Open Day 2025
welcome to some art at CHSC
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In Year 11, our focus is exploring and experimenting with materials and skill development. Students engage with two-dimensional artmaking materials and techniques in Term 1. In Term 2, students select the artmaking skills that they would like to extend and develop autonomy in their artmaking practice.
In Year 12, students create a Body of Work which is a series of artworks where each student selects their chosen theme, materials and techniques in consultation with their teacher. Students can choose to create artworks that explore drawing, painting, photomedia, graphic design, textiles and fibre arts, sculpture, time-based forms, designed objects, printmaking, documented forms or a collection of works that explores a range of materials and techniques.
The Stage 6 Visual Arts course is balanced with 50% Artmaking and 50% Art Criticism and Art History.
Coffs Harbour Senior College has a strong Visual Arts department.
Coffs Harbour Senior College has a strong Visual Arts department.
In 2024, TEN Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2024, TEN Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2023, EIGHT Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2023, EIGHT Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2022, FIVE Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2022, FIVE Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2021, SEVEN Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
In 2021, SEVEN Visual Arts students earned Band 6 for their HSC by achieving a mark over 90%.
Some Year 12 Bodies of Work
Some Year 12 Bodies of Work
We can't publish or share Year 12 Bodies of Work before they are marked by NESA but we can show some snippets of some of their amazing work and talent.
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
graphite drawing
exploring beach culture
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
graphite drawing
exploring beach culture
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
textiles & fibre art
exploring family & cultural heritage
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
textiles & fibre art
exploring family & cultural heritage
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
gouache painting, ceramics, cyanotypes
exploring Australian nature
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
gouache painting, ceramics, cyanotypes
exploring Australian nature
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
gouache painting, ceramics, cyanotypes
exploring Australian nature
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
acrylic and oil painting
Surrealist portraiture
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
charcoal drawing
exploring fleeting moments, memories
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
charcoal drawing
exploring fleeting moments, memories
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
sculpture
exploring the power of collective voice
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
sculpture
exploring the power of collective voice
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
acrylic painting
exploring the seven deadly sins
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
Primacolor coloured pencils
exploring handbags as a metaphor for the dichotomy of outward appearance and the private
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
Primacolor coloured pencils
exploring handbags as a metaphor for the dichotomy of outward appearance and the private
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
Primacolor coloured pencils
exploring the dichotomy of outward appearance and the private
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
graphite drawing
exploring how music connects people
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
watercolour painting
exploring grandfather's life
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
acrylic paint, oil paint, pastels and posca
exploring the culture, identity and society
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
acrylic paint, oil paint, pastels and posca
exploring the culture, identity and society
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
watercolour painting, paper construction, sculpture
exploring identity and personal interests
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
charcoal drawing
exploring sea creatures
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
acrylic painting
exploring imagined landscape
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
gouache painting
exploring food
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
pigment pen stippling
exploring music artist portraits
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
sculpture
exploring appropriation using pop culture narratives and characters
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
sculpture
exploring appropriation using pop culture narratives and characters
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
printing making and graphite drawing
exploring deaf culture
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
gouache painting
exploring family
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
gouache painting
exploring family
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
graphite drawing
exploring the human condition
2025 Year 12 Body of Work
pigment pen stippling
exploring expressive portraiture
Some Resources
Some Resources
If you would like a sneek peek into what we do in class, clink on the link below to access some resources. You will only be able to access the link with a Department of Education login so make sure you're logged in to your search engine with your DOE email address as only NSW public school students can access the site.
https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/artwithamber?usp=sharing
Some Year 12 Visual Arts students hard at work
Some Year 12 Visual Arts students hard at work
Year 12 Visual Arts students are busy creating their Bodies of Work due to NESA on 1st September 2025.
Patricia Picinnini & Caroline Rothwell artist talk and meet
Patricia Picinnini & Caroline Rothwell artist talk and meet
Last term, some of our Visual Arts students were fortunate to hear internationally renowned artist, Patricia Piccinini and activist artist, Caroline Rothwell talk about their practice at Yarrila Arts and Museum. Some students stayed back to meet the artists. Our Year 11 Visual Arts students will have the opportunity, this term, to visit the gallery, engage with the exhibition and participate in a workshop while the gallery is closed to the public.
Patricia Piccinnini talking about her practice.
Two students stayed back to meet the artists, Patricia Picinnini and Caroline Rothwell.
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