This year the NCAT Folio Preparation students meandered their way to a secret destination by solving a series of creative and cryptic clues. They ended up at the beach and were framed to prove it! Here are some of the shots.
WE BUILD AWESOME FOLIOS
23 December 2015
FOLIO PREP STUDENTS FRAMED
This year the NCAT Folio Preparation students meandered their way to a secret destination by solving a series of creative and cryptic clues. They ended up at the beach and were framed to prove it! Here are some of the shots.
13 November 2015
NCAT CREATE 2015
Congratulations to the 2015 Create students who are currently in transition from NCAT into the wider creative industries.
Students have been offered positions at VCA BA Fine Art Painting, Monash University BA Fine Arts, RMIT BA Fine Arts and RMIT Diploma of Visual Arts. One student is about to launch into a future as an illustrator, another is heading for Art Therapy. Several students currently have works in exhibitions. Two students are using their new found creative skills in teaching settings. A group of students have moved into an artists studio together and several students are working towards an exhibition. Everyone is madly producing art in a multitude of ways. It is so exciting to watch them discover themselves as emerging artists!
Students have been offered positions at VCA BA Fine Art Painting, Monash University BA Fine Arts, RMIT BA Fine Arts and RMIT Diploma of Visual Arts. One student is about to launch into a future as an illustrator, another is heading for Art Therapy. Several students currently have works in exhibitions. Two students are using their new found creative skills in teaching settings. A group of students have moved into an artists studio together and several students are working towards an exhibition. Everyone is madly producing art in a multitude of ways. It is so exciting to watch them discover themselves as emerging artists!
4 November 2015
FOLIO PREPARATION STUDENTS AT WORK 2015
Check out this you tube clip to see how the folio prep students worked this year. Fantastic group of really inspiring students! Check out our NCAT Video youtube channel for more fun vids.
8 October 2015
FOLIO PREPARATION INFORMATION SESSION
NCAT Folio Preparation has an information session coming up on Tuesday 13th October at 6pm. If you are interested in building a fabulous set of art or design skills along with a great folio for entry to Uni, come along for a chat!
Staff will be around for anyone interested in Create as well.
2 October 2015
NCAT CREATE REPURPOSES CURB-SIDE COUCHES
The 2015 Create students dipped their toes into collaborative installation art making when they joined forces with the NCAT Music students to contribute to NCAT COUCHFEST! The results speak for themselves.
20 July 2015
EX FOLIO PREPARATION STUDENT RENEE COSGRAVE'S SEVENTH SOLO EXHIBITION
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| © Renee Cosgrave 2015 |
Ex Folio Preparation student Renee Cosgrave has an upcoming solo exhibition titled 'Flow', at Station gallery.
Renee was born in New Zealand and lives and works in Melbourne, Australia After completing Folio Preparation in 2005, Renee went on to complete her Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons), at Monash University. As a prolific artist, this will be her seventh solo show. Additionally, Renee has been a member of numerous group exhibitions and collaborations.
The Flow exhibition details can be found below:
STATION
9 Ellis Street, South Yarra
Victoria 3141 Australia
61 3 9826 2470
stationgallery.com.au
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday 11.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 12.00pm – 4.00pm
Victoria 3141 Australia
61 3 9826 2470
stationgallery.com.au
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday 11.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 12.00pm – 4.00pm
Images and bio courtesy of the artist. © Renee Cosgrave
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FOLIO PREP'S EXTENSION WEEK ENVIRONMENTAL POP UP
The NCAT Folio Preparation students explored street art as a response to environment on their recent extension week. The students worked collaboratively in small groups to produce a broad range of quirky responses using simple materials including chalk, disposable cups, string and paper.
3 July 2015
NCAT CREATE PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Often a lack of space stifles the ability to look at all the work a student creates and therefore they miss out on seeing an overview of their emerging style, plus identifying strengths and areas for improvement. At mid and final portfolio review, Create students are able to lay out all their work in an allotted area and examine it as a body of work.
Portfolio review also allows students to be actively involved in group-based critiques. Critiquing each other's portfolios helps students to explore the creative process and their experience as a developing artist. The process of group critiquing is about finding a balance between compliment & constructive criticism. Students learn that the criticism is never personal – It is about the portfolio of artworks not the artist. Critiquing should always be balanced, neutral and constructive. Group critiques enable students to build skills by being exposed to different styles, options and approaches. It also assists students to push their responses to art beyond the initial "I like it" to questions of why and how, articulated using art based language.
The Portfolio review whilst initially potentially challenging to some, is an excellent opportunity to build creative confidence.The review process brings together the artworks produced in NCAT Create students' Studio, Digital and Life Drawing classes.
Accompanying their portfolio is a written Artist's Statement and in the final review, a creative resume.
