From the 14th – 16^th of November, 29 students from year 9/10 Art, Production and Photography classes, Miss Devlin, Mr Lewis and Mr Grey (Chalky) took a trip to Hobart for an art camp. Whilst down there we visit MONA museum and art gallery, TMAG, the University of Tasmania’s Hunter Street Art school, and also checked out a few sight-seeing spots. Throughout the trip we also explored the Cat and Fiddle Arcade and the Eastlands Shopping centre, however one of our most favourite places visited on the trip would have to be Pizza Hut ‘all you can eat’ which was a hit for all.

MONA and TMAG were both eye-opening, an experience that will not be forgotten with art work that was interactive, challenging, interesting, weird and wonderful, and many historical artefacts, lessons and learning. Thank you to the wonderful staff at UTAS for also providing us a tour of the art campus and teaching us some printmaking techniques.

Overall the trip was a lot of fun. The first night we were very excited, meeting everyone on the trip, settling in our rooms, and naturally not sleeping very much at all (except for Chalky!). The second night consisted of a level 3 nerf gun fight and playing many games in the common area where we were able to bond. We got to have the experience of a lifetime going around too a heap of different museums and the Art School. There was a heap of laughter, lots of money spent and definitely heaps of amazing photos and memories made. The art camp was a camp for everyone to remember and all year 9 and 10’s enjoyed it a lot, it is definitely something to be in volved in when you reach senior art level.

A huge thank you to the staff and students involved in this trip, to all who supported us with our recent staff carwash and 10kg chocolate raffle – we couldn’t have done it without you.

Lakeesha Walters and Miss Devlin