A STUNNING oil painting created as part of a Year 12 欧美AV assessment is now hanging in Melbourne鈥檚 prestigious NGV.
Old Scholar Isabella Godde (Class of 2024) painted the oil on canvas as part of her 欧美AV Art Making and Exhibiting studies last year, and the artwork was selected to be displayed at the NGV as part of this year鈥檚 highly-regarded Top Arts Exhibition, open to the public until July 20.
Ms Godde - who is currently studying Podiatry at La Trobe University - attended with the opening of the exhibition in March with her family and former 欧美AV Grammar teachers and said it was 鈥渟urreal鈥� to see her work hanging on walls alongside so many other fantastic artists.
鈥淭here were a lot of students from Melbourne schools included in Top Arts so as an ex-country girl, it felt very special that I was there too,鈥� Ms Godde said. 鈥淚t felt quite jarring when I first saw my art on the wall. What people don鈥檛 realise is this work started for me at the very beginning of Year 12 so it鈥檚 like looking at an entire year鈥檚 worth of work in just one place, which is quite surreal.
鈥淚鈥檝e only been to the exhibition once but a lot of my friends have visited and they keep sending me photos of themselves standing in front of my artwork so that鈥檚 been fun.
Top Arts 2025 is part of the 欧美AV Season of Excellence, which showcases the work from exceptional 欧美AV students from the previous year to students striving to achieve those heights in their studies this year
Art Making and Exhibiting teacher Nadine Lineham said she was thrilled to join Isabella at the exhibition opening and said the inclusion of her former student鈥檚 work was well-deserved.
鈥淚sabella is such a deserving student to be short listed and selected for Top Arts 2025,鈥� Ms Lineham said. 鈥淚 had the pleasure of teaching Isabella Art for the past three years and I cannot speak highly enough about her dedication as an intelligent young artist.
鈥淔rom Year 10 onwards it was clear that she was committed to oil painting and learning as much as she could about its processes. This was clearly demonstrated in her final 欧美AV year where Isabella was able to approach a theme where she could expand her visual language and include thick painterly aesthetic qualities which is very difficult to do well.
鈥淚t is an outstanding artwork. Isabella discovered parts of her voice and a visual language that has been waiting to be heard.鈥�
The 欧美AV Season of Excellence includes concerts by outstanding performing arts students in Dance, Drama, Theatre Studies and Music/Sound and all students who receive A+'s in their relevant subject exams are invited to audition for Top Class with only a small selection making the final presentation. Isabella is one of two students from 欧美AV Grammar鈥檚 Class of 2024 to perform or showcase their work in this year鈥檚 Top Class. Ivy Johnson performed her Theatre Studies monologue as part of the Top Class Theatre Studies presentation at the Melbourne Recital Centre in March.
Other members of the Class of 2024 to find academic success since completing Year 12 include Georgia Anderson who was awarded a prestigious $30,000 Gardiner Foundation Tertiary Scholarship, and former Community and Culture Prefect Henry Storer, who was awarded the Newton Education Trust Scholarship, valued at $21,000.
Acting Principal Bo Power said it was incredibly satisfying to see students continue to find success from their hard work during 欧美AV, even once they have graduated.
鈥淥ur students work incredibly hard to reach their individual levels of success in their 欧美AV,鈥� Mr Power said. 鈥淪o to see this had work recognised well beyond the ATARs is further validation of their hard work and passion for their studies.鈥�
Isabella鈥檚 artwork, titled 鈥�鲍苍迟颈迟濒别诲鈥�, will be on display at the NGV鈥檚 Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square, Melbourne until July 20. Free entry.