All images ©NCAT Create
15 June 2015
Ex NCAT FOLIO PREPARATION STUDENT WINS NILLUMBIK PRIZE 2015
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| 'Diagram of Sentiment' by Jessie Imam |
The $5,000 first prize was announced by Prize Judge, Melinda Martin, Director of Linden New Art and presented by Nillumbik Shire Council Mayor Cr Helen Coleman at the exhibition opening in the Barn Gallery at Montsalvat.
After finishing at NCAT Folio Preparation, Jessie completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photomedia) at Monash University in 2009. She has previously exhibited in group shows around Melbourne and in Launceston and has collaborative work showing internationally. Jessie’s work has been included in exhibitions including Aesthetic Positioning (Melb), Ambidextrous (Melb), Suspicious Minds (Launceston), Love, Art school & Death (Melb) and Cafe Nu (Melb).
Jessie's most recent works centre around themes of death, transition and traces. She takes a mythological approach and uses elements in her pieces to spark conversations surrounding truth, reality and a tension between memory, vitality and death. Although from a photographic background, Jessie’s practice also includes sculpture, installation, painting and the moving image.
After finishing at NCAT Folio Preparation, Jessie completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photomedia) at Monash University in 2009. She has previously exhibited in group shows around Melbourne and in Launceston and has collaborative work showing internationally. Jessie’s work has been included in exhibitions including Aesthetic Positioning (Melb), Ambidextrous (Melb), Suspicious Minds (Launceston), Love, Art school & Death (Melb) and Cafe Nu (Melb).
Jessie's most recent works centre around themes of death, transition and traces. She takes a mythological approach and uses elements in her pieces to spark conversations surrounding truth, reality and a tension between memory, vitality and death. Although from a photographic background, Jessie’s practice also includes sculpture, installation, painting and the moving image.
Check out the exhibition at Monsalvat until 2nd August. In the meantime, check out Jessie's Facebook art page here: Jessie Imam Fine Art. Further information can be found at http://www.jessie-imam.com/
Barn Gallery,
Montsalvat
7 Hillcrest Ave.7 Hillcrest Ave.
Eltham Victoria
Phone: (03) 9439 7712
Opening Hours:
7 days, 9am-5pm
montsalvat@montsalvat.com.au
*All images ©Jessie Imam. Bio text courtesy of the artist.
Eltham Victoria
Phone: (03) 9439 7712
Opening Hours:
7 days, 9am-5pm
montsalvat@montsalvat.com.au
*All images ©Jessie Imam. Bio text courtesy of the artist.
10 June 2015
FIRST EX-NCAT CREATE STUDENT'S SOLO EXHIBITION
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| Liz Cameron on the opening night of her exhibition |
Liz is a prolific artist who has used her experience at NCAT Create in 2014 to work toward an exhibition. She works across a range of both 2-D and 3-D media, exploring her fascination for anthropomorphic animals.
The opening was well attended and by the end of the evening there were red stickers everywhere.
Congratulations Liz on a (almost) sellout show!
Opening:
20 June 6-8pm.
The opening was well attended and by the end of the evening there were red stickers everywhere.
Congratulations Liz on a (almost) sellout show!
Opening:
20 June 6-8pm.
Exhibition runs from the: 12th June - 23rd July, 2015
Folk Alley Cafe at St Andrews General Store
10 Caledonia Street,
Folk Alley Cafe at St Andrews General Store
10 Caledonia Street,
St Andrews,
Victoria
You can keep up with Liz's creative pursuits via her Face book Artist's page: Liz Cameron Art
Artwork © Liz Cameron
You can keep up with Liz's creative pursuits via her Face book Artist's page: Liz Cameron Art
Artwork © Liz Cameron
23 May 2015
COLLAGE ARTIST ANNE WARREN TEAMS UP AGAIN WITH NCAT CREATE
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We have been very lucky to have the opportunity to team up yet again with Anne Warren, a local Melbourne artist who helped this year's NCAT Create students push conceptual ideas through collage. Anne is a highly skilled Dada inspired Collage artist with an extraordinary ability to cut the finest of details with a tiny pair of embroidery scissors!
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"From a photo I have taken or from a found image in a book, I respond to the visual images that are around me. I will juxtapose an image or part of into a new environment to allow the viewer to interpret as they wish".
- Anne Warren
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Anne worked with our students to create small collages on water-coloured backgrounds which were all about placement and finding the right image. The workshop coincided with a copyright unit and as a result, the students sourced their images from appropriate copyright free books and magazines, found in op shops and dusty bookshelves!
Following Anne's workshop, the Create students went on to produce conceptual mixed media collages and montages based on two ideas: Remembrance and Birds. The results are a striking exploration of deeper meaning within artworks. See the images below. *All images ©NCAT Create
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