The arts are a way in which a person can express their thoughts and feelings in a creative way….

Painting by Kristi Bourke

The Arts curriculum includes five key disciplines that encompass the scope

and sequence that is The Arts

• Visual Arts

• Music

• Media

• Drama

• Dance(QSCC, 2002, p.1)

My first swish of the brush..

Even when I was little I liked to paint

It was a way to express how I was feeling

The schooling years….

I could use my imagination as I related to the world around me

In year 3 I created a 3D model of the Solar System for our Science fair

And my passion for painting came to life

My Grandmother was a strong influence onMy development of skill. She was a artistAnd taught me some wonderful techniques.

This was an award I won in year 8 in a school Art Exhibition

I began to try new forms and techniques

Year 7. Collage / Trash Art piece that responded to unhealthy eating habits at school

In year 10 I began to experiment with techniquesPastel Crayon Art, and Oil paints.

My Artistic Voice today

I began to reflect on what I had learned and to expand on my ideas of

Art forms

Glass cutting and moulding techniques

Working on using a variety of techniques to enhance my work

Charcoal Drawing Coloured wax pencil Oil pastels

Even fashion inspires me to create

My time as a Milliner

Where there is inspiration…

This photograph inspired me to respond to the world issue of poverty in my own work

Water paints, Oil paints, paper collage, material collage on canvas.

Picasso is a favourite…

Images sourced from: http://www.istockphoto.com

The era of Cubism and Surrealism particularly reach out to me….

Art is part of me…Art is me. It allows me to say in a picture the feelings I

cannot always put into words

My hopes and dreams I put out into the world.

“Don’t burst my bubble”Kristi Bourke 2012Oil Paint and Collage techniques

The future…. I wonder

I hope to inspire my students, and my own children to be bold, to

imagine, to design and create. To take risks and to use the arts to communicate their ideas and

feelings in a unique way…

Be it in…..

• Visual Arts

• Music

• Media

• Drama

• Dance

Have I inspired you yet???

• Go on……. get painting

Wax crayons heated using a hairDryer and dispersed over plastic on canvas.Kristi Bourke 2013

• Get baking…

Moulding and cutting Marzipan Icing over cake

• Get making….

Miniature man formed usingRecycled aluminium cans placedTogether using a hot-glue gunand attached to a metal rod to hold up.Kristi Bourke 2012

CREDITS• Russell-Bowie, D. (2009). MMADD about the arts! : An introduction

to primary Arts Education. French Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson Education Australia.

• QSA. (2014). Prep – Year 10 Queensland Curriculum: Years 1 – 9 The Arts. Retrieved 14th March 2014 from: www.qsa.qld.edu.au/7262.html

• The Office of the Queensland School Curriculum Council. (2002). The Arts Years 1 to 10 Syllabus. Brisbane, QLD.

Images Courtesy of:http://www.istockphoto.com

Kristi Bourke

Kerrie Bradley

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