27 March 2023

Young artists from Melbourne’s Catholic schools were recognised during the presentation for the 2023 Creative Arts Exhibition.

Held during Catholic Education Week at the Catholic Leadership Centre, the exhibition is a unique opportunity for students to take part in a curated display of art created by primary and secondary students from across the Archdiocese. A digital version of the exhibition is available via the Catholic Education Week website.

Congratulations to all students chosen to be part of the exhibition, and to the students who received one of the awards:

Archbishop of Melbourne Award for Religious Art

• Winners (primary): The Passion, Year 5 and 6 students, St Fidelis’ School, Moreland, and The Seven Days of the Creation Story, Foundation students, St Joseph’s School, Chelsea
• Winner (secondary): Lamb, Holly Rennie, Mater Christi College, Belgrave

Creative Arts Committee Awards

• Winner (primary): Harmony Sydney, Manraj Kanboj, St Martin de Porres School, Laverton
• Winner (secondary): Nostalgia & You Called?, Airlee Sheehan, Padua College, Mornington
• Highly commended (primary): Play Your Part, Sofie Patterson, Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School, Sunbury
• Highly commended (secondary): When Did This Happen?, Jemima McCann, Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Toorak

Creative Arts Committee Film Award (Animation)

• Winner: Bloom, Ella Hennessy, Padua College, Mornington
• Highly commended: A Lonely Train, Joshua Thomas, St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully

Creative Arts Committee Film Award (Live action)

• Winner (primary): Where Is Mrs O?, Year 2 students, St Jude’s School, Langwarrin
• Winner (secondary): Snap Out of It, Siorcha Creaton, Kilbreda College, Mentone
• Highly commended (primary): The Life and Times of St Martin de Porres, Year 6 students, St Martin de Porres School, Avondale Heights
• Highly commended (secondary): Complicated, Isabel Duarte, Santa Maria College, Northcote

Creative Arts Committee Sculpture Award

• Winner (primary): Zarzu the Golden Bird, Michaela Maddams, St Joan of Arc School, Brighton
• Winner (secondary): Tentacles, Hamish Dalling and Joseph McSweeney, Xavier College, Kew
• Highly commended (primary): Feathers of Orange, Blake Davis, Corpus Christi School, Werribee
• Highly commended (secondary): Move to Zero, Chelsea Nguyen, Killester College, Springvale

Creative Arts Committee Year 12 Award

• Winner: Casa, Ava Villella, St Monica’s College, Epping
• Highly commended: Transience, Lorraine Chow, St Monica’s College, Epping

Melbourne Museum Still Life Award

• Winner: Cucina, Ava Villella, St Monica’s College, Epping

National Gallery of Victoria Creativity Award

• Winner (primary): A Vase of Flowers, Abby Grove, Holy Spirit School, Ringwood North
• Winner (secondary): Liminal Spaces, Isabella D’Orio, St Mary’s College Melbourne, St Kilda East

People’s Choice Award

• Winner (primary): Patterned Trees, Lucy Jones, Sacred Heart School, Diamond Creek
• Winner (secondary): The Stages, Jorja Kavellaris, Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Toorak

Portraiture Award

• Winner (primary): Sophie’s Choice, Sophie Duck, Sacré Coeur, Glen Iris
• Winner (secondary): Self-portrait, Molly Mealmaker, St Aloysius College, North Melbourne
• Highly commended (primary): Me, Myself and I, Pip St Vincent, St Peter’s School, Epping
• Highly commended (secondary): Man and Dog, Jasmine Noble, Thomas Carr College, Tarneit

Royal Botanic Gardens Nature-inspired Award

• Winner (primary): Banksia, Miro Doreleijers, St Augustine’s School, Frankston South
• Winner (secondary): Sunset, Amelia Cifali, St Aloysius College, North Melbourne

Scienceworks STEM-inspired Award

• Winner: Alumantis, Moth Ye, Padua College, Mornington