On exhibition at the Armory Gallery until last Sunday, the Top 50 are now on a regional tour before making their way to a permanent home at Westmead Children’s Hospital.
The Operation Art initiative encourages students to create art pieces to cheer up sick children in hospital.
Chullora Public Visual Arts teacher Sophia Alexiadis says the school has been supporting the competition for the last 10 years.
“The students collaborated to produce their beautiful artwork; we are lucky we have such a strong visual arts program at the school,” she said.
“Their families were with them when the exhibition opened and the students are just so thrilled to see their art going to such a good cause.”
Operation Art Officer at the NSW Department of Education’s Arts Unit, Heidi Windeisen, says the exhibition is not only a great way to showcase the spectacular talents of NSW students, but also proves the importance of art as a healing tool.
“Teachers know they can inspire their students to create artworks for sick children through Operation Art, to give purpose to their work and understand that visual arts can promote a feeling of joy to those who spend much of their time in hospitals,” she said.
Student painting awarded ‘Top 50’ selection in Operation Art for sick
OUT of nearly a thousand entries across NSW, Chullora Public School students Christina Lam and Tasneem Hijazi have had their painting, ‘A Peaceful Place’, selected in the Top 50 in Operation Art 2022.