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Iluka Visions 2024

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Iluka Visions is Bunbury Regional Art Gallery’s annual exhibition of student artworks from high schools in the South West region. Since 1991, Iluka Visions has showcased artworks created by students in high schools stretching from Harvey to Manjimup. Many West Australian artists and arts workers fondly remember their first exhibition opportunity in Visions. It is an honour for BRAG to host this extraordinary exhibition that caters to our arts education community, young people, and aspiring artists of all ages.


This year, the exhibition consists of major pieces made by artists in year 11 and year 12 from 13 schools. Works have been selected by the school’s respective arts staff and exhibit the best of their senior school student artist’s skills and conceptual development. Artworks range from painting, to ceramic, to wearable art, sculpture, video, photography, and a combination of mediums. They range in content from engaging with current social and political issues, to personal reflections on the human condition, to fan art and pure image-making.


Lower school student artists were engaged through a new project placing artists in schools to deliver workshops. These workshops were designed and delivered by professional artists Alex Desebrock, Dee Mosca, Paul Reynolds, and Charlotte White. Exhibiting the collaboration of approximately 300 students from years 7 to 10, these projects were an invaluable experience for students to work directly with practising artists. You will see these works exhibited throughout the gallery, in between other works and in the virtual reality headset installation.


Congratulations to all student artists exhibiting in Iluka Visions 2024, BRAG hopes that this experience becomes a future special memory for you. Specific thanks to all arts department staff at participating schools, without whom this exhibition wouldn’t exist.

In a special Exhibition Opening and Awards Event held on Sunday 18 August, the 2024 award winners were announced:

AWARDWINNER
Painting AwardSaraya O'Donnell – Fry
BULLETPROOF (2023), acrylic and fine line pen on board
Our Lady of Mercy College
Work on Paper AwardMelody Ginns
A Dusty Trip (2024), dry paint on paper
Eaton Community College
3D AwardJosephine Patane
Tea for two (2023), calico, tea bags, tea, crocheted doilies, embroidery, transfers, cotton, MDF, acrylic, found objects, resin and sound recording
Bunbury Catholic College
Equity AwardShalin Tyrell
Summer Beach (2024), acrylic, glue sand, shells and rocks on repurposed canvas
Newton Moore Education Support Centre
Runner Up Best Overall AwardSamantha Billington
The Hive Divide (2023), acrylic on board
Bunbury Senior High School
Best Overall AwardAida Blackley
Everything but a sundial (2024), ink and white pencil on red paper
Eaton Community College
Viewer's ChoiceAll visitors to the exhibition can vote for the Viewer's Choice award. The award winner to be announced upon exhibition closure.

Iluka Visions is supported by the following sponsors: