Iluka Visions 2024
From Saturday 10 August 2024
To Sunday 27 October 2024
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:
| AWARD | WINNER |
| Painting Award | Saraya O'Donnell – Fry BULLETPROOF (2023), acrylic and fine line pen on board Our Lady of Mercy College |
| Work on Paper Award | Melody Ginns A Dusty Trip (2024), dry paint on paper Eaton Community College |
| 3D Award | Josephine 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 Award | Shalin Tyrell Summer Beach (2024), acrylic, glue sand, shells and rocks on repurposed canvas Newton Moore Education Support Centre |
| Runner Up Best Overall Award | Samantha Billington The Hive Divide (2023), acrylic on board Bunbury Senior High School |
| Best Overall Award | Aida Blackley Everything but a sundial (2024), ink and white pencil on red paper Eaton Community College |
| Viewer's Choice Award | Charlee Sidebottom I Was Fifteen (2023), charcoal, conte, balsawood, paper clay, acrylic paint and varnish on board Bunbury Catholic College |
Iluka Visions is supported by the following sponsors:
