eNews /09/2017 CARMEL COLLEGE STUDENTS CHANNEL THEIR EMOTIONS INTO ARTWORK

As audition deadlines draw near for the Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival, students are putting the final touches on their submissions for the visual arts category of the competition.

Last week, Carmel College art students talked to Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services about the connection between visual arts and mental health.

Year 12 students Matthew Petraila and Aymee Tye-Anderson are both competing in this year’s festival and believe the annual competition is a great way for students to learn about mental health and raise awareness for others.

“Having a focus on something that needs to be brought to the attention of more people is really important,” Matthew said.

Working long and hard on his submission piece, Matthew’s artwork reflects his own ideas about what mental health means to him.

“It’s very much about my personal internal conflict.”

Aymee’s artwork aims to make people think twice about how their words can affect others.

“The theme for my artwork is how words can negatively affect people,” Aymee said.------------------------------------------------------------------

GROVE’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE COMPETE TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH

Grove’s Christian College have announced they will participate in 2017’s Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival to educate students about mental health.

Final auditions were held last week as it was announced that Grove’s Christian College are set to compete in the grand final event in the dance, music, and drama categories.

The school’s visual arts students are also hard at work putting the finishing touches on their artwork where final entries will be showcased at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital.

The students are passionate about creating art that promotes self-realisation and positivity.

Arts student, Layla Florea says her visual arts entry is about “asking people if they’re okay and that sometimes you don’t have to be perfect.”

Fellow arts student, Hannah Griffith believes raising awareness about mental health could help students to support each other.

“I just really wanted to help other people feel happy and not be so down,” Ms Griffith said.

“I think [the festival] helps people realise that it’s okay to not feel great and that you can always talk to someone.”

Also competing in the festival is Scarlett Magin who is looking forward to performing at the grand final event in the music and drama categories.

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Grove’s Christian College creative arts student (from left to right): Back row:: Scarlett Magin, Charlotte Smith, Sandra Miles, Hannah Griffith, Jahmaix Su-Emai, Georgia Williams, and Amy Becker. Front row: Xander Orme, Gloria Kellie, and Layla Florea.

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Carmel College student, Aymme (AWAITING LAST NAME) talks to MSAMHS about her artwork.