By Tate Papworth
Budding young artists at Albion Primary School had the chance to show off their masterpieces last week.
The school held its first whole school art show last Wednesday and teacher aid Lorraine Furrugia said it was a night to remember.
“The show was an enormous success – we had a fantastic turnout of parents, staff and children,” she said.
“Every student was featured and it was so fantastic to see the look on all their faces when they showed off their work.”
The school’s main building was turned into a giant art gallery for the show.
“There were lots of colourful creations throughout the school,” Ms Furrugia said.
“We had decorated trees, each student did a picture on a block, and we had a heap of paper mache animals too.”
The school also auctioned off whole-class projects, raising a significant amount of money.
“Each class provided a canvas which we auctioned off at the end of the show,” Ms Furrugia said.
“We actually managed to raise $1500 which for a small school like ours is absolutely amazing.
“We’re very lucky to be part of such a generous community.”
Given its success, Ms Furrugia hopes the show will be the first of many.
“We’ll definitely look to do this again,” she said. “Karyn Johnstone, our art teacher, did such a fantastic job with this.
“The quality of the creations – from prep right through to grade 6 – was absolutely incredible.”
