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4D ARTEXPRESS: New Media Education Resource

The New Media Education Resource accompanying the ARTEXPRESS 4D exhibition at Wollongong City Art Gallery, http://www.wollongongcitygallery.com/,  was produced by students and staff at UNSW, College of Fine Arts, School of Art History and Art Education. As part of COFA’s ongoing commitment to collaborative partnerships with key industry partners, six of the seven students who worked on the project are from Art and Design Education and were selected from the course The Art Museum and Education. They are: Jane Cleary, Jessica Haly, Sally Leaney, Amata Lo, Lisa Rumble and Elizabeth Thorpe. The final student, Alex Greene has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Time-Based Art major. Through teaching and exhibitions, COFA has had an ongoing engagement with ARTEXPRESS, especially with New Media. Thus it is appropriate that COFA’s School of Art History and Art Education as well as the School of Media Arts have contributed to this project that showcases recent work completed at the HSC level. Seven of the twenty-two HSC students whose work is showcased at Wollongong City Art Gallery, have been selected by the COFA team for inclusion in the Education Resource. The seven students are:

• Jim Carlton – Oxford Falls Grammar School (Film/Video);
• Jake Fraser Grousset – Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Campus (Digital Animation);
• Indigo Hanlee – Sydney Girls High School (Collection of Works);
• Emily Minard – Kincoppal, Rose Bay (Film/Video);
• Bhenjamin Radburn – Moruya High School (Documented Forms);
• Luis Tapia – Cecil Hills High School (Sculpture);
• Jack Temple – Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus (Documented Forms).

These digital artworks showcase innovative applications of New Media, including film/movies, digital animations, split-screen animation, film with accompanying sculptures, drawings or objects and stop motion animation.

The Education Resource is comprised of the following components:

• Introductory Essay by Professor Ross Harley, Head, School of Media Arts, COFA, UNSW with Dr. Gay McDonald, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History & Art Education, COFA, UNSW and Kim Snepvangers, Head, School of Art History & Art Education, COFA, UNSW.
• Copyright – 4D Issues by Elizabeth Thorpe (COFA Student).
• Profile of each of the seven HSC Students’ artworks which includes: HSC Student Statement; a section devoted to each student’s work written by a COFA student; a transcript of a short questionnaire completed by the HSC student to clarify their work practice and a short glossary.