Holroyd High School
Holroyd High School is located in Greystanes in western Sydney on traditional Darug land.
Vivid Sydney
Students from Holroyd High School created paintings during the hype of Vivid Sydney and then amidst months of lockdowns. The initial idea was to re-discover and connect with our beautiful city. Their Vivid Sydney paintings and design work took an entire term to complete. Students used a wide variety of techniques to share their vision of a vivid and lively Sydney.
These works were entered in the national Zart art prize, and 7 students were shortlisted, with one student (Keira Kelly) winning the national first place for Special Education in Australia.
Watch the following video to see how the students from Holroyd High School completed their award-winning artworks.
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Holroyd High School – Vivid Sydney
Duration: 1:38What do the students, teachers and parents have to say?
'I love visiting the art room and seeing the students so happy, talking art and absorbed in what they are doing.' – Kerrie (Head Teacher)
'Wow, I love mine so much. I'm an artist just like my mum.' – Emma (Year 9)
'I really enjoyed this lesson, thank you so much!' – Nicholas (Year 9)
'Thank you to Bellinda and all the wonderful teachers who are so encouraging and supportive ... we will be forever grateful to you all.' – Melinda (parent)
'Thank you for the wonderful work you've done with developing [my son's] artistic side. He's lucky to be at such a supportive school.' – Elizabeth (parent)
Participating students
Congratulations to the following students from Years 8 to 10 of Holroyd High School for their wonderful submissions:
George, Gabriel, Henry, Ronakh, Mustafa, Blake, Jake, Jones, Emma, Toby, Nicholas, Samuel, Timotius, Nini and Keira.
Explore more of our Connections Showcase submissions
Third-party content attributions
All student artworks and images are reproduced and communicated with permission from the students of their respective schools. © 2022
Yellow fade by Richard North is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Congratulations banner, created using Canva, 2021
Blue background image by Free SVG is in the Public Domain, CC0