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ARTEXPRESS@COFA 2005

Article released: Monday, 14 February, 2005

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An outstanding selection of artworks from the 2004 HSC Visual Arts examination will be on show. School groups and all members of the public are warmly invited to attend the exhibition. Bodies of work and selections of these will be showcased including printmaking, animated cartoons, painting, video, design, sculpture, photo and digital media, textiles and drawing. Floor talks, campus tours and video screenings are available for booked school groups. A must see exhibition for future HSC Visual Arts students and their teachers.

Continuing a longstanding involvement with ARTEXPRESS this year the School of Art Education made an innovative and unique contribution to the development of ARTEXPRESS@COFA by inviting Karen Profilio, a well-respected Head Teacher of Visual Arts from North Sydney Girls High School to join the curatorial team in selecting the artworks for the COFA show. As well as Karen, the team also included Beverley Fielder, Curator,  Exhibition/Performances Spaces,  COFA; Kerry Thomas,  Lecturer,  School of Art Education,  COFA and selected undergraduate students from the BArtEd and BDesBArtEd programs. 

COFA is the only venue for ARTEXPRESS that offers the opportunity for Visual Arts teachers and their students and the general public to view the exhibition in a working art and design school and university environment.  The diverse audience at COFA has a keen interest in responding to the nuances and expressive attributes of the imaginative artworks in the show that explore themes of identity, internment, sexuality, mythology, popular culture, and landscape amongst others.   

We would like to thank all of the 2004 HSC students whose artworks give this show its contemporary edge. Our thanks also to the undergraduate students who assisted in selecting the artworks and other students who will lead the floor talks including  Cigdem Aydemir, Hannah Boyd, Hannah Chapman, Gaby Franks, Suzannah Kersey, Chris Jones,  Nick Phillipson, Claire Platt-Hepworth,  Jacqui Pugh, Natalie Pullen, Glen Spencer, Finella Sturrock, Melinda Robertson, Kayla Thomas and Marisa Van Eijk. As part of the experience of viewing  ARTEXPRESS@COFA these students will also offer campus tours of the College of Fine Arts - visits to studio areas, the library and galleries.
 
We look forward to your seeing you at ARTEXPRESS@COFA 2005

Dates: Monday 14 February - Thursday 24 March (Mondays to Fridays only), 10am-4pm
Official opening: Friday 18 February 6pm.
Location: Exhibition/Performance Spaces, E Block.
Contact: School of Art Education