Gallery of St Hilda's Art
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Learning through Visual Art
One thing these girls have in common is a love of and commitment to life-long learning and the ability to see and appreciate what the world has to offer. Our inquiry learning process enables this approach to art and life, and encourages personal responses to contemporary issues. In developing artworks, students look at the work of a range of mentor artists.http://www.visualartsthildas.blogspot.com.au/
"Art is literacy of the heart.”
Elliot Eisner
Art is a way of seeing, I’ve always believed. When I stood infront of an empty canvas I was on top of the world and saw its endless possibilities. It made me smile.
Today I am a doctor - a paediatrician in training. My experience in medicine has shown me how important creative thinking is in problem solving, seeing the whole patient and approaching new challenges in all areas of global health. Some of the greatest doctors and scientists in the world have been artists at heart. This is why I feel that art is relevant to any profession or industry. In a complex world that faces bigger challenges every day, as a society we will depend on our creative minds for innovative ideas.
One of the greatest insights that I have gained from working in Paediatrics is that all children are naturally born with creative thinking. We somehow loose these skills as we get older. I found a way to keep my childhood passion alive by continuing art through the visual arts curriculum at St. Hilda's. It remains to this day, the most valuable learning experience of my schooling years and the insight and wisdom from the art room travels with me every day."
Dr. Priyanka Kapadia Paediatric Trainee for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians BSc (University of Queensland) MBBS (University of Queensland) Diploma of Paediatrics (Univeristy of NSW) Paediatric (Royal Australasian College of Physicians)
Visit 2 student websites from 2013: http://laura-goodall.wix.com/artist
and http://ekrepsova.wix.com/eportfolio