the surrounding landscape and built environment of the school grounds to create an artwork design. Collecting raw materials from around the school and using drawing to develop initial ideas, students engaged in design and pattern creation to develop individual artwork details that would appeal to their peers.
The final artwork design recreates the gestural and the handmade at a large-scale connecting each component through a patchwork technique which brings the individual into a collective overall conversation.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
Timothy Barraud, Principal
Yeronga State High School
Adrianne Jones, Head of Department
Yeronga State High School
Amy Kallis, Art Teacher
Yeronga State High School
Students at Yeronga State High School
Students at Queensland College of Art
Outcomes to Date
Public Artwork installation at Yeronga State High School where students worked with peers.
High school students worked alongside University students to demystify tertiary education in the creative and visual arts.
Article by Timothy Barraud Principal Yeronga SHS published on Association for Learning Environments
https://learningenvironments.org.au/moral-mural-effect/
Project Significance
This project contributes to creating inclusive and equitable quality education environments to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Students were excited about this project and reflected on the opportunity to connect and collaborate with university students.
During the workshop and installation of the artwork, students asked questions about art and design courses at university, and also identified the level of professional connectivity to the range of pathways available to them post school.
Students were very positive about the experience, and felt more connected to the amenity as they have a level of ownership in constructing this mural.
This collaborative co-design experience has improved the sense of connection and community for these students to an otherwise necessary facility they use each day at school. I am looking forward to enacting further design opportunities to co-design and transform learning spaces to meet the current and future needs of my students.
Related Link
External link to https://www.qcaliveart.com.au/portfolio/yeronga-shs/