Artmosphere was a successful exhibition of works by Year 7 to 10 students from Mt Eliza Secondary College held at “The Briars Park” at Mt Martha.

Students designed and created group and individual artworks interpreting their experiences of the environment at The Briars. The resulting works were the product of the students imagination and inventive technical skills and consisted of suspended, relief and free standing sculptures, with the majority of the materials coming from the surrounding bushland.

The project supports the school curriculum and focuses on skills development, team work and social interaction between the different year levels. The students worked collaboratively with artist and mentor Chaco Kato, art teacher Maggie Ellis, student teacher Lacey Robertson and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Education Officer Elisa Ryan to create works and develop the exhibition.

It has been wonderful to see the development of the students with the opportunity they’ve had to extend their work out of the classroom space and into the public arena. The experience gained by the students in working with a practicing artist and the experience in the use of different mediums was both illuminating and enjoyable.

Participating students included:

The work is on the Woodland Track at The Briars and will remain there until it disintegrates naturally.